Saint-Gand

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

Geography

Saint- Gand situated at an altitude of 223 m above sea level, 4 km south of Fresne -Saint- Mamès and about 34 km north- northwest of the city of Besançon (air line). The village is located in the southwest of the department, in Saônebecken, in the valley of the village Bach Ruisseau des Ecornes, in a clearing in the north island of Bois de Saint- Gand.

The area of 15.83 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the rolling countryside of south-east of the Saône. The central part of the area is occupied by a trough, which is drained by the Ruisseau des Ecornes northeast across the Jouanne to Romaine. The well is surrounded by the extensive forests of the Bois des Saint- Gand, which cover only weakly in relief country. Geologic counts the plateau lying on average 250 m to Saônebecken and is built partly of Tertiary deposits, partly from sediments of the upper Jurassic period. With 264 m is reached on a hill west of the village is the highest elevation of Saint- Gand.

At Saint- Gand addition to the actual village includes several hamlets and farmhouses:

Rougeau (252 m ) in a clearing island on the plateau west of the village
Le Charme (250 m ) in a clearing island on the plateau south of the village
Les Frondey (260 m) in the Bois de Saint- Gand
Les Roquets (247 m) in the Bois de Saint- Gand

Neighboring municipalities of Saint- Gand are Vellexon - Queutrey -et- Vaudey, Fresne -Saint- Mamès and Greucourt in the north, La Vernotte in the east, Étrelles -et -la- Montbleuse and La Chapelle -Saint- Quillain in the south and Seveux in the West.

History

In the Middle Ages the territory of Saint- Gand the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont belonged. Together with the Franche -Comté it came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. The town itself, however, mentioned in documents only in 1694. The local government had held the Lords of Oiselay. To a field change occurred in 1807, when Sept- Fontaines was incorporated (today's La Vernotte ) to Saint - Gand. This village was already separated again in 1824 and since then has been an independent municipality. Since 2007, Saint- Gand is a member of the comprehensive 20 villages municipal association Communauté de communes des Monts de Gy.

Attractions

The village church of Saint- Gand was built in the 17th century. It has a richly appointed interior, including paintings from the time it was built, a stucco altar and statues from the 18th century.

Population

With 135 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Saint- Gand is one of the smallest municipalities in the department of Haute- Saône. After the population had declined significantly during the 20th century (1886 242 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded since the early 1990s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Saint- Gand was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Outside of the primary sector, there are few jobs in the village. Some employed persons 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, leading from Fresne -Saint- Mamès by Gy. Further road links exist with Vaudey, La Vernotte and Étrelles -et -la- Montbleuse.

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

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Vesoul Cantons of France Postal codes in France Romaine (Franche-Comté) La Chapelle-Saint-Quillain Beaujeu-Saint-Vallier-Pierrejux-et-Quitteur Le Pont-de-Planches

701260