Haute-Saône

**Haute-Saône** is a department in the east of France. It is in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is named after the Saône river and its capital (prefecture) is the city of Vesoul.

## History
Haute-Saône is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the old province of *Franche-Comté*.

It was divided in six districts: Jussey, Luxeuil, Lure, Vesoul, Gray and Champlitte with the capital in Gray alternating with Vesoul. In 1794, only Gray remained as the capital. it is in the *commune* Servance-Miellin.

### Climate
The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Lure is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype **Cfb**.

The average temperature for the year in Lure is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month, on average is January, with an average temperature of .

The average amount of precipitation (rainfall) for the year in Lure is . The month with the most precipitation on average is August with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is March with an average of .

The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Haute-Saône department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

# Dampierre-sur-Salon (7001)
# Gray (7002)
# Héricourt-1 (7003)
# Héricourt-2 (7004)
# Jussey (7005)
# Lure-1 (7006)
# Lure-2 (7007)
# Luxeuil-les-Bains (7008)
# Marnay (7009)
# Mélisey (7010)
# Port-sur-Saône (7011)
# Rioz (7012)
# Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse (7013)
# Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin (7014)
# Vesoul-1 (7015)
# Vesoul-2 (7016)
# Villersexel (7017)

## Demographics
The inhabitants of Haute-Saône are known, in French, as *Haut-Saônois* (women: *Haut-Saônoises*).

Haute-Saône had a population, in 2014, of 238,347, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The *arrondissement* of Vesoul, with 129,622 inhabitants, is the *arrondissement* with more inhabitants.

**Evolution of the population in Haute-Saône**

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The cities with more than inhabitants in the department are:

## Gallery

File:Gray, la Basilique Notre Dame.jpg|*Notre Dame* Basilica, Gray.
File:Vesoul Synagogue 2.jpg|Synagogue of Vesoul.
File:Vesoul - église Saint-Georges - vue générale.jpg|*Saint-Georges* church, Vesoul.
File:Château de Champlitte cour d'honneur.JPG|*Château de Champlitte*.
File:Gray-La Saône depuis le pont neuf.jpg|The Saône river in Gray.
File:Nordest.jpg|Castle of Villersexel.

## References
## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Haute-Saône department
* Communes of the Haute-Saône department

## Other websites
* Departmental Council website  
* Prefecture website  
* Destination 70 - Tourisme en Haute-Saône