Frasne

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Frasne
Frasne Coat of Arms
Frasne (France)
Frasne
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Pontarlier
Canton Frasne
Community association Plateau de Frasne et du Val du Drugeon
Coordinates 46 ° 51 ′  N , 6 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 ′  N , 6 ° 10 ′  E
height 810-882 m
surface 32.87 km 2
Residents 1,936 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 59 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 25560
INSEE code
Website www.frasne.fr

Post office

Frasne [ fʀɑːɴ ] is a French commune with 1,936 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It is the main town (chef-lieu) of the canton of the same name in the arrondissement of Pontarlier and belongs to the Frasne - Drugeon (CFD) community.

location

Saint-Georges church

The community is 19 kilometers west-southwest of the city of Pontarlier . The neighboring municipalities are: Bonnevaux , Bouverans , Dompierre-les-Tilleuls , Boujailles and Courvières (Doubs) and Bief-du-Fourg ( Jura ).

population

Number of inhabitants
(source: INSEE)
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 1,367 1,353 1,430 1,355 1,519 1,624 1,753 1,950

traffic

Frasne has a station at the junction of the two international railway lines Dijon – Vallorbe on the one hand and Frasne – Neuchâtel on the other. In addition, with six daily connections to Paris - with a travel time of just under three hours - Frasne is also the smallest municipality in France with a stop for the high-speed train TGV .

Track junction: left branch of Lausanne, right branch of Bern
TGV stop in Frasne

Web links

Commons : Frasne  - collection of images, videos and audio files

proof

  1. Frasne on the Insee website