Abbans-Dessous is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

The similarly named commune Abbans-Dessus lies 1.5 km to the south.

Abbans-Dessous is located some 20 km south-west of Besançon and 2 km south-east of Osselle. Access to the commune is by road D105 from Byans-sur-Doubs in the south-east passing through the commune and the village and continuing north-east to Boussières. The D466 road goes south-east from the village then north-east to join the D107 at the north-eastern corner of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.

The commune is situated on the south bank of the river Doubs where it loops south after flowing from the Jura mountains in Switzerland in a U-shaped course through Besançon before passing along the northern border of Abbans-Dessous then feeding into the river Saône at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs.

Abbans appears in the forms:

• Habens in 1148;
• Abans in 1182;
• Abbans in 1250;
• Abbans villa in 1252;
• Abens-la-Ville in 1278;
• Abbantum in 1297;
• Abbans in 1368;
• Abbans-la-Ville in 1629

The name is based on a German man's name Abbo with the Germanic suffix -ing.

The history of Abbans-Dessous (previously called Abbans-la-Ville) can not be separated from that of Abbans-Dessus (previously called Abbans-le-Château). At the lower end is a church surrounded by a cemetery, the priory of Lieu-Dieu, a mill on the Doubs river; at the upper end are the two châteaux - Front and Rear - which preceded their respective villages.

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List of Successive Mayors of Abbans-Dessous

From	To	Name
2001	2014	Claude Vuaillat
2014	Current	Chantal Viprey

Abbans-Dessous is a member of the Community of communes Loue-Lison, which was created on 1 January 2017. It comprises 72 communes, and has its seat in Ornans.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abbanais or Abbanaises in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 229 —     1800 233 +0.25% 1806 238 +0.35% 1821 225 −0.37% 1831 219 −0.27% 1836 226 +0.63% 1841 212 −1.27% 1846 211 −0.09% 1851 199 −1.16% 1856 202 +0.30% 1861 191 −1.11% 1866 217 +2.59% 1872 193 −1.93% 1876 202 +1.15% 1881 182 −2.06% 1886 208 +2.71% 1891 210 +0.19% 1896 206 −0.38%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 186 −2.02% 1906 193 +0.74% 1911 170 −2.51% 1921 128 −2.80% 1926 147 +2.81% 1931 149 +0.27% 1936 136 −1.81% 1946 135 −0.07% 1954 158 +1.99% 1962 130 −2.41% 1968 132 +0.25% 1975 112 −2.32% 1982 138 +3.03% 1990 151 +1.13% 1999 174 +1.59% 2009 237 +3.14% 2014 253 +1.32% 2020 247 −0.40%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

• The Priory of Lieu-Dieu (11th century) is listed as a historical monument. The church contains the Tombstone of Jean d'Abbans (knight) (14th century) which is listed as a historical object.

• Communes of the Doubs department

• Abbans-Dessous on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Abans-deßous on the 1750 Cassini Map