Vesoul
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône ( prefecture ) | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton |
Vesoul-1 (main town) Vesoul-2 (main town) |
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| Community association | Vesoul | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 37 ' N , 6 ° 9' E | |
| height | 213-375 m | |
| surface | 9.07 km 2 | |
| Residents | 14,916 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,645 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70000 | |
| INSEE code | 70550 | |
| Website | http://www.vesoul.fr | |
 Vesoul Town Hall |
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Vesoul (German obsolete Wesel ) is a French commune in the Region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It is the capital ( prefecture ) of the Haute-Saône department .
geography
The city with 14,916 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located on the old railway line that runs from Paris via Troyes to Mulhouse and on to Basel . The national route N19 from Paris to Basel also runs via Vesoul.
The Durgeon , a tributary of the Saône , and the Colombine , which flows into the Durgeon at Vesoul, flow through Vesoul . To the west of the city, in the municipality of Vaivre-et-Montoille , lies the lake "Lac de Vesoul-Vaivre".
economy
Vesoul is home to one of the PSA automotive factories , which employs 4,500 people, making it one of the largest employers in the Haute-Saône department.
Population development
| 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 | 1861 | 1866 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,303 | 5,417 | 5,708 | 5,391 | 5,408 | 5,887 | 6,788 | 5,941 | 6,621 | 7,281 | 7,579 | 7,614 |
| 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 |
| 7,716 | 9.206 | 9,553 | 9,733 | 9,770 | 10,083 | 9,704 | 10.163 | 10,539 | 10,471 | 10,859 | 11,562 |
| 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | |
| 11,926 | 11,825 | 12,038 | 13,678 | 16,352 | 18.173 | 18,412 | 17,614 | 17.168 | 16,370 | 15,637 | |
Buildings
Town twinning
- Gerlingen , ( Baden-Württemberg ) since 1964
- Man , ( Ivory Coast ) since 2010
Personalities
- Born in Vesoul
- Simon Renard (1513–1573), advisor to Emperor Charles V and diplomat
- Jean-Baptiste Dubourg-Miroudot (1717–1798), Consul General and Bishop of Babylon
- Pierre Joseph de Beauchamp (1752–1801), diplomat and astronomer
- Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791–1820), physicist
- Gustave Chaudey (1817–1871), lawyer and politician, was executed in 1871
- Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), painter and sculptor, who created many works in a historical oriental style. His works are in the museum Musée Georges-Garret to see
- Arthur Constantin Krebs (1850–1935), inventor, designer, aviation , submarine and automobile pioneer
- Édouard Belin (1876–1963), inventor of the belinograph , which was used to transmit photos using a telegraph
- Edwige Feuillère (1907–1998), actress.
- Stéphane Peterhansel (* 1965), rally raid driver
- Jean-Michel Nicollier (1966–1991), volunteer in the Croatian war
- Laurent Mangel (* 1981), racing cyclist
- Further
- Jacques Brel (1929–1978) immortalized the city in his chanson Vesoul .
Individual evidence
- ↑ cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ "Vesoul" by Jacques Brel (video)
