Laissey

Laissey
Laissey
Commune
	The town hall in Laissey
	Coat of arms
	Location of Laissey
	Laissey Laissey
	Coordinates: 47°17′55″N 6°13′54″E / 47.2986°N 6.2317°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Baume-les-Dames
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Mesnier
Area 1	2.86 km2 (1.10 sq mi)
Population (2021)	445
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25323 /25820
Elevation	251–592 m (823–1,942 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Laissey (French pronunciation: [lɛsɛ]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

The village lies in the deep valley of the river Doubs. The Cascade du Rougnon is a 17-meter waterfall.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	545	—
1968	545	+0.0%
1975	501	−8.1%
1982	495	−1.2%
1990	399	−19.4%
1999	416	+4.3%
2008	442	+6.2%
2012	458	+3.6%

Economy

The village housed a mill from its inception, which served the villages of the Roulans plateau and Bouclans.

At the beginning of the 19th century, an iron mine was opened that employed up to 60 miners. However, with the arrival of the railroad in 1860, the mine was closed.

About 1870, a

textile mill

was established on the site of the old mill. It employed about 30 women, but it closed when the Bost brothers opened a tool factory at the end of the 19th century. From that time on, the village grew along with the factory. Of its 500 inhabitants, 200 worked at the factory.