Quingey

Quingey
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Quingey
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Quingey
Coordinates: 47°06′15″N 5°53′01″E / 47.1042°N 5.8836°E / 47.1042; 5.8836Coordinates: 47°06′15″N 5°53′01″E / 47.1042°N 5.8836°E / 47.1042; 5.8836
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Quingey
Intercommunality	Canton of Quingey
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Breuil (Socialist Party)
Area1	8.55 km2 (3.30 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	1,366
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	25475 / 25440
Elevation	259–522 m (850–1,713 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quingey is a commune and canton seat in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Quingey lies 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Besançon and 30 km (19 mi) east of Dole in the department of Jura.

The commune is at the western extremity of the department of Doubs, a dozen km from the department of Jura. The river Loue runs through it. On the north is the valley of the Doubs River, the vast forests of Chaux and the Val d'Amour lie on the west, the mountains of Salins on the south, and the valley of the Lison on the east.

As the Loue traverses this alluvial plain, it is barred by numerous natural dams. The plain is surrounded by peaks between 470 m and 850 (the Mont Poupet).

Situated on the Roman road between Lyon and Strasbourg, its history goes back to the third century.

The last vestiges of its fortifications were destroyed in 1823, but the bridge over the Loue dates from 1590. It was slightly rebuilt in 1844.