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Code: 70
Region: Franche-Comté
Traditional province:
Franche-Comté
Bordering departments:
Côte-d'Or,
Doubs, Jura,
Haute-Marne,
Vosges, Territoire de
Belfort
Area: 5,360 km2
Population (1995): 252,100 inhabitants
Préfecture: Vesoul
Sous-préfecture: Lure
Subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 32 cantons, 545 communes.
The department is named after the river Saône (480 km), tributary of the Rhône.