Haute-Saône

French depairtment

Haute-Saône (French pronunciation: ​[ot.soːn]; Arpitan: Hiôta-Sona) is a French depairtment o the Franche-Comté region named efter the Saône River.

Haute-Saône
Coat of airms o Haute-Saône
Coat airms
Location o Haute-Saône in Fraunce
Location o Haute-Saône in Fraunce
Coordinates: 47°35′N 06°00′E / 47.583°N 6.000°E / 47.583; 6.000Coordinates: 47°35′N 06°00′E / 47.583°N 6.000°E / 47.583; 6.000
KintraFraunce
RegionFranche-Comté
PrefecturVesoul
SubprefectursLure
Govrenment
 • Preses o the General CooncilYves Krattinger
Area
 • Total5360 km2 (2,070 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
 • Total229,732
 • Rank82nt
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer70
Arrondissements2
Cantons17
Communes545
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2