Villafans

Villafans
Commune
The town hall in Villafans
Location of Villafans
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Coordinates: 47°34′55″N 6°28′21″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Haute-Saône
Arrondissement	Lure
Canton	Villersexel
Area ^1	6.44 km^2 (2.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	204
• Density	32/km^2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	70552 /70110
Elevation	263–361 m (863–1,184 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Coal mines were operated in the village between 1828 and 1916.^[2]

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  Mine shaft headframe 15 model.
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  Mine shaft 15 site.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Saône department
• Coal mines and saltworks of Gouhenans

References

1. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
2. Pierre Semonin, Le gîte houiller de Villafans, 1993