Abbans-Dessous is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
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Coordinates: 47°08′03″N 5°52′31″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Doubs |
Arrondissement | Besançon |
Canton | Saint-Vit |
Intercommunality | Loue-Lison |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Chantal Viprey |
Area 1 | 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
Population | 252 |
• Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Abbanais, Abbanaises |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
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.
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.
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Abbans appears in the forms:[4]
The name is based on a German man's name Abbo with the Germanic suffix -ing.
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]
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List of Successive Mayors of Abbans-Dessous[6]
From | To | Name |
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2001 | 2014 | Claude Vuaillat |
2014 | Current | Chantal Viprey |
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]
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Source: EHESS[8] and INSEE[9][10] |
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