Morey () is a commune in the

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...

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in the

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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 ...

in eastern

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Geography

Morey is located in the hills surrounding the

Dheune The Dheune () is a 71 km long river running through the Côte-d'Or and Saône-et-Loire departments of France. It flows into the Saône at Allerey-sur-Saône Allerey-sur-Saône (, literally ''Allerey on Saône'') is a commune in the Saône ...

river and the Canal Du Centre. In addition to the main village, several hamlets are also parts of Morey: * Fangey-le-bas * Fangey-le-haut * Baugey * Nuit The village is surrounded by the communes of

Châtel-Moron Châtel-Moron () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 565 communes of the Saône-et-Lo ...

Essertenne Essertenne () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 565 communes of the Saône-et-Loir ...

Villeneuve-en-Montagne Villeneuve-en-Montagne is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 565 communes of the Saôn ...

, Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune,

Saint-Julien-sur-Dheune Saint-Julien-sur-Dheune (, literally ''Saint-Julien on Dheune'') is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is ...

History

Anciently named "Moreyurn", the village was a dependency of the baron of

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References

Communes of Saône-et-Loire {{SaôneLoire-geo-stub