Bartherans

Bartherans
Bartherans
Location within Franche-Comté region  Bartherans
Coordinates: 47°02′33″N 5°55′46″E / 47.0425°N 5.9294°ECoordinates: 47°02′33″N 5°55′46″E / 47.0425°N 5.9294°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Quingey
Intercommunality	Canton of Quingey
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Salvi
Area^1	5.81 km^2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	48
• Density	8.3/km^2 (21/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	25044 / 25440
Elevation	408–570 m (1,339–1,870 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.

Bartherans is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

Bartherans is situated at 455 m of altitude approximately 23 km southwest of Besançon in a wooded valley.

Neighbouring communities are Montfort in the north, Échay and Myon in the east, Ivrey in the south, and Ronchaux in the west.

History

Gaspard Grandjean from the village founded a chapel devoted to Saint-Antoine and Hubert in 1586. The ruins of the crypt can still be seen in the cemetery.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	68	—
1968	61	−10.3%
1975	41	−32.8%
1982	50	+22.0%
1990	46	−8.0%
1999	52	+13.0%
2008	47	−9.6%
2012	48	+2.1%

Sights

There is a seventeenth-century manor house Mouret de Châtillon which is called le château, although it is not as grand as that name implies.

The 19th-century church boasts a bronze bell.

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

References

• INSEE