Loray

Loray is a common French, located in the department of the Doubs and the area Franche-Comté.

The inhabitants of Loray are called Loraitins (or the Baskets ).

Geography

Loray is a commune of the east of the France, close to Pierrefontaine-the-Monitors, Valdahon, Orchamps-Vennes to approximately 43 km in the east of Besancon. On the Road of the microphone-techniques between Morteau and Besancon. Its culminating point is the Rock-Barchey with approximately 1000m of altitude.

Altitude marked:

With the foot of the Church: 747 meters
With the Barchey Rock: 988 meters

The communes bordering on Loray are: Sommette, Flangebouche, Orchamps-Vennes, Plaimbois-Vennes, Vennes.

History

Books telling the history of this village are consultable with the Mairie, where one can also consult the work entitled " The road of Communes" Doubs version. The foundation of this village goes up with before the year 1100.

According to the list of the tornadoes (), part of the village would have been subjected has a tornado on June 9th, 1935. (That it probably passed to the locality of " Martinvaux" or one can now see some ruins of house along the river. )

Administration

Profession: Farmer Profession: Teacher Profession: Unknown

Demography

Economy

These main resources come from wood, of the Agriculture of the breeding. There are also a Riding school, a Hotel, and Artisan S.

Places and monuments

Old church and 3 fountains, old laundrettes.

Locality: " Martinvaux" or one finds there only some farms and the source of the " reverotte " ; " Niellans" with some house and the riding school; " the rock-Barchey" the culminating top of the mountain has 988 meters.

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