Abbans-Dessous

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

Abbans-Dessous
Commune
The Town Hall
Location of Abbans-Dessous
Abbans-Dessous
Abbans-Dessous
Coordinates: 47°08′03″N 5°52′31″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentDoubs
ArrondissementBesançon
CantonSaint-Vit
IntercommunalityLoue-Lison
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Chantal Viprey
Area
1
3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
263
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Abbanais, Abbanaises
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
25001 /25320
Elevation220–315 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.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abbanais or Abbanaises.[2]

The similarly named commune Abbans-Dessus lies 1.5 km to the south.

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.[3]

The commune is situated on the south bank of the river Doubs 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 river Saône at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs.

Neighbouring Communes and Villages

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Toponymy

Abbans appears in the forms:[4]

  • Habens in 1148;
  • Abans in 1182;
  • Abbans in 1250;
  • Abbans villa in 1252;
  • Abens-la-Ville in 1278;
  • Abbantum in 1297;
  • Abbans in 1368;
  • Abbans-la-Ville in 1629

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.[5]

Administration
A street in Abbans-Dessous

List of Successive Mayors of Abbans-Dessous[6]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012014Claude Vuaillat
2014CurrentChantal Viprey

(Not all data is known)

Intercommunality

Abbans-Dessous is a member of the Community of communes Loue-Lison, which was created on 1 January 2017. It comprises 74 communes, and has its seat in Ornans.[7]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 229—    
1800 233+0.25%
1806 238+0.35%
1821 225−0.37%
1831 219−0.27%
1836 226+0.63%
1841 212−1.27%
1846 211−0.09%
1851 199−1.16%
1856 202+0.30%
1861 191−1.11%
1866 217+2.59%
1872 193−1.93%
1876 202+1.15%
1881 182−2.06%
1886 208+2.71%
1891 210+0.19%
1896 206−0.38%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 186−2.02%
1906 193+0.74%
1911 170−2.51%
1921 128−2.80%
1926 147+2.81%
1931 149+0.27%
1936 136−1.81%
1946 135−0.07%
1954 158+1.99%
1962 130−2.41%
1968 132+0.25%
1975 112−2.32%
1982 138+3.03%
1990 151+1.13%
1999 174+1.59%
2007 241+4.16%
2012 234−0.59%
2017 263+2.36%
Source: EHESS[8] and INSEE[9]
Abbans-Dessous War Memorial

Politics

Presidential Elections Second Round:[10]

ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron EM 52.14
2012 François Hollande PS 50.00
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 53.73
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 65.26

Sites and monuments
The Priory of Lieu-Dieu
  • The Priory of Lieu-Dieu (11th century) is listed as a historical monument.[11] The church contains the Tombstone of Jean d'Abbans (knight) (14th century) which is listed as a historical object.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Doubs (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Jean COURTIEU, Dictionary of communes in the department of Doubs, CÊTRE, BESANÇON, 1987, Vol. 6 (in French)
  5. Jean COURTIEU, Dictionary of communes in the department of Doubs, CÊTRE, BESANÇON, 1987, Vol. 1 (in French)
  6. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  7. CC Loue-Lison (N° SIREN : 200068070), BANATIC
  8. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abbans-Dessous, EHESS. (in French)
  9. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  10. http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/
  11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00101434 Priory of Lieu-Dieu (in French)
  12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM25000001 Tombstone of Jean d'Abbans (in French)
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