Vaire-Arcier
Encyclopedia
Vaire-Arcier is a commune
in the Doubs
department in the Franche-Comté
region
in eastern France
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The two communes of Vaire-le-Grand and Arcier were merged on 1 March 1974 to become Vaire-Arcier.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Doubs
Doubs
Doubs is a department the Franche-Comté region of eastern France named after the Doubs River.-History:As early as the 13th century, inhabitants of the northern two-thirds of Doubs spoke the Franc-Comtois language, a dialect of Langue d'Oïl. Residents of the southern third of Doubs spoke a dialect...
department in the Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The two communes of Vaire-le-Grand and Arcier were merged on 1 March 1974 to become Vaire-Arcier.
Population
See also
- Château de Vaire-Le-Grand, located on Vaire-Arcier
- Vaire-le-PetitVaire-le-PetitVaire-le-Petit is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.-Population:-See also:*Vaire-Arcier, on the opposite side of the Doubs River*Communes of the Doubs department-References:*...
, located on the north bank of the Doubs RiverDoubs RiverThe Doubs is a 453 km long river in eastern France and western Switzerland, left tributary of the Saône. Its source is near Mouthe in the western Jura mountains.... - Communes of the Doubs department