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Saulnot

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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Saulnot is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. In 1973 it absorbed two former communes: Corcelles and Gonvillars.

Coal mines operated in the village between the 16th century and 1925.

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