Bartherans () is a commune in the

Doubs Doubs (, ; ; ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.department in the

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 ...

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in eastern

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Geography

Bartherans is situated at 455 m of altitude approximately 23 km southwest of

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

in a wooded valley. Neighbouring communities are Montfort in the north,

Échay Échay () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Doubs department of Fran ...

and Myon in the east, Ivrey in the south, and Ronchaux in the west.

History

Gaspard Grandjean from the village founded a chapel devoted to Saint-Antoine and Hubert in 1586. The ruins of the crypt can still be seen in the cemetery.

Population

Sights

There is a seventeenth-century manor house ''Mouret de Châtillon'' which is called ''le château'', although it is not as grand as that name implies. The 19th-century church boasts a bronze bell.

References

Communes of Doubs {{Besançon-geo-stub