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Vesoul - LoveToKnow 1911 (348 words) |
 | Vesoul is situated between the isolated conical hill of La Motte (1263 ft.) and the river Durgeon. |
| Vesoul is the seat of a prefect, a tribunal of first instance and a court of assize, and has a lycee for boys, training colleges for both sexes, and a branch of the Bank of France. |
| Vesoul belonged temporarily to France after the death of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy; was returned to the empire when Charles VIII., king of France, broke off his marriage with the daughter of Maximilian, king of the Romans; and again became part of France under Louis XIV. |
| Interfrance: City of Vesoul (652 words) |
| Vesoul is the prefecture of the Haute-Saone department. |
| 14 km from Vesoul, the forges were built in the 16th century and are considered among the gems of the industrial heritage of Haute-Saone. |
| 26 km east of Vesoul, this village lies at the confluence of the Scey and Ognon rivers. |
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