Haute-Saône
Department of France in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haute-Saône (French: [ot soːn] ⓘ; Arpitan: Hiôta-Sona; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.[3] Its prefecture is Vesoul; its sole subprefecture is Lure.
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Haute-Saône
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From top down, left to right: Étobon; the Ognon River in Pesmes; the Saône River in Bucey-lès-Traves; Clairegoutte; Source du Planey in Anjeux; and view of the village of Corcelles in Saulnot | |
Coordinates: 47°35′N 06°00′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Prefecture | Vesoul |
Subprefecture | Lure |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Yves Krattinger[1] (DVG) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,360 km2 (2,070 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 234,296 |
• Rank | 85th |
• Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 70 |
Arrondissements | 2 |
Cantons | 17 |
Communes | 539 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
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