Éternoz

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

Éternoz
Commune
The village and the Vau waterfall
Location of Éternoz
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Coordinates: 47°00′28″N 6°01′49″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Ornans
Intercommunality	Canton of Amancey-Loue-Lison
Government
• Mayor (2020–)	Christophe Garnier
Area ^1	29.26 km^2 (11.30 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	338
• Density	12/km^2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25223 /25330
Elevation	315–670 m (1,033–2,198 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Eglise Saint-Laurent d'Eternoz

Chateau de Refranche

Geography

Eternoz is 26 kilometres from Besancon, the department capital. It sits on the second plateau of the Jura massif at an altitude of 549 m (1801 ft).[2] The River Vau passes through the village and plunges down a 40 meter waterfall on the edge of the village before joining the river Lison.[3]

Notable buildings

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Laurent, was built in 1804. It has a single nave and belltower, with a round dome that is unusual in the region.

The chateau of Refranche was built in the 16th century by a branch of the Eternoz family. Until recently, only part of the main building and a tower remained, but it has recently been renovated.[4]

For three generations, the Société Garnier had its workshop in Eternoz. In 1913, a local blacksmith, Jean Garnier, founded a forge that made and sold ploughs. By 1953, the business had sold 5000 ploughs, but this progressively gave way to the sale of more innovative and diverse farm machinery from the 1960s onwards. The resulting expansion led to the decision, in 2008, to move the company to new and larger premises 15km away in Levier.[5]

Notable people

• Alfred Billot (1925-1965), Catholic priest, missionary in Cameroon.[6]
• Marie-Léone Bordy (1921-1992), nun of the congregation of the Filles de Notre-Dame du Sacré-cœur in Issoudun, assassinated in Djoum, Cameroun.[7]
• Auguste Castan, librarian, historian, archaeologist; excavated Roman remains in Besançon on the site of which a square is named in his honour.
• Édouard Clerc, historian.
• Georges Colomb (1856-1945), botanist, science populariser, pioneer of comics.[8]
• Alphonse Delacroix (1807-1878), architect.
• Pierre-Michel Duffieux (1891-1976), physicist and founded of Fourier Optics. Lecturer and researcher at the University of Franche-Comté. Lived at Coulans-sur-Lison.
• Emmanuelle Garnier (1964 - ), professor and currently president of the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, originally from Doulaize.[9]
• Pierre Lorius (1925-2014), professional footballer (goalkeeper). Played with Racing Besançon (1952-1954) FC Sochaux (1949-1952) and Lyon OU (1945-1947).[10]
• Jean Mennerat (1917-2007), member of the French resistance, lived in Coulans-sur-Lison. Owned the world's largest collection of books about chess (27,500 volumes) which he bequeathed to the city of Belfort.[11]
• Jules Quicherat (1814-1882), historian, archaeologist, professor at the École nationale des chartes.

Etymology

The name of the village has evolved over time. It has been called Esternoz (1262), Esternos (1275), Esternoch (1280), Esternoz dessoz Monmaour (1294), and Sternol (14th century). The name appears to be of Germanic origin, and may mean "valley of beech trees".[12]

Demographics

Since 1973, the commune has been made up of five hamlets:[13]

• Éternoz (191 inhabitants): round-domed church tower; two fountains.
• Refranche (42 inhabitants): bronze and iron age tumuli; chateau.
• Alaise (38 inhabitants): iron age tumuli; Roman remains; 14th century church.
• Doulaize (19 inhabitants): Paleolithic remains.
• Coulans-sur-Lizon (12 inhabitants): Church with a flamboyant Gothic porch.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	291	—
1968	400	+37.5%
1975	333	−16.8%
1982	324	−2.7%
1990	295	−9.0%
1999	288	−2.4%
2008	330	+14.6%
2012	349	+5.8%

Politics and administration

List of mayors

Start	Finish	Name
1953	1971	Joseph Cœurdevey
1971	1989	Roland Garnier
1989	2001	Bernard Cœurdevey
2001	2007	Jean Bourgeois
2007	2008	Paul Vieille
2008	2014	Bernard Saulnier[14]
2014	2020
2020	Current	Christophe Garnier

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

References

• INSEE

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14. Site officiel de la préfecture du Doubs - liste des maires