Couthenans () is a
commune in the
Haute-Saône department
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in the
region
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of
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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in eastern
France
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.
People
Couthenans is the birthplace of:
*
Pierre Jacques Dormoy (1825 - 1892) a Protestant engineer, inventor, industry captain, the creator of the Dormoy foundries as well as a political and economic personality in Bordeaux.
See also
*
Communes of the Haute-Saône department
References
Communes of Haute-Saône
County of Montbéliard
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