Étobon

Étobon
Commune

Coat of arms
Étobon

Coordinates: 47°38′38″N 6°40′37″E / 47.6439°N 6.6769°E / 47.6439; 6.6769Coordinates: 47°38′38″N 6°40′37″E / 47.6439°N 6.6769°E / 47.6439; 6.6769
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Haute-Saône
Arrondissement Lure
Canton Héricourt-2
Intercommunality CC pays d'Héricourt
Area1 12.26 km2 (4.73 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 286
  Density 23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 70221 /70400
Elevation 343–585 m (1,125–1,919 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Étobon is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

History

Second World War

On 27 September 1944, 39 men from Étobon were shot by German troops against the Protestant church and 27 others taken as prisoners in retaliation for the death of a German general killed on 9 September by the French resistance in the nearby forest between Belverne and Lyoffans. The town received the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 after the Second World War and the Legion of Honour in 1949.

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