Vandoncourt

Vandoncourt
Commune
Town hall and school
Coat of arms
Vandoncourt
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Vandoncourt
Coordinates: 47°28′04″N 6°54′07″E / 47.4678°N 6.9019°E / 47.4678; 6.9019Coordinates: 47°28′04″N 6°54′07″E / 47.4678°N 6.9019°E / 47.4678; 6.9019
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Montbéliard
Canton	Audincourt
Intercommunality	Pays de Montbéliard
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrice Vernier
Area1	8.57 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	841
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	25586 /25230
Elevation	370–611 m (1,214–2,005 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.

Vandoncourt is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

Vandoncourt lies 4.5 km (2.8 mi) southeast of Hérimoncourt and 7 km (4.3 mi) from the Swiss border. It occupies a transitional position between the Vosges Mountains and Alsace to the north and the Jura mountains on the south, Switzerland on the east and the plain of the Saône River on the west.

It is perched on a high plateau, which dominates the region.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vandoncourt.

• Vandoncourt on the regional Web site (in French)