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Vesoul

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Commune of Vesoul
Location
Longitude 06° 09' 21" E
Latitude 47° 37' 23" N
Administration
CountryFrance
Région Franche-Comté
Département Haute-Saône
(préfecture)
Arrondissement Vesoul
Canton Vesoul (chief town)
Intercommunality Communauté de Communes de l'agglomération de Vesoul
Mayor Alain Joyandet
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 213 m–375 m
(avg. 220 m)
Land area¹ 9.07 km²
Population²
(1999)
17,168
 - Density (1999) 1,893/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 70550/ 70000
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
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Vesoul is a French town and commune located in the Haute-Saône département. The town is the préfecture of the département.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Vesoul was the birthplace of Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), painter and sculptor who produced many works in a historical, Orientalist style.

Vesoul is twinned with Gerlingen, Germany, since 1964.

Vesoul is also the name of a song by Jacques Brel from 1968.

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