Luxiol

Luxiol
Commune
Location of Luxiol
Luxiol is located in France
Luxiol
Luxiol
Location within France
Luxiol is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Luxiol
Luxiol
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Coordinates: 47°22′54″N 6°21′00″E / 47.3817°N 6.35°E / 47.3817; 6.35
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentDoubs
ArrondissementBesançon
CantonBaume-les-Dames
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bertrand Barrand
Area
1
6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Highest elevation
525 m (1,722 ft)
Lowest elevation
360 m (1,180 ft)
Population
 (2023)
157
 • Density24.4/km2 (63.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
25354 /25110
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

History

Luxiol is not known for any particular heritage sites, with Roger Clausse, mayor of Luxiol between 1965 to 1995, describing Luxiol as "a village without history" in 1989. Luxiol was the place of the Roman Loposagium. Sequani were most likely settled in the area. A rare stater was found in Luxiol and has since exhibited at Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon. Another coin, presumed to be an antoninianus or aureus, remains in a private collection in Luxiol. During the Middle Ages, Luxiol was part of the seigneurie of Clerval. In 1773, Louis XV ceded Luxiol to Sieur de Mauclerc d'Osse.

Throughout the mid-19th century, Auguste Napoléon Parandier [fr] constructed most of the roadways connecting Luxiol and other communes in Doubs. Parandier established that Luxiol was once a common road station, as the second oldest local pathway and subsequent crossroads passed through Luxiol at the midway point.

In July 1989, a mass shooting took place in Luxiol, in which 15 residents were killed. It was described as the worst mass murder in modern France. A memorial to the victims was subsequently built at A36 autoroute.

For most of its history, Luxiol was an agricultural community. By 2026, only six residents were farmers.

Nature

During Cyclone Lothar in 1999, all 150 hectares of Luxiol's forest were undamaged.

The subterranean river cave system Grotte d'En Versenne ranges around 8 kilometres in length. Topography of the cavern was created in the early 1990s by Jef Loeillot. En Versenne is occasionally used as a caving location.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 141—    
1975 138−0.31%
1982 128−1.07%
1990 138+0.94%
1999 158+1.52%
2007 166+0.62%
2012 156−1.23%
2017 161+0.63%
2023 157−0.42%
Source: INSEE

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Commune Luxiol". Base nationale sur l'intercommunalité et autres collectivités.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Luxiol (25110) , Canton de Baume Les Dames, Le Doubs". La Route des Communes. 9 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Luxiol | Hommage. L'ancien maire de Luxiol Roger Clausse est décédé". L'Est Républicain (in French). 29 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Dans le Doubs, un forcené tue quatorze personnes : terreur au village". Le Monde (in French). 14 July 1989.
  7. ↑ Notice de l'ancienne Gaule, tirée des monumens romains
  8. ↑ Pauly, August (1846). Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. p. 1148.
  9. ↑ Niemeyer, Max (1899). Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie. p. 330.
  10. ↑ The Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology of Besançon. 1994. p. 13. ISBN 978-2907333634.
  11. ↑ Trésors monétaires XXV 2011-2012 (in French). 11 September 2014. p. 289. ISBN 978-2717725940.
  12. ↑ Histoire des comtes souverains de Montbéliard. 1877. p. 42.
  13. ↑ Girard, Ernest (1892). La Franche-Comté ancienne (in French). pp. 6–11.
  14. 1 2 ""Il a tout brisé" : 15 morts un jour d'été, rescapé de la tuerie de Luxiol, il n'imagine pas Christian Dornier sortir un jour de l'unité psychiatrique spécialisée". France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (in French). 4 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "Farmer charged as 14 victims buried". UPI. 14 July 1989.
  16. ↑ Bulletin trimestriel de la Société départementale d'agriculture du Doubs. 1964. p. 19.
  17. ↑ "LE RESEAU SOUTERRAIN DE VERNE - FOURBANNE RECHERCHES SPELEOLOGIQUES DU G.S.DOUBS DE 1988 A 1996". Bulletin de I'A.S.E. Ligues Spéléologiques de Bourgogne et de Franche-Comté (12): 14–16. 1997.
  18. ↑ "Deux plongeurs et onze porteurs pour une exploration". L'Est Républicain (in French). 6 August 2020.
  19. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE