Port-sur-Saône

Port-sur-Saône (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ syʁ son]) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Port-sur-Saône
Commune
The town hall in Port-sur-Saône
Coat of arms
Location of Port-sur-Saône
Port-sur-Saône Show map of France Port-sur-Saône Show map of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Coordinates: 47°41′21″N 6°02′43″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Haute-Saône
Arrondissement	Vesoul
Canton	Port-sur-Saône
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Pepe[1]
Area 1	24.59 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,966
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	70421 /70170
Elevation	206–337 m (676–1,106 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It was probably the Roman Portus Abucini.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,056	—
1975	2,482	+2.73%
1982	2,642	+0.90%
1990	2,521	−0.58%
1999	2,773	+1.06%
2007	2,948	+0.77%
2012	3,022	+0.50%
2017	2,971	−0.34%
Source: INSEE[4]

Twin towns

Port-sur-Saône is twinned with:

• Brest, Belarus
• Cahul, Moldova
• Man, Ivory Coast
• Kursenai, Lithuania

There are also friendship within the town:

• Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
• Lezhë, Albania

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Saône department