Briaucourt, Haute-Saône

Briaucourt
Commune
The church in Briaucourt
Coat of arms
Location of Briaucourt
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Coordinates: 47°49′28″N 6°15′01″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Haute-Saône
Arrondissement	Lure
Canton	Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Choux
Area 1	9.83 km2 (3.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	243
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	70097 /70800
Elevation	227–294 m (745–965 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Briaucourt (French pronunciation: [bʁijokuʁ]) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Geography

The Lanterne River flows through the commune. To the South it borders the communes of Velorcey, Abelcourt, Sainte-Marie-en-Chaux, from southeast to southwest, respectively. To the west it borders the communes of Ormoiche and Francalmont. To the east, Conflans-sur-Lanterne. To the north it borders Ainville, and to the northeast, Plainemont. Out of these, two of them are in different cantons, Plainemont, which is in the Canton Port-sur-Saône, and the Commune of Ormoiche, which is in the Canton of Luxeuil-les-Bains.

Notable people

• Henri Genaille (October 2, 1856-?) inventor of Genaille-Lucas rulers

Mayors of Briaucourt

• Raymond Py (2001-2003, Independent)
• Denis Laurent (2003–Present, The Republicans)

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Saône department