Dept 70 Rank #66 / 96
Haute-Saône
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · Nearest city: Vesoul → Besançon (~30 min)
🚄 TGV
Rolling Haute-Saône farmland
Why this score · reflects your priorities
Haute-Saône offers affordable property, good rail access and low hazard exposure, but almost no tourism, heavy rainfall and cool winters temper it. La Haute-Saône offre un immobilier abordable, une bonne desserte ferroviaire et une faible exposition aux risques, mais un tourisme quasi inexistant, des pluies abondantes et des hivers frais tempèrent le tableau.
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Climate
Sunshine
1,952h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Sunny days
154/yr
days >50% sunlit
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Rain days
132/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 fewer rain days each year.
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Annual rainfall
922mm/yr
total volume
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Heavy rain
7/yr
≥ 20 mm/day
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Torrential
0.1/yr
≥ 50 mm/day
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Hot days >30°
22/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 1 fewer hot days each year.
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Winter mildness
3/10
0.8 °C avg Jan low
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.3 °C per year.
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Wind
2.5m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Muggy days
7/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: about 1 more muggy days each year.
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Avg max temperature · °C
6
J
8
F
12
M
15
A
19
M
22
J
25
J
25
A
20
S
16
O
10
N
7
D
2050 outlook TRACC +2.7°C · vs 1976-2005
Hot days ≥35°C ~+3 days · +3 so far
Tropical nights ~+9 nights · +2 so far
Frost days ~-27 days · -18 so far
Dry-soil days ~+27 days
Landscape
Landscape score
5/10
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Max elevation
1,215m
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Forest cover
43.6%
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Characteristics
🌾 Rural
Rolling Haute-Saône farmland
Identity
Haute-Saône is the birthplace of Jules Rimet (avocat).
Notable figures born here
Jules Rimet — avocatJean-Léon Gérôme — artiste peintreJacques de Molay — chevalierJérémy Mathieu — footballeurAntoine-Augustin Cournot — mathématicienThibaut Pinot — agriculteurStéphane Peterhansel — pilote automobile de rallye-raidAlain Perrin — footballeurEdwige Feuillère — acteurRomain Hamouma — footballeur
Terroir & appellations
Haute-Saône lies within protected appellation areas, including Munster, Miel de sapin des Vosges, Franche-Comté Vuillafans blanc.
MunsterMiel de sapin des VosgesFranche-Comté Vuillafans blancFranche-Comté BuffardFranche-Comté DoubsFranche-Comté Haute-SaôneFranche-Comté HugierFranche-Comté OfflangesFranche-Comté GyFranche-ComtéFranche-Comté Motey-BesuchePorc de Franche-Comté
Distinctions
- Jardin aquatique Acorus
- Parc de l’Etang
- Jardin « à la cude »
- Jardin du "Clos-Ballot"
- +3 more
Station classée de tourisme (2)
Risks
Safety score
8/10
Flood risk
Low
% communes flood-exposed (GASPAR union)
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Fire risk
Moderate
Copernicus FWI · fire-weather index
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Seismic exposure
Very high
% in a seismic zone (most of France is)
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Major risks present
Share of the department's communes listing each risk category
Earthquake Very high 100% p80 of 96
Subsidence & cavities Moderate 54.4% p45 of 96
Flooding Moderate 52.5% p52 of 96
Ground movement Moderate 50.8% p35 of 96
Hazardous-materials transport Low 35.1% p35 of 96
Dam failure Very low 1.5% p24 of 96
Industrial hazard Very low 0.4% p9 of 96
Transport
Transport
9/10
2.5 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
0
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Work locally
23.4%
work in own commune
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
Vesoul → Besançon (~30 min)
✈ Airport
Dole Tavaux Airport (DLE) · ~83 km
🚄 To Paris via TGV
2.5h direct
🛣 Highways
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Services
Healthcare
6/10
APL 3.8
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Schools
4/10
Brevet 84%
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Fiber coverage
97%
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Intl schools
0schools
None in department
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People
Population
240,539
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Density
45/km²
Rural
-44% vs median 81
32 387
Pop trend
-0.2%/yr
-0.4 pts vs median · p15
Median income
$24,900
standard of living · $/yr
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Poverty rate
13.6%
below 60% of median living standard
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Unemployment
10.3%
active population out of work
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Tourism
1 bed per 94 residents
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Age distribution · % of population
0-14
14%
15-24
11%
25-39
12%
40-54
14%
55-69
20%
70+
29%
Office professionals
10.4%
cadres · engineers, managers, professionals
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Remote work
4.2%
télétravail · works without commuting
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Socio-professional mix · % of occupied workers
Office
Managers & professionals
10.4%
At-home trades
Farmers
2.8%
Artisans & shopkeepers
6.6%
On-site · services, health, teaching, manual
Intermediate professions incl. nurses, teachers
24.9%
Clerical & service staff
26.5%
Manual workers
28.9%
Real estate
Median
$1,140/m²
$480 $2,170
House $1,190 Apt $1,100
-0.8%/yr 2023–25
Median surface
—m²
Taxe foncière
42.38%
typical commune rate · TFPB
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Price distribution across communes · $/m²
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