Bartherans | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Coordinates: | 47.0425°N 5.9294°W |
Insee: | 25044 |
Postal Code: | 25440 |
Arrondissement: | Besançon |
Canton: | Saint-Vit |
Mayor: | Yves Mougin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Loue-Lison |
Elevation Min M: | 408 |
Elevation Max M: | 570 |
Area Km2: | 5.81 |
Bartherans (in French pronounced as /baʁtəʁɑ̃/) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Bartherans is situated at 455 m of altitude approximately 23 km southwest of Besançon in a wooded valley.
Neighbouring communities are Montfort in the north, Échay and Myon in the east, Ivrey in the south, and Ronchaux in the west.
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.
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.