Le Puy, Doubs
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Le Puy | |
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 The town hall in Le Puy | |
Location of Le Puy  | |
  Le Puy  Le Puy | |
| Coordinates: 47°20′46″N 6°13′44″E / 47.3461°N 6.2289°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Doubs |
| Arrondissement | Besançon |
| Canton | Baume-les-Dames |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Guglielmetti[1] |
Area 1 | 3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 105 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 25474 /25640 |
| Elevation | 297–375 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.
Population
The inhabitants of Le Puy are known as Puylots.
| 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.
