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Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Abbans-Dessus
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Coordinates: 47°07′15″N 5°52′56″E / 47.1208°N 5.8822°E / 47.1208; 5.8822
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Besançon
Canton Saint-Vit
Intercommunality Loue-Lison
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026) Florence Paul[1]
Area1 4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population (2021)[2] 290
• Density 65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Abbanais, Abbanaises
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 25002 /25440
Elevation 268–470 m (879–1,542 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The similarly named commune Abbans-Dessous lies 1.5 km to the north.

Abbans-Dessus is located some 20 km south-west of Besançon and 3 km north of Quingey on the hills between Le Doubs River to the north-west and the Loue river to the south-east in the west of the Doubs department. The D13 road from Byans-sur-Doubs to Chouzelot passes through the south of the commune. Access to the village is by the D107 which branches off the D13 and goes north to the village continuing north to join the D105 north-east of Abbans-Dessous. The commune is long and narrow oriented north-east with bands of forest lining the long borders and the rest of the commune is farmland.[3]

An unnamed stream rises in the south of the commune and flows north to join the Doubs river to join the Doubs river north-east of Abbans-Dessous. Abbans-Dessus is located midway between the Loue and Doubs rivers although it does not border on either river but overlooks the Doubs river.[3]

Neighbouring Communes and Villages

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The name Abbans is based on a German man's name Abbo with the Germanic suffix -ing.

The village is built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the forest of Chaux and the Doubs valley. It is likely, in view of its strategic location, that it was a Gallo-Roman oppidum. Abbans-Dessus has a highly visible castle that is well known as the Keep where the Marquis Jouffroy d'Abbans, the inventor of the steamboat, largely conceived his work. There is mention made of the building in 1091. It belonged to the Lords of Abbans, important figures in the region's history. When, at the end of the 13th century, the sons of Philippe d'Abbans inherited the lordship, they created a "Front-Village" and a "Back-Village" The "Back Castle" passed to William and Richard built the "Front Castle" nearby. In 1290 Richard's daughter chose to sell the Front Castle to John I of Chalon-Arlay and in 1297 he granted Abbans a franchise charter.

Abbans-Dessus was a cereal crops and livestock farming area. Viticulture was established in the commune until the 19th century when it was totally eradicated by phylloxera.

Heraldry and Genealogy of the Squires of Abbans

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Arms of the House of AbbansArms of the House of Abbans The House of Abbans (or Habens) took its name from a castle in the Bailiwick of Quingey. It was one of four houses that had right of burial in the Church of Saint-Étienne in the town.Blason: Argent, a cross in gules, with two roses the same in chief.[4]

Humbert Abbans (? – after 1134). Marriage and succession: His wife is unknown, he had two sons:

Hubald of Abbans (? – after 1143), Squire and Lord of Abbans.

He was mentioned in a charter of 1143, in which the Pope Lucius II confirmed the rights of the Church of Saint-Madeleine in Besançon: "Dimidium Mansum, in castris Toragii vestre terre, quod expugnastis duello, contra Hubaldum of Habens".

Marriage and succession: His wife is unknown, he had two sons:

Louis I of Abbans (? – after 1157), Lord of Abbans, knight and squire, he donated to the Abbey Notre-Dame of Billon and was confirmed in 1156. Marriage and succession: His wife is unknown, he had four sons:

Humbert II of Abbans (? – after 1182), Squire and Knight, Lord of Abbans, Purgerot, and Augicour. Marriage and succession: His wife is unknown, he had one son and one daughter:

Louis II of Abbans (? – after 1235), squire and knight, Lord of Abbans. His seal attached to a deed of gift to the Cherlieu Abbey, of a horse, armed and with a banner in his arms. Marriage and succession: His wife is unknown, he had 3 sons and 3 daughters:

Philippe of Abbans knight, Lord of Abbans. In 1224 he joined a number of hostages that the Count of Chalon gave to Besançon to guarantee a treaty he had concluded with them. Marriage and succession: He married Richarde, daughter of Richard of Chay and Agnes of Arguel, by whom he had 1 son and 1 daughter:

Guillaume of Abbans (? – before 1336), Squire and Knight, Lord of Abbans. Marriage and succession: He married Isabella (? – after 1300), daughter of Pons of Cicon and Agnes of Pelousey, with whom he had one son:

Amiet of Abbans (? – August 1314), Squire, Lord of Abbans. Marriage and succession: He married Isabella by whom he had that 1 daughter and 1 son:

List of Successive Mayors of Abbans-Dessus[5]

From To Name
2001 2014 Michel Guelle
2014 2020 Claude Mareschal
2020 Current Florence Paul

Abbans-Dessus is a member of the Community of communes Loue-Lison, which was created on 1 January 2017. It comprises 72 communes, and has its seat in Ornans.[6]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abbanais or Abbanaises in French.[7]

Historical population

YearPop.±% p.a.1793 216— 1800 231+0.96%1806 261+2.06%1821 240−0.56%1831 217−1.00%1836 220+0.27%1841 236+1.41%1846 211−2.21%1851 216+0.47%1856 196−1.92%1861 201+0.51%1866 190−1.12%1872 172−1.65%1876 170−0.29%1881 169−0.12%1886 185+1.83%1891 199+1.47%1896 171−2.99% YearPop.±% p.a.1901 156−1.82%1906 165+1.13%1911 158−0.86%1921 134−1.63%1926 105−4.76%1931 105+0.00%1936 117+2.19%1946 131+1.14%1954 135+0.38%1962 108−2.75%1968 107−0.15%1975 138+3.70%1982 237+8.03%1990 242+0.26%1999 274+1.39%2009 312+1.31%2014 302−0.65%2020 298−0.22%
Source: EHESS[8] and INSEE[9]

Sites and monuments

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Notable people linked to the commune

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Google Maps
  4. ^ Genealogical History of the Squires of Salins
  5. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. ^ CC Loue-Lison (N° SIREN : 200068070), BANATIC
  7. ^ Le nom des habitants du 25 - Doubs, habitants.fr
  8. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abbans-Dessus, EHESS (in French).
  9. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  10. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00101435 Chateau of Jouffroy (in French)