Selles, Haute-Saône

French commune
nomcommune=Selles


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insee=70485
cp=70210
région=Franche-Comté
département=Haute-Saône
arrondissement=Lure
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alt mini=227 m
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km²=14.36
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Selles is a village and commune in the Haute-Saône "département", in the French region of Franche-Comté. The river Coney flows through the village and also the canal de l'Est. The canal can be crossed in Selles using a metal bridge which is opened manually to allow canal boats to pass through. Locally the bridge is known as Le Pont Tournant and there is a restaurant of the same name by the canal.

Visitors to Selles can visit the Jean Roussey cheese factory which has free entry and there is a tasting room and shop where the cheeses that are produced there may be bought.

The village also features a bakery (boulangerie) which is locally known as the best for several miles around for its quality.

Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was 246.
The estimation for 2007 was 246.

ee also

*Communes of the Haute-Saône department

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