Nans-under-Holy-Anne

Nans-under-Holy-Anne is a common French, located in the department of the Doubs and the area Franche-Comté.

History

On the territory of the commune remains some vestiges of the castle of Montrichard.

Built in XIIIe century to supervise the medieval way which went down from Montmahoux, it was completely ruined by the troops of Louis XI about 1479.

It sheltered in XIVe century a workshop of ducal counterfeit money. François RIZZON

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Located in one moved back Jurassic characteristic, Nans-under-Holy-Anne is also known for the importance of her network of Spéléologie, one of vastest of France. A brook, the Verneau crosses the village and is thrown in the Lison, him even an affluent of Loue. The sources of the two above mentioned rivers offer a great tourist attraction. Lastly, an edge-tool industry (Forging mill manufacturing of the cutting tools such of the forgeries) dating from the 19th century, in perfect operating condition is worth visiting.

Edge-tool industry

This firm-workshop, dating the XIX century is located at approximately 2 km of the source of Lison of which it uses water to actuate the waterwheels. The name of “edge-tool industry” is used to indicate the workshops intended for the manufacture of the cutting tools (false, bill hooks, etc.) for the needs for the farming community. Two series of waterwheels are used:

the two bellows, located outside the workshop, are driven by a system of rods pulled by a series of gears connected to paddle wheels. This whole of single blower in Europe and going back to

1886, weigh more than 10 tons whose two bellows, entirely in oak (2 tons each one) are suspended on the frame. These two bellows function in alternation (one aspires while the other expires), and the produced air is sent, via a piping, towards the hearths of forging mills inside the workshop.

Inside, the workshop of forging is fed in driving force by a machinery made up of two waterwheels, of about thirty tons. This machinery actuates a series of Martinet S, whose head of 250 kg strikes metal at the rate of 150 blows minute.

It is in this deafening noise that about fifteen workmen have work until 1969, date of the closing of edge-tool industry.

Today, the visitors have the leisure to visit this workshop and to appreciate environment, very particular, of the work of the century spent, through the operation of the trip hammers and of a showroom which recalls the living conditions of the workmen blacksmiths and the manufacture of the tools edges.

Personalities related to the commune

Louis Pergaud, whose father was teacher with Nans-under-Holy-Anne.

Charles Beauquier at the origin of the first law on Environmental protection

See too

Common of Doubs

External bonds

Nans-under-Holy-Anne on the site of the national geographical Institute
Nans-under-Holy-Anne on the site of INSEE
Nans-under-Holy-Anne on the site of Quid
Localization of Nans-under-Holy-Anne on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Nans-under-Holy-Anne on Mapquest

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