Haute-Saône
Sign in to saveHaute-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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- Location of Haute-Saône in France
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- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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- Demographics
- Principal towns
- Politics
- Current National Assembly Representatives
- Tourism
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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.
== 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.