Haute-Saône
Department of France in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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::summary Department of France in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Haute-Saône |
| native_name_lang | fr |
| type | Department of France |
| image_skyline | {{Photomontage |
| photo2a | Le coin des pêcheurs à bucey les traves..JPG |
| photo1a | 2016-09 - Étobon - 21.jpg |
| photo3b | Anjeux Source du Planey 07.jpg |
| photo1b | Pesmes et lOgnon.jpg |
| photo3a | 2015-08 - Clairegoutte - 14.JPG |
| photo3c | 2016-09 - Corcelles (Haute-Saône) - 01.jpg |
| size | 270 |
| spacing | 2 |
| color | #FFFFFF |
| border | 0 |
| foot_montage | 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}} |
| image_flag | Drapeau fr département Haute-Saône.svg |
| image_shield | Blason département fr Haute-Saône.svg |
| image_map | Haute-Saône-Position.svg |
| map_caption | Location of Haute-Saône in France |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | France |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| seat_type | Prefecture |
| seat | Vesoul |
| parts_type | Subprefecture |
| parts_style | para |
| p1 | Lure |
| leader_party | DVG |
| leader_title | President of the Departmental Council |
| leader_name | Yves Krattinger |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 5360 |
| population_total | |
| population_as_of | |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_rank | 85th |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| blank_name_sec1 | Department number |
| blank_info_sec1 | 70 |
| blank_name_sec2 | Arrondissements |
| blank_info_sec2 | 2 |
| blank1_name_sec2 | Cantons |
| blank1_info_sec2 | 17 |
| blank2_name_sec2 | Communes |
| blank2_info_sec2 | 539 |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +1 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +2 |
| footnotes | French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
| :: |
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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 235,313 in 2019. 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.
The department was also marked by the Franco-Prussian War with the battles of Héricourt, and Villersexel but also the proximity of the Siege of Belfort. The department welcomed Alsatians fleeing the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine.
Bataille Lizaine.jpg|Battle of the Lisaine Bataille de Villersexel - 01.jpg|Battle of Villersexel Bataille de Villersexel - 07.jpg|View of the destruction of Bourg de Villersexel Bataille de Villersexel - 05.jpg|German artillery in front of the ruins of castle of Villersexel
The department has an important mining and industrial past (coal, salt, iron, lead-silver-copper mines, bituminous shale, stationery, spinning, weaving, forges, foundries, tileries, mechanical factories).
Puits Arthur de Buyer XXème (9).jpg|Arthur de Buyer Coal Mine (1.010 m) the deepest coal mine in France between 1900 and 1910 Saline-Gouhenans 10.jpg|Gouhenans Saltworks is one of the most important saltworks in France in the 19th century Intérieur_de_l'usine_de_Varigney_-_Cubilot.jpg|Interior view of the Varigney factory (Dampierre-lès-Conflans), the iron industry was developed until the middle of the 20th century Exploitation de schiste de Creveney.jpg|Creveney bituminous shale distillation plant, a rare operation in France between the two world wars
Geography
Haute-Saône is part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, and is divided into 2 arrondissements and 17 cantons. Neighbouring departments are Côte-d'Or to the west, Haute-Marne to the north-west, Vosges to the north, Territoire de Belfort to the east, Doubs to the south and east and Jura to south. The commune of Champlitte is the largest commune in this department, with an area of 128 km2.
The department can be presented as a transitional territory positioned between several of the more depressed departments of eastern France and the so-called Blue Banana zone characterised, in recent decades by relatively powerful economic growth.
2016-05 - Arpenans - 01.JPG|The country of Lure and the Vosges in the east of the department 2016-09 - Corcelles (Haute-Saône) - 01.jpg|Landscape in the southeast Ray sur Saone.jpg|Ray-sur-Saône in the west of the department
Economy
The department is overwhelmingly rural, despite the area having been at the forefront of industrialisation in the eighteenth century. The industrial tradition remains, but industrial businesses tend to be on a small scale. In 2006 employment by economic sector was reported as follows:
: * Agriculture 4,919 employees : * Construction 4,504 employees : * Industrial sector 18,747 employees : * Service sector 44,865 employees
Demographics
|cols=2|align=none|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:|graph-pos=bottom |1801|291579|1821|308171|1831|338910|1841|347627|1851|347469|1861|317183|1872|303088|1881|295905|1891|280856|1901|266605|1911|257606|1921|228348|1931|219257|1936|212829|1946|202573|1954|209303|1962|208440|1968|214176|1975|222254|1982|231962|1990|229650|1999|229732|2006|235867|2011|239695|2016|237242|2019|235313|2020|234601}} In common with many rural departments in France, Haute-Saône has experienced a savage reduction in population, from nearly 350,000 in the middle of the nineteenth century to barely 200,000 on the eve of the Second World War, as people migrated to newly industrialising population centres, often outside Metropolitan France.
During the second half of the twentieth century the mass mobility conferred by the surge in automobile ownership permitted some recovery of the population figure to approximately 234,000 in 2004.
Principal towns
The rural nature of the department is highlighted by the absence of large towns and cities. Even the department's capital, Vesoul, still has a population below 20,000. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 5,000 inhabitants:
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| Commune | Population (2019) |
|---|---|
| Vesoul | 14,914 |
| Héricourt | 10,646 |
| Lure | 8,046 |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 6,623 |
| Gray | 5,553 |
| :: |
Politics
The president of the Departmental Council is Yves Krattinger, first elected in 2001.
Current National Assembly Representatives
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| Constituency | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| La République En Marche!}}" | Haute-Saône's 1st constituency | |
| La République En Marche!}}" | Haute-Saône's 2nd constituency | |
| :: |
Tourism
File:RonchampCorbu.jpg|Notre-Dame du Haut by Le Corbusier (UNESCO) File:Oricourt haute-cour.jpg|Château d'Oricourt
File:Pesmes, le château vu depuis l'île de la sauvageonne.jpg|Pesmes File:Planche des Belles Filles 07.JPG|La Planche des Belles Filles (Tour de France) File:2020-05 - Étangs de Servance - 01.jpg|Landscape of Plateau des Mille Étangs
References
References
- (4 May 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux".
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep70.pdf Populations légales 2019: 70 Haute-Saône], INSEE
- [http://agreste.agriculture.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/D7007C01.pdf Agreste Franche Comté : Agriculture]
- "Historique de la Haute-Saône".
- "Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE.
- Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français".
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