commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Haute-Saône
Haute-Saône (; Arpitan: ''Hiôta-Sona''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
of
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
in eastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.Commune de Broye-Aubigney-Montseugny (70101) INSEE
The town was formed by the merger of Broye-lès-Pesmes, Aubigney, and Montseugny in 1972.
Broye-lès-Pesmes has been proposed as the location of
Amagetobria Amagetobria or Magetobria was a town in Gaul, close to the Sequani, famous for the victory by Ariovistus over the Aedui at the Battle of Magetobriga in 63 BC. Its location is disputed: among the proposed places are Moigtebroye and Amage
Amage ( ...
, a major settlement of the
Sequani
The Sequani were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper river basin of the Arar river (Saône), the valley of the Doubs and the Jura Mountains during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Name
They are mentioned as ''Sequanos'' by Caesar (mid-1s ...
tribe in the pre-Roman and Roman era. Up to the 19th century, the town was called Moigte-de-Broie, which was derived from its ancient name.
Gallery
Lavoir d'Aubigney, Commune de Broye Aubigney Montseugny.jpg, Aubigney's
lavoir
A lavoir (wash-house) is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes. Communal washing places were common in Europe until industrial washing was introduced, and this process in turn was replaced by domestic washing machines and by laund ...
Église Montseugny.jpg, Montseugny's church
Tympan de l'église commanderie de Montseugny, Village de Broye Aubigney Montseugny.JPG, Montseugny's church tympanum