The fountains of Ruhans are three fountains located in the commune of

Ruhans Ruhans () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a ...

, in France.

Description

The fountain in the center of the village is made up of two wash basins and a drinking trough with a jet stack in the center. It is located on the ground floor of a house owned by the municipality, right next to the town hall. Lavoir de Millaudon

The fountain in the hamlet of Millaudon is fed by the La Quenoche stream. Covered with tiles, it houses a wash house and its southern facade is opened by four pillars. An external stone drinking trough receives the excess water. Composed of a covered wash house and a stone watering trough, the fountain of La Villedieu-Les-Quenoche has a facade also opened by two cast iron columns.

Location

The set is located in the town of

, in the French department of Haute-Saône. The fountain in the center is located right next to the town hall of Ruhans. The Millaudon fountain is located in the hamlet of the same name, on the site where the La Quenoche stream intersects the departmental road. The fountain of La Villedieu-Les-Quenoche is located at the entrance of the hamlet of the same name.

History

The Ruhans fountain

Having no wells at their disposal, the inhabitants of

have long suffered from difficult access to water. It was in 1831 that the architect Ridoux built cisterns to collect rainwater, cisterns that the architects Lebeuffe and Renahy raised to facilitate drawing in 1843. The building as we know it was only built 1864 by the architect Servas, supplied by a source not far from there, in the territory of Quenoche.

The Millaudon fountain

Several fountain projects have followed one another but have never been implemented. According to the report by architects Lebeuffe and Renahy, there was only a small pond at the current location of the washhouse. This was built in 1844 with freestone from

Le Magnoray Le Magnoray () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division ...

La Malachère La Malachère () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône department The following is a list of the 539 communes in the French department ...

The La Villeudieu-Les-Quenoche fountain

The covered washhouse, of rectangular plan by Renahy, replaced in 1858 circular basins built 25 years earlier. It was built with freestone from

Andelarrot Andelarrot is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The town is located near Vesoul. See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône department *Communauté d'agglomération de Vesoul The ...

and La Malachère, while the trough was built with sand stones from

Granges-le-Bourg Granges-le-Bourg () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône department The following is a list of the 539 communes in the Fr ...

ou Châtillon-sur-Saône.

Photo gallery

File:Fontaine de Ruhans.jpg, Fountain of Ruhans File:Lavoir de Millaudon (intérieur).jpg, Fountain of Millaudon (inside)

References

{{cite book , last1=Langrognet , first1=Jean-Louis , last2=Grisel , first2=Denis , date= , title=Fontaines monumentales du Pays des 7 Rivières , trans-title=Notable fountains of country of 7 rivers , url= , language=French , location= , publisher=Société d'agriculture, lettres, science et arts de la Haute-Saône , isbn=2-8564-2050-8 Fountains in France