Les Hôpitaux-Vieux
Les Hôpitaux-Vieux () is a commune in the Doubs département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography. The commune is situated on the Roman road from Besançon to Italy. The highest point in the commune is the Mont de l'Herba at 1303 m. History. The history of the commune is linked to Jean de Chalon, Duke of Burgundy. He established a hospital, first designed to treat the wounded in battle, and then to combat leprosy and the plague, which raged from 1346 to 1349. The two distance names of "Hôpitaux-Vieux" and "Hôpitaux-Neufs