Hautepierre-le-Châtelet () is a former

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Doubs Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.department in the

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

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in eastern

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History

On 1 January 2016, Athose, Chasnans, Hautepierre-le-Châtelet, Nods,

Rantechaux Rantechaux () is a former commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. History On 1 January 2016, Athose, Chasnans, Hautepierre-le-Châtelet, Nods, Rantechaux and Vanclans merged becoming one co ...

and

Vanclans Vanclans () is a former commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Vanclans lies west of Vercel and southeast of Valdahon. It is nestled between two hills at the foot of the first slop ...

merged becoming one commune called

Les Premiers-Sapins Les Premiers-Sapins (, literally ''The First Firs'') is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Nods is the municipal seat. History On 1 January 2016, Les Premiers-Sapins was created by the ...

History

Population

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