page_title: Vesoul
section_title: Monuments and tourist attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Vesoul / Culture and heritage / Monuments and tourist attractions
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le Durgeon et le quai Yves-Barbier à Vesoul (Haute-Saône) English: The Durgeon in Vesoul (Haute-Saône, France)
context_page_description: Vesoul is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté located in eastern France.
  It is the most populated municipality of the department with 15,212 inhabitants in 2014. The same year, the Communauté d'agglomération de Vesoul which covers 20 municipalities together had 34,310 inhabitants while the Urban area of Vesoul which includes 78 municipalities, had 59,244 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are known in French as Vésuliens.
  Built on top of the hill of La Motte in the first millennium under the name of Castrum Vesulium, the city gradually evolved into a European commercial and economic center. At the end of the Middle Ages, the city experienced a challenging period beset with plagues, epidemics, and localized conflict.
  Main urban center of the department, Vesoul is also home to a major PSA parts manufacturing plant and to the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. It was immortalized by Jacques Brel in his 1968 song "Vesoul".
  The town is the capital of the department of Haute-Saône.
context_section_description: Vieux Vesoul (Old Vesoul) (buildings from the 15th, 16th and 18th centuries and Garret Museum)
  Site of Vesoul's Motte
  Site of the Sabot de Frotey
  Lake of Vesoul - Vaivre
  Vesoul-Vaivre Vélo-rail
  Convent of the Ursulines (17th century)
  St. George's Church, Vesoul
  Gare de Vesoul
  PSA Vesoul Plant
  Synagogue of Vesoul
  Musée Georges-Garret
  Notre-Dame-de-la-Motte
  Paul Morel Hospital
  Lac de Vesoul - Vaivre
caption: The Durgeon
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