Verdun-sur-le-Doubs

French commune
nomcommune=Verdun-sur-le-Doubs


caption=Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
insee=71566
cp=71350
région=Bourgogne
département=Saône-et-Loire
arrondissement=Chalon-sur-Saône
canton=Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
(chief town)
intercomm=Trois Rivières du Verdunois
longitude=5.02416666667
latitude=46.8969444444
alt moy=180 m
alt mini=173 m
alt maxi=180 m
hectares=727
km²=7.27
sans=1,199
date-sans=1999
dens=164
date-dens=1999

Verdun-sur-le-Doubs is a small market-town and commune in the Saône-et-Loire "département", in France.

It is located in southern Burgundy at the confluence Doubs/Saône in the Bresse plain, near Beaune and Chalon-sur-Saône.

It is a very old implantation and played the role of fortified place at the French kingdom frontier during several centuries.

Today it's an agricol and touristic center well known for fishing, river boating and good eating. The "pôchouse" is the famous local dish with different types of river fishes cooked with dry Burgundy white wine ("Bourgogne aligoté") and cream.

Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was formatnum:1199.
The estimation for 2007 was formatnum:1143.

ee also

*Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

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References

* [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en icon

External links

* [http://www.tourisme-verdun-en-bourgogne.com/71/Office_de_tourisme_de_Verdun/versions_etrangeres/english/index_english.php Tourism office]