Vesoul, Administrative division in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Vesoul is a town in Haute-Saône in eastern France, positioned between the Jura and Vosges foothills. The settlement consists of a historic core at the base of La Motte hill and newer districts spreading along the Durgeon and Colombine rivers.
The settlement first appears in records in 899 under the name Castrum Vesulium, when a fortified tower stood on the hill. During the Middle Ages the town grew into a trading hub on the route between Burgundy and Alsace, before later becoming the chief town of the department.
The town takes its name from a Latin term referring to a Roman settlement on the hill, where visitors today can still climb to the viewing tower on La Motte. Every year the Asian cinema festival draws film enthusiasts from across Europe to screenings and events held in local theaters and cultural spaces.
The town sits on the Paris–Mulhouse railway line with regular connections in both directions and offers access to the surrounding natural areas of the Jura and Vosges. Visitors arriving by car will find it at the junction of several regional roads, roughly halfway between Besançon and Épinal.
The town lies less than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the borders with both Germany and Switzerland, making it a natural starting point for trips across three countries. Four small waterways run through the municipal area and all flow into the Saône, which runs about 20 kilometers (12 miles) to the west.
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Musée Jean-Léon Gérôme
1.8 km
Motte
1.1 km
Chapel of Our Lady of the Motte of Vesoul
510 mOrgue de tribune de l'église Saint-Georges de Vesoul
425 m
St. George's Church
425 m
Palais de justice de Vesoul
505 m
Monument aux morts des Allées
701 m
Edwige Feuillère Theatre
443 m
Protestant temple of Vesoul
624 m
Église du Sacré-Cœur de Vesoul
608 m
Hôtel Pétremand
487 m
Synagogue de Vesoul
258 m
Maison des associations de Vesoul
388 m
Prefecture hotel of Haute-Saône
1.8 km
Couvent des Ursulines
452 m
Collège de Marteroy
796 m
Frontstalag 141
152 m
Hôtel Thomassin
422 m
Building of the Savings Bank of Vesoul
514 m
Hôtel de Magnoncourt
569 m
Simon Renard hotel
427 mVilla Malitchenko
388 m
Hôtel de Salives
500 m
Halls of Vesoul
457 m
Hôtel Baressols
454 m
Villa Henri Kielwasser
388 m
Maison Ébaudy de Rochetaillé
397 m
Hôtel Lyautey de Genevreuille
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