Saône, Doubs

Saône is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Saône is located on 397 m, approximately 7 km east-southeast of the city of Besançon ( straight line ). The village is located in the western Jura, on the so-called first plateau on the eastern edge of the swamp Marais de Saône, between the heights of the Jura - edge range in the north and in the south of the Grand Mont.

The area of ​​20.55 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the western French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the wide first Jura plateau, which is on average 400 m. It forms a wide basin with no surface runoff. This sink is mainly consisted of meadow and arable land, and partly of wood. In the West Saône share in the Marais de Saône, which is supplied by several sources. Drained the marsh area on the intake hole of the Creux sous Roche on the southwestern outskirts of the village. After prolonged rainfall or snow melt of the Creux sous Roche can not derive enough water so that each forms a lake in the Marais de Saône.

To the north, the municipality's area extends to the foot of the Jura - edge chain below the height of Montfaucon, which follows south along the Doubs Valley. In the south, the plateau rises a hill in Le Grand Frêne slightly. With 495 meters, the highest elevation of the Saone is achieved at the southern municipality border.

To Saône addition to the actual site also includes various other settlements, hamlets and isolated farms, including:

• Petit Saone ( 398 m ) on the southwestern outskirts
• Grange Fauconnière (417 m) on the plateau south of the forest of Grand Frêne

Neighboring communities of the Saone are Montfaucon and Gennes in the north, La Chevillotte and Mamirolle in the east, Le Gratteris and Tarcenay in the south and La Vèze and Morre in the West.

History

Is first mentioned Saône in 1130 under the name sauna. Over time, the spelling on Sône ( 1249 ) and Sosne walked to the present Saône. Probably the name of Celtic origin and goes to the root words say ( holy ) and back onna (water). In the Middle Ages Saône belonged to the rule Montfaucon. Together with the Franche -Comté it came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.

Population

With 3301 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) is one of the Saône medium-sized municipalities in the department of Doubs. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the range of approximately 570 people, a striking population growth was recorded since the early 1950s. Since then, the population has more than quintupled. Outside the old town center, numerous new single-and multi -family houses were built.

Economy and infrastructure

Soane was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Since the 1970s, have developed industrial and commercial zones at the station and on the main road connecting the N57 on the outskirts and the convenient location. Here, various companies in the plastics processing industry, construction and transport industry, wood processing, mechanical repair shops and service enterprises have settled. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who do their work in the near Besançon agglomeration. Saône is the site of the Collège.

The village has good transport links. It is located near the four-lane main road N57 here which leads from Besancon to Pontarlier. Further road links exist with Montfaucon, Ornans, Mamirolle and Naisey. Saône has a station on the railway line from Besancon to La Chaux -de-Fonds. For the most part in the municipal area of the Saone, but closer to the village of La Vèze, is the airfield of Besancon La Vèze.

Attractions

The village church of Saône was completed in 1779; during the rectory from the time comes around 1700. In the village are farmhouses are preserved in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Community partnerships

Saône is since 1971 a partnership with the German community Heckendalheim in Saarland and since 1995 with the Italian community Piteglio in Tuscany.

Personalities

Robert Simon (1913-2000) was a minister in Saône, for projects generated by the event of tower jumps money in his community.