Tarcenay

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

Geography

Tarcenay is located on 479 m above sea level, about 11 kilometers southeast of the city of Besançon (air line). The village is located in the Jura, a slight increase on the southern edge of the first plateau between the Jura - edge range in the north and the Rocher de Punay in the south.

The area of ​​13.09 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the cuesta landscape of western French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the plateau of Tarcenay, which is on average 460 m. It is partly consisted of arable and meadow land, partly by forest. The Charmont (500 m ) in the middle of the plateau is a mountain witnesses. The entire plateau has except for a few short trickles no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. The landscape is characterized by various karst phenomena such as sinkholes, covered karst formations, caves and bays. A step in the terrain of about 80 meters altitude passes to the south and east over to the next higher layer level. Here the highest elevation of Tarcenay is achieved with 565 m. The southern boundary is above the steep escarpment to the Ravin du Puits Noir, a right tributary of the Loue. To the north, the municipality's area extends over the plateau up to the edge of the swamp Marais de Saône.

To Tarcenay addition to the actual site includes various hamlets and isolated farms, including:

• Les Cloutier ( 457 m) on the plateau at the edge of the Bois l' Essart
• La Baraque the Violons ( 445 m) on the plateau west of Grosmont
• Les Rubis (462 m) on the plateau at the edge of the Bois l' Essart
• Bois- Vielle (460 m) on a hill at the northern edge of the plateau

Neighboring communities of La Tarcenay are Vèze and Saône in the north, Le Gratteris and Foucherans in the east, Scey- Maisières in the south and Malbrans, Villers -sous -Montrond and Mérey -sous -Montrond in the West.

History

The first mention of Tarcenay was under the name Terceniacus. Probably the church was founded in the year 896 by Archbishop of Besançon Bérenger. In the Middle Ages Tarcenay formed its own government, which was under the suzerainty of the cathedral chapter of Besançon. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Today Tarcenay is a member of the 24 localities comprehensive community association Communauté de communes du Pays d' Ornans.

Attractions

The present village church of Tarcenay was built in the 19th century. From the former Château de La Tour only a few traces are visible. In the center numerous farmhouses are preserved in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries. On the top of Charmont is a statue of the Virgin.

Population

With 946 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Tarcenay one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 482 persons were still counted ), a striking population growth was recorded since the early 1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Tarcenay was until well into the 20th century through agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road D67, which runs from Besançon Ornans. Further road links exist with Mérey -sous -Montrond, Villers -sous -Montrond and Trépot.