Le Puy, Doubs
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| Commune of Le Puy | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 06° 13' 44 East |
| Latitude | 47° 20' 46 North |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Franche-Comté |
| Department | Doubs |
| Arrondissement | Besançon |
| Canton | Roulans |
| Mayor | Christian Bermont (2001?-2008?) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 297 m–375 m (avg. 300 m) |
| Land area¹ | 3.42 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
46 |
| - Density (1999) | 13/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 25474/ 25640 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Le Puy is a commune of France, situated in the Doubs départment, in the Franche-Comté région.
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[edit] Geography
The village of Le Puy lies 16 km from Besançon on the D115, close to its intersection with the D336 on the East and the A36 on the West.
[edit] History
[edit] Demography
The inhabitants of Le Puy are known as Puylots.
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 41 | 35 | 45 | 48 | 46 |
| Census enumeration : Population without double-counting | |||||
[edit] Places and monuments
The chapel of Notre-Dame de la Délivrance was erected in 1854 by the parisioners in thanksgiving to Our Lady for being spared from a cholera epidemic. An outdoor mass is celebrated on the Sunday nearest the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8 each year.
[edit] Miscellaneous
The village is named le Puits on the Cassini map. Usually le Puy in France refers to the Provençal word Puech (an isolated hill). Here, as the Cassini map shows, it refers to the local wells (Fr: puits).
A whole sheep is spit-roasted in July and December.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
All sites are in French, unless otherwise indicated.
- Le Puy on Franche-Comté region site
- Census data for Le Puy on the INSEE site (English header)
- Le Puy on the Institut Géographique National site
- Weather for Le Puy
- Financial Data for Le Puy from the Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry
- Tax information for Le Puy
- Closest communes to Le Puy
- My hometown (Monclocher) site (Location of townhall only)
- It has no entry on the following standard sites:
- Puy.htm Office of Tourism website - there is no tourism office in the village
- Belltower of Parish Church
- Ministry of Culture site
[edit] Map links
- Map and list of communes of Doubs
- Map of Le Puy on Michelin (in English)
- Map of Le Puy on the Institut Géographique National site
- Map of Le Puy on Mapquest (in English)
- Le Puy (‘’le Puits’’) on the Cassini map
- Map of Le Puy on Mappy (in English)
- Location of Le Puy on a map of France
- Calculate straight-line distance from Le Puy to other towns in Doubs
