commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
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in the
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.department in the
region
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of
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
in eastern
France
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.
Coal mines
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were operated in the village between 1828 and 1916.Pierre Semonin, ''Le gîte houiller de Villafans'', 1993
XIXe - Puits n° 4 Gouhenans.jpg, Mine shaft 4.
Puits n° 13 Gouhenans 04 - Crop.jpg, Mine shaft 13.
Fonçage - Puits n° 17 Gouhenans.JPG, Mine shaft 17.
Salt mines were operating in the village between 1831 and 1945. A
chemical factory
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(1844-1955) and a glass factory (1903-1912) were added to the complex.