Loulans-Verchamp

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Loulans-Verchamp

(2020–2026) Guillaume Blondel-Gaborieau^[1]Area

8.16 km² (3.15 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

459 • Density56/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

70309 /70230

Elevation232–297 m (761–974 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loulans-Verchamp (French pronunciation: [lulɑ̃ vɛʁʃɑ̃]) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Geographical Location

Loulans Verchamp is situated at a distance of:

12 km from Rioz via road D15
25 km from Vesoul via roads D15 and N57
30 km from Besançon via roads D25 or D15 and N57
120 km from Neuchatel in Switzerland via N57.
160 km from Lausanne in Switzerland via N57.

Loulans Verchamp is neighboured:

On the north, by Roche-sur-Linotte-et-Sorans-les-Cordiers and Ormenans
On the north-west by Villers-Pater
On the west by Beaumotte-Aubertans
On the south-west by Cenans
On the south by Germondans of the Doubs region
On the south-east by Flagey-Rigney of the Doubs region
On the east by Maussans and Larians-et-Munans
On the north-east by Montbozon
The Linotte crosses the village of Loulans Verchamp, to join the river Ognon (Franche-Comté).

Roads and access

The D15 and the D25 pass through Loulans Verchamp, connecting it to Vesoul on the north and to Besançon on the south.
The high-speed railway line station Gare de Besançon-Auxon of the LGV Rhin-Rhône is situated at 30 km from Loulans Verchamp. It connects Besançon to Paris in just over two hours, with eight services a day (as of 2011).
The Vesoul train station is 27 km away.
The TGV – Gare de Besançon-Viotte train station is 32 km away.
Neuchatel (Switzerland) is 120 km away.
Lausanne (Switzerland) is 160 km away.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	448	—
1975	400	−1.61%
1982	406	+0.21%
1990	354	−1.70%
1999	378	+0.73%
2007	469	+2.73%
2012	499	+1.25%
2017	453	−1.92%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Commerce

In the village there are two bar hotel restaurants, a bakery a hairdresser and a beauty salon.

Personalities linked to this commune

Dominique Prétot (Papy) – president of the football club Union Sportive Larians – Munans, since 1967.

Gallery

Some images from the village:

rue des vignes, Loulans Verchamp
Winter of 2010
Elementary public school – December 2008
The Memorial Monument – December 2008
The road to Vesoul – D25
Intersection at Loulans Verchamp

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE