Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
Verdun-sur-le-Doubs (LL- (fra)-Mathieu Kappler-Verdun-sur-le-Doubs.wav, Verdun on the Doubs) is a former commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire. On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Verdun-Ciel.
Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
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Key facts
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• Name — Verdun-sur-le-Doubs • Commune — Verdun-Ciel • Insee — 71566 • Postal Code — 71350 • Arrondissement — Chalon-sur-Saône • Canton — Gergy • Elevation M — 180 • Elevation Min M — 173 • Elevation Max M — 180 • Area Km2 — 7.27 • Population — 942 • Population Date — 2022
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Verdun-sur-le-Doubs appears in the authority records of the INSEE Code officiel géographique and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names as a place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Verdun-sur-le-Doubs as an inhabited place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Bourgogne-Franche-Comté as the administrative unit of Verdun-sur-le-Doubs. On 1 January 2025, Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, then in the department of Saône-et-Loire (France), merged into Verdun-Ciel, according to the INSEE Code officiel géographique.
Position and history
Position and history
It is in the south-centre of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at the confluence of the Doubs and the Saône in the Bresse plain, near Beaune and about 20 km north-east of Chalon-sur-Saône. It has been more than a farmstead since early medieval times and acted as a fortified place at the French kingdom's frontier for several centuries. As to the German military administration in occupied France during World War II Verdun-sur-le-Doubs was on the north-south Demarcation Line.
Community of communes
Community of communes
Since 2015, Verdun-sur-le-Doubs is part of the Communauté de communes Saône Doubs Bresse.
Economy
Economy
Today it is, aside from retirement, a highly agricultural and touristic local economy well known for fishing, river boating, local produce and cuisine. Pôchouse is the local dish of various freshwater fish, dry Burgundy white wine (Bourgogne aligoté), cream, herbs and seasoning.
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