Haute-Saône

Also known as Haute-Saone

Haute-Saône (; Frainc-Comtou: Hâte-Saône; 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 233,185 in 2023. Its prefecture is Vesoul; its sole subprefecture is Lure.

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Haute-Saône is a department (administrative division) in northeastern France's Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, named after the Saône river that flows through it. With a 2023 population of about 233,000 people, it is governed from its main city, Vesoul, and has one secondary administrative center in Lure.

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Settlement.seat: Vesoul
Settlement.name: Haute-Saône
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of the Department of Haute-Saône.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Haute-Saône.svg
Settlement.image_map: Haute-Saône-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Haute-Saône in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefecture
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: Lure
Settlement.leader_party: DVG
Settlement.leader_title: President of the Departmental Council

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Haute-Saône
Population: 233185
Area: 5360
Official website: www.haute-saone.pref.gouv.fr
Image: Le coin des pêcheurs à bucey les traves..JPG

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Commons category: Haute-Saône
inception: 1790-03-04
Commons gallery: Haute-Saône
annual number of weddings: 519

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History
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Economy
Demographics
Principal towns
Politics
Current National Assembly Representatives
Tourism
See also
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== History == The department was created in the early years of the French Revolution through the application of a law dated 22 December 1789, from part of the former province of Franche-Comté. The frontiers of the new department corresponded approximately to those of the old Bailiwick of Amont.