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Molay () is a commune in the
Haute-Saône
Haute-Saône (; Frainc-Comtou: ''Hâte-Saône''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.
department in the region
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of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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in eastern France
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.
Notable people
*Jacques de Molay
Jacques de Molay (; 1240–1250 – 11 or 18 March 1314), also spelled "Molai",Demurger, pp. 1–4. "So no conclusive decision can be reached, and we must stay in the realm of approximations, confining ourselves to placing Molay's date of birth ...
, last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
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, was born in Molay.
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Saône department
The following is a list of the 536 communes in the French department of Haute-Saône.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Haute-Saône
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