Selles, Haute-Saône
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Selles () 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 In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
of
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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. The river
Côney The Côney () is a long river in the Vosges (department), Vosges and Haute-Saône ''departments of France, départements'', northeastern France. Its source is near ''Lion Faing'', a lieu-dit in Dounoux. It flows generally southwest. It is a left t ...
flows through the village and also the
canal de l'Est The Canal de la Meuse () is the current name of what used to be the northern branch of the Canal de l'Est ("canal of the east"). It is a canal in northeastern France, predominantly made up of the canalised river Meuse. The Canal de l'Est was built ...
. The canal can be crossed in Selles using a metal bridge which is opened manually to allow canal boats to pass through. Locally the bridge is known as Le Pont Tournant and there is a restaurant of the same name by the canal. Visitors to Selles can visit the Jean Roussey cheese factory which has free entry. The area is characterised by the many springs that emerge from the ground and these are used for drinking and washing even today.


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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 {{Lure-geo-stub