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Saint-Maurice-Colombier

Saint-Maurice-Colombier
Coat of arms of Saint-Maurice-Colombier
Coat of arms
Saint-Maurice-Colombier is located in France
Saint-Maurice-Colombier
Saint-Maurice-Colombier
Coordinates: 47°26′34″N 6°38′43″E / 47.4428°N 6.6453°E / 47.4428; 6.6453Coordinates: 47°26′34″N 6°38′43″E / 47.4428°N 6.6453°E / 47.4428; 6.6453
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Montbéliard
Canton L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs
Intercommunality Trois Cantons
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Alain Galliot
Area1 13.29 km2 (5.13 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 897
 • Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 25524 /25260
Elevation 292–491 m (958–1,611 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.

Saint-Maurice-Colombier is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

The commune lies 7 km (4.3 mi) north of L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs.

The commune was formed by merging the former communes of Saint-Maurice-Échelotte and Colombier-Châtelot in 1972.

Marcel CORNUEL, Karate master, awarded by a governmental medal for his contribution in sports, died on September 24, 2014, in Saint-Maurice-Colombier, at the age of 84.


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