Saint-Broing

Saint- Broing is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Saint- Broing situated at an altitude of 196 m above sea level, 8 km east of Gray and about 34 km northwest of the city of Besançon (air line). The village is located in the southwest of the department, in the plane of Gray, in the wide Talniederung the Morte, on the southern edge of the forest area Forêt de Belle Vaivre.

The area of 10.17 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the rolling countryside of south-east of the Saône. The southern border is always along the Morte that it flows through more than a kilometer wide valley to the west. It receives inflow from different tributaries, including the Douaire. The Talniederung, which is on average 195 m, is used primarily for agricultural purposes. To the north, the municipality's area extends into the vast forest area of the Forêt de Belle Vaivre, in the 231 meters, the highest elevation of Saint- Broing is achieved. In this forest there is the Etang de la Bergerie, a fish pond which is drained by the river Saône Eau Blanche. In the west of the municipality floor extends into the alluvial plain of the Saône.

At Saint- Broing includes the hamlet Corneux (202 m ) at the edge of the Saône plain and some isolated farms. Neighboring municipalities of Saint- Broing are Rigny and Beaujeu -Saint -Vallier- Pierrejux -et -Quitteur in the north, Sauvigney -lès -Gray and Saint- Loup- Nantouard in the east, Velesmes - Échevanne in the south and Ancier and Gray in the West.

History

Saint- Broing, originally called Saint- Bénigne, was founded in the early 12th century by monks of the monastery of Saint- Bénigne in Dijon. In the neighborhood of the village was founded in 1131 on the floor of the Lords of Beaujeu, the Premonstratensian Corneux. By buying went Saint- Broing from 1192 to possession of Corneux over. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. In 1569 Saint- Broing was devastated 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. Corneux formed until 1807 an independent municipality. After that, it was first fused with Ancier, but was again removed in 1841 and the municipality of Saint - Broing slammed.

Attractions

The Saint-Georges Church was rebuilt in 1749 and houses a remarkable interior ( altars and crucifix from the 17th century). The convent building and the cloister of the monastery Corneux, probably dating from around 1700, were converted after the French Revolution in 1791 in a castle and restored in 1982.

Population

With 123 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Saint- Broing one of the smallest municipalities in the department of Haute- Saône. The population had declined slightly, with the exception of the 1970s, during the 20th century (1901 were still 230 people counted ).

Economy and infrastructure

Saint- Broing was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry 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 Gray and in other major towns around their work.

The village is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road that leads from Gray to La Chapelle -Saint- Quillain. Further road links exist with Beaujeu and Velesmes - Échevanne.

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

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Vesoul Cantons of France Postal codes in France Alluvium Beaujeu-Saint-Vallier-Pierrejux-et-Quitteur La Chapelle-Saint-Quillain Gray-la-Ville

700973