Abbans-Dessous

Abbans-Dessous

The Town Hall
Abbans-Dessous

Coordinates: 47°08′03″N 5°52′31″E / 47.1342°N 5.8753°E / 47.1342; 5.8753Coordinates: 47°08′03″N 5°52′31″E / 47.1342°N 5.8753°E / 47.1342; 5.8753
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Besançon
Canton Boussières
Intercommunality Val Saint-Vitois
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Chantel Viprey
Area1 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 234
 • Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 25001 / 25320
Elevation 220–315 m (722–1,033 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Abbans-Dessous is a French commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abbanais or Abbanaises.[1]

Note that this commune is not the same as Abbans-Dessus.

Geography

Abbans-Dessous is located some 20 km south-west of Besançon and 2 km south-east of Osselle. Access to the commune is by road D105 from Byans-sur-Doubs in the south-east passing through the commune and the village and continuing north-east to Boussières. The D466 road goes south-east from the village then north-east to join the D107 at the north-eastern corner of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[2]

The commune is situated on the south bank of Le Doubs River where it loops south after flowing from the Jura mountains in Switzerland in a U-shaped course through Besançon before passing along the northern border of Abbans-Dessous then feeding into the Saône River at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs.

Neighbouring Communes and Villages[2]

 Osselle Les Vignottes Boussieres
Villars-Saint-Georges Chenecey-Buillon
   Abbans-Dessous  
Byans-sur-Doubs Abbans-Dessus Cessey

Toponymy

Abbans appears in the forms:[3]

The name is based on a German man's name Abbo with the Germanic suffix -ing.

History

The history of Abbans-Dessous (previously called Abbans-la-Ville) can not be separated from that of Abbans-Dessus (previously called Abbans-le-Château). At the lower end is a church surrounded by a cemetery, the priory of Lieu-Dieu, a mill on the Doubs river; at the upper end are the two châteaux - Front and Rear - which preceded their respective villages.[4]

Administration

A street in Abbans-Dessous

List of Successive Mayors of Abbans-Dessous[5]

From To Name Party Position
2001 2014 Claude Vuaillat
2014 2020 Chantel Viprey

(Not all data is known)

Intercommunality

Abbans-Dessous is a member of the Community of communes of Val-Saint-Vitois which was created on 14 December 2001.[6] It comprises 16 communes namely:

Demographics

In 2012 the town had 234 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1] [Note 2]

Population Change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
229 233 238 225 219 226 212 211 199
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
202 191 217 193 202 182 208 210 206
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
186 193 170 128 147 149 136 135 158
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
130 132 112 138 151 174 239 235 -

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Abbans-Dessous War Memorial

Sites and monuments

The Priory of Lieu-Dieu

See also

External links

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.
  2. ↑ In the census table and the graph, by convention in Wikipedia, and to allow a fair comparison between five yearly censuses, the principle has been retained for subsequent legal populations since 1999 displayed in the census table and the graph that shows populations for the years 2006, 2011, 2016, etc., as well as the latest legal population published by INSEE

References

  1. ↑ Inhabitants of Doubs (French)
  2. 1 2 Google Maps
  3. ↑ Jean COURTIEU, Dictionary of communes in the department of Doubs, CÊTRE, BESANÇON, 1987, Vol. 6 (French)
  4. ↑ Jean COURTIEU, Dictionary of communes in the department of Doubs, CÊTRE, BESANÇON, 1987, Vol. 1 (French)
  5. ↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
  6. ↑ Val-St-Vitois
  7. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00101434 Priory of Lieu-Dieu (French)
  8. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM25000001 Tombstone of Jean d'Abbans (French)
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