Champlitte is a

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in the

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in eastern

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. The inhabitants of Champlitte are known in French as the Chanitois.

History

During the Roman Era, Champlitte was close to two major roads, one from

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and the other from Danmartin to Langres. Several villas have been found in the area, as has a hoard from the third century, confirming that the area was inhabited. The origin of the name come from Champlitte campus litensis or campus limites. We find the first written in the chronicle of the Abbey of Bèze. The first lord of Champlitte whose name is preserved was Gérard de Fouvent.Bougaud, Garnier (1875) p.238 The town prospered under the Lords of Vergy. Champlitte was successively part of the dioceses of Langres, Dijon and Besançon. It was the chief town of the district from 1790 to 1795. The commune of Champlitte in its present form was created on 1 January 1972 by the merger of municipalities of Champlitte-and-the-Prélot, Champlitte-la-Ville, Leffond, Margilley, Montarlot-lès-Champlitte and Neuvelle-lès-Champlitte . On 1 July 1974, the municipality was enlarged by the annexation of Frettes, an old town formerly belonging to the department of

Haute-Marne Haute-Marne (; English: Upper Marne) is a department in the Grand Est region of Northeastern France. Named after the river Marne, its prefecture is Chaumont. In 2019, it had a population of 172,512.Haute-Saône Haute-Saône (; Arpitan: ''Hiôta-Sona''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.Franche-Comté.

Geography

The city is situated on a hill at an elevation of 240 metres and is located at the edge of the regions

and

Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...

. It overlooks the River Salon.

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Communes of Haute-Saône {{HauteSaône-geo-stub

History

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