Nantilly

Nantilly is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Nantilly situated at an altitude of 199 m above sea level, 5 km west of Gray and 39 km east-northeast of the city of Dijon ( straight line ). The village is located in the extreme west of the department, west of Saônetals, in the Talniederung both sides of the Soufroide.

The area of ​​exactly 10 km ² municipal area comprises a section in the plane of Gray. From northwest to southeast, the area is crossed by the Talniederung the Soufroide that provides for drainage Saône. The flood plain is a maximum of one mile wide, is on average 195 m and once formed a lowland bog. Flanked the valley of Soufroide on both sides of a plateau, which reaches a height of about 230 m. It is broken down by various depressions that open to the Soufroide out. This plateau consists of an alternation of calcareous and sandy- marly sediments of the upper Jurassic and the Tertiary. It is used primarily for agricultural purposes. On a hilltop in the far north is at 243 m reached the highest elevation of Nantilly. The eastern boundary is the forest area of ​​the Bois Guyot ( to 232 m). To the southwest, the municipality's area extends into the extensive grove of the Bois de Poyans.

Neighboring communities of Nantilly are Bouhans -et- Feurg and Chargey -lès -Gray in the north, Arc -les- Gray to the east, the south and Mantoche Poyans in the West.

History

The territory of Nantilly was probably inhabited in the Palaeolithic period. Through the area led to the Roman period, the traffic route from Besancon to Langres. Excavations various remains and finds from the Gallo- Roman era were unearthed, including wall foundations, Roman coins and pottery fragments. From the Merovingian period comes a burial ground.

Mention is Nantilly in 1055 as part of a donation to the monastery Beza. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The local government had at that time held the Lords of Autrey. In 1569 Nantilly was plundered and burned by troops of the Duke of Zweibrücken. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Due to a major fire, the northern part of the village was destroyed in 1807. End of the 19th century Nantilly was connected with the opening of the railway line from Gray after Is-sur -Tille to the transportation network of the French railways. Today Nantilly is a member of the 16- villages municipal association Communauté de communes de Val Gray.

Attractions

The village church of Nantilly was rebuilt in 1770 and is home ironwork of 1766 as well as furniture and paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. In the vicinity of the former station is a Calvaire, which is dated to 1827. Other notable buildings include a Lavoir of 1841, the stone bridge over the Soufroide from the 18th century and the castle, where a hotel is housed with restaurant today.

Population

With 511 inhabitants ( 2004) Nantilly one of the smaller towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 411 persons were still counted ), a continuous population growth was recorded since the early 1970s again. Since then, the population has doubled.

Economy and infrastructure

Nantilly has long been a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. Today there are various businesses of the local small business sector. In recent decades the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the larger towns in the room or Gray in the agglomeration of Dijon.

The village is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road that leads from Arc -les -Gray by Autrey- lès- Gray. Further road links exist with Mantoche and Poyans. The railway line from Gray according to Is-sur -Tille is shut down. A bus line connects Nantilly with Gray.