Montureux-lÃ¨s-Baulay

Montureux -lès- Baulay is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Montureux -lès- Baulay situated at an altitude of 220 m above sea level, 6 km east of Jussey and about 25 km northwest of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the northwestern part of the department, in the broad valley on the eastern banks of the Saône.

The area of 6.34 km ² municipal area includes a portion in the region of the upper Saônetals. The southwestern border is always along the Saone, which flows here through a Alluvialniederung to the southeast. The valley is on average 215 m and has a width of about two kilometers wide. The river is expanded to the waterway. Two meanders at Montureux be cut off by a side channel with lock. In Montureux flows from the north of the Ruisseau de la Sacquelle.

From the river, the municipality's area to the adjacent part wooded, partly planted with meadow land heights which consists of a alternation of sandy- marly and calcareous sediments of the lower Jurassic period ( Lias ) extends north and eastward across the alluvial plain, which is used predominantly agricultural, exist. With 278 m is reached on the knoll northwest of the village is the highest elevation of Montureux -lès- Baulay. The plateau is divided by the valley of the Ruisseau de la Sacquelle. To the southeast of the communal land extends to the Ruisseau de Révillon, another left tributary of the Saône.

Neighboring communities of Montureux -lès- Baulay are Tartécourt and Venisey in the north, Buffignécourt in the east, Baulay, Fouchécourt and Gevigney -et- Mercey in the south and Jussey and Cendrecourt in the West.

History

The origin of the settlement was formed which was founded in the 8th century convent that was abandoned in the 9th century. Is mentioned in a document Montureux in 1170 under the name Monasteriolo, which means as much as small monastery. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the place with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Today Montureux -lès- Baulay is a member of the comprehensive 13 villages municipal association Communauté de communes Agir Ensemble.

Attractions

The village church of Montureux -lès- Baulay was rebuilt in the 19th century, the Romanesque bell tower from the old building has been preserved from the 13th century. Next to the church stands a castle in the Empire style. From the 19th century, the Lavoir whose roof is supported by five pillars comes from. It once served as a laundry and watering cattle.

Population

With 168 inhabitants (2007 ) Montureux -lès- Baulay is one of the small towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 431 persons were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the mid- 1970s.

Economy and infrastructure

Montureux -lès- Baulay was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. Today, there are some establishments of local small businesses. In recent decades the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road that leads from Jussey after Amance. Further road links exist with Gevigney, Buffignécourt, Venisey and Cendrecourt. Montureux -lès- Baulay has a stop on the railway line opened in 1858 from Vesoul to Langres.

Commune in the department of Haute- Saône
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Vesoul Cantons of France Postal codes in France Alluvium Romanesque art

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