Ruhans

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

Geography

Ruhans situated at an altitude of 295 m above sea level, about 18 km south of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village extends north of the river valley Ognon, in a clearing island on the plateau south of the Taleinschnitts Quenoche, between the forest heights of Bois Lajus in the north and Les Grands Bois in the south.

The area of ​​4.95 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the undulating landscape between the river valleys of the south and Ognon Saône in the northwest. The central part of the area is traversed in a west-east direction from the valley cut Quenoche that provides drainage for Linotte. The flat fertile alluvial soils with Talniederung has a maximum width of 500 meters and is on average 250 m. The valley of the Quenoche is flanked on both sides of the plateau-like, wooded hills, usually reach the heights 300-320 m. They consist mostly of limestone of the Upper Jurassic period and are divided by short side valleys of the Quenoche. To the south of the valley, the plateau of Ruhans ( to 332 m) and the Grands Bois stretch. To the north, the municipality's area extends into the forested areas of the Bois Lajus, in the 362 meters, the highest elevation of Ruhans is achieved.

To Ruhans include two hamlet settlements:

• Millaudon (260 m) in the valley of Quenoche
• La Villedieu -les- Quenoche (310 m ) in a clearing island in the Grands Bois

Neighboring communities of Ruhans are Authoison in the north, Villers-Pater and Beaumotte - Aubertans in the east, and Cirey Rioz in the south and Quenoche in the West.

History

Remains of a Gallo-Roman estate, point to an early settlement of the municipality. In the Middle Ages Ruhans belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. It was the Barony of Fondremand assumed during the ecclesiastical sovereignty lay with the Coming of La Villedieu -en- Fontenette. Together with the Franche -Comté Ruhans came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Since the time of the French Revolution Ruhans and Millaudon formed a community. To a field change occurred in 1965, when the hamlet of La Villedieu -les- Quenoche (1962: 17 inhabitants ), previously an independent municipality was merged with Ruhans. Today Ruhans is a member of the 28 localities comprehensive community association Communauté de communes du Pays Riolais.

Attractions

The single-nave church of Ruhans was rebuilt in 1769. In Millaudon is a Lavoir (former wash house and livestock watering ).

Population

With 151 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Ruhans one of the smallest municipalities in the department of Haute- Saône. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the range between 70 and 110 people, a slight population growth was recorded since the mid- 1970s.

Economy and infrastructure

Ruhans was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. The water power of the Quenoche was formerly used for the operation of three mills. Important employer in the village is today a sawmill with around 35 employees. There are also some plants of the local small business sector. Many workers are also 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 Loulans - Verchamps after Quenoche. Another road connection with Dournon.