Abbans-Dessous

Abbans-Dessous is a French 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]

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.[3]

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[3]

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 of Val-Saint-Vitois which was created on 14 December 2001.[7] It comprises 16 communes namely:

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2005232—    
2006239+3.0%
2007241+0.8%
2008239−0.8%
2009237−0.8%
2010235−0.8%
2011236+0.4%
2012234−0.8%
2013244+4.3%
2014253+3.7%
2015263+4.0%
2016264+0.4%
2017263−0.4%
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 -
Abbans-Dessous War Memorial

Politics

Presidential Elections Second Round:[8]

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.[9] The church contains the Tombstone of Jean d'Abbans (knight) (14th century) which is listed as a historical object.[10]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

    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. Val-St-Vitois Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
    8. http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/
    9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00101434 Priory of Lieu-Dieu (in French)
    10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM25000001 Tombstone of Jean d'Abbans (in French)
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