Villars-the-dryness

Villars-the-Dryness is a common French, located in the department of the Territoire of Belfort and the area Franche-Comté.

The commune is administratively attached to the Canton of Beaucourt. According to the jokers, Villars-the-Dryness owes its name with the fact that it would be the French village most distant from any coast.

The village is located in the south of the department, between Saint-Dizier-the Bishop and the border Suisse. It bears well its name, water being rare on this calcareous plate with 550 meters of altitude. In 1803 it sheltered 140 inhabitants. They were 123 in 1999.

The first mention of the locality in the files goes back to 1282, under the name of Ueler .

Villars-the-dryness belonged to the parish of Saint-Dizier-the Bishop until in 1698 before being attached to that of Bure in Suisse.

In 1829 is to build the church, dedicated to the Nativity-of-the-Virgin and the village becomes an independent parish.

To a few hundred meters of the entry of the village, while coming from Saint-Dizier, a broad plate of rock levels. Prints of step can be guessed there. The legend tells that they are those of Desiderius, future holy Dizier, and those of the devil with which the saint would have fought, and gained the battle…

A cross is planted in the vicinity to recall to the passer by which the place is crowned. Formerly the pilgrim had habit to take on this cross a chip which carried to him happiness for the remainder of its voyage.

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