Le Puy, Doubs

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

(2020–2026) Christophe Guglielmetti^[1]Area3.42 km² (1.32 sq mi)Population108 • Density32/km² (82/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation297–375 m (974–1,230 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Puy (French pronunciation: [lə pɥi]) is a commune in the department of Doubs in the eastern French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Geography

The village of Le Puy lies 16 km (9.9 mi) from Besançon on Route D115 and 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Roulans. It is close to its intersection with the D336 on the east and the A36 on the west.

Population

The inhabitants of Le Puy are known as Puylots.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	48	—
1968	41	−14.6%
1975	35	−14.6%
1982	45	+28.6%
1990	48	+6.7%
1999	46	−4.2%
2008	81	+76.1%
2012	102	+25.9%

Sights

The chapel of Notre-Dame de la Délivrance was erected in 1854 by the parishioners 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, 8 December each year.

Etymology

The village is labeled le Puits (French: the Well) on the Cassini map. The French le Puy usually correlates to the Provençal word Puech (an isolated hill). Here, as the Cassini map shows, it refers to the local wells.

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

References

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