Sainte-Marie-en-Chanois

Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois situated at an altitude of 355 m above sea level, 10 km east of Luxeuil -les- Bains and about 36 km northeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the northeastern part of the department, in the western foothills of the Vosges, on the northern edge of the Talniederung Breuchin.

The area of 4.79 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the plateau landscape criss-crossed by valleys on the western edge of the Vosges. The southern border is the middle of the valley of Breuchin, the multiple turn it flows through Alluvialniederung to the west. The flood plain is on average 345 m and has a maximum width of two kilometers on. It is used for agriculture.

From the river, the municipality's area extends northward over the Talniederung, the terrain terrace of Sainte -Marie and a predominantly wooded steep slope down to the adjoining heights of Mont Larrey and Maimont ( to 515 m). North of this forest height is the little valley of the Ruisseau de Caignevoivre, a short side of Bach's Breuchin. This is followed by a plateau connects with several ponds mostly of glacial origin. With 572 m is reached on a knoll at the homestead Bellefleur the highest elevation of Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois. In geological- tectonic respect the heights partly crystalline bedrock, partly from sandy- marly sediments of the Lias are built. On the plateaus there are glacial deposits from the Pleistocene. The entire municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges.

Neighboring municipalities of Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois are Saint- Bresson and Amont -et- Effreney in the north, Faucogney -et -la -Mer and La Voivre in the east, Les Fessey and La Proiselière -et- Langle in the south and Amage in the West.

History

Is first mentioned Sainte -Marie in the year 1195th 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 held the Lords of Faucogney. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Today, Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois is a member of the 16- villages municipal association Communauté de communes des Mille Étangs.

Attractions

The Church of Sainte -Madeleine was rebuilt in 1756. For the remarkable interiors include furniture and richly carved high altar from the 18th century and two statues (18th century ) of the Holy Magdalene and Columban in the sacristy. Also worth seeing are the " Lanterne des Morts " (16th century) and the octagonal fountain with pillar in the village square. The Chapel of Saint -Roch was west of the village, built in 1636 at the graves of the victims of a plague epidemic and rebuilt in the 19th century. At the height north of the village, the chapel of Saint- Colomban (19th century) is in a cave in which Saint Columba is said to have stopped in the 6th century at times.

Population

With 218 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) of Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois one of the small towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 330 people were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1990s.

Economy and infrastructure

Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois 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, including companies in the plastics industry and wood processing. In recent decades the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore 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 Luxeuil -les- Bains via Faucogney -et -la- Mer to Rupt -sur -Moselle. Further road links exist with La Proiselière and Les Fessey.

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

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Lure Cantons of France Postal codes in France Vosges Mountains Alluvium Amont-et-Effreney Rupt-sur-Moselle

702059