Pouligney-Lusans
Pouligney - Lusans is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Pouligney - Lusans is located at 290 m, about 17 km northeast of the city of Besançon (air line). The double municipality extends into the undulating countryside between the river valleys of Doubs and Ognon, in a depression on the northern edge of the height of the Bois des Perrières.
The area of 11.60 km ² municipal area includes a portion in the extreme north- western ridges of the Jura. The main part of the territory is occupied by a broad trough that is drained to Ognon by a source stream of the Ruisseau de la Corcelle north. It is consisted mainly of arable and meadow land, and partly by forests. To the south, the municipality area extends into the vast forest area of the Bois des Perrières, which forms the eastern continuation of the ridge Bois de Sassy. To the north extends the communal land on the plateau that is broken down by various short Seitentälchen the Ruisseau de la Corcelle up on the ridge of the Bois de la Cote du Mont Here is 453 m reaches the highest point of Pouligney - Lusans.
The double municipality consists of the villages Pouligney (290 m) at the northern edge of the Bois des Perrières and Lusans (295 m) in a trough at the Südwestfuß the Bois de la Cote du Mont neighboring communities of Pouligney - Lusans are La Tour -de- Sçay in the North, Villers- Grélot, Le Puy and Vennans in the east, and Roulans Deluz in the south and Amagney, Châtillon- Guyotte, Chaudefontaine and Corcelle - Mieslot in the West.
History
Were first documented Pouligney and Lusans in 1260th In the Middle Ages the towns were under the rule of Montfaucon. Together with the Franche -Comté reached both villages with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. The fusion of Pouligney and Lusans to today's double church was completed in 1972.
Attractions
The church of Saint -Étienne in Pouligney was built from 1767 to 1769. With the Ludale -Parc Pouligney - Lusans has an amusement park with three labyrinths in a cornfield.
Population
With 788 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Pouligney - Lusans one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had steadily decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1881 448 persons were still counted ), a significant population increase has been recorded since the early 1970s again. Since then, the population has nearly tripled.
Economy and infrastructure
Pouligney - Lusans was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are now various operations of the local small business sector and the retail trade. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the agglomeration Besançon their work.
The village has good transport links. Pouligney located on a secondary road that leads from Roulans after Chaudefontaine. The nearest links to the A36 motorway, which crosses the municipality, is located at a distance of about 7 km. Further road links exist with Le Puy and Vennans.
Bouclans | Breconchaux | Champlive | Châtillon- Guyotte | Dammartin -les- Templars | Deluz | Glamondans | Gonsans | L' Écouvotte | Laissey | Le Puy | Naisey les Granges | Nancray | Osse | Ougney - Douvot | Pouligney - Lusans | Roulans | Saint- Hilaire | Séchin | Val -de- Roulans | Vauchamps | Vennans | Villers- Grélot
- Municipality in the department of Doubs
- Place in Franche -Comté