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    Metropolitan Department

    Haute-Saône

    France · Europe

    Haute-Saône is a metropolitan department of France, in Europe. It lies on the Eurasian Plate.

    Tectonic Plates

    Recorded Natural Hazards (Géorisques)

    It has 536 municipalities and 233,185 inhabitants. Under the seismic zoning in force since 2011, its highest seismicity is moderate (zone 3 of 5). A natural disaster has been declared 3,290 times since 1982 (one declaration per municipality and decree), mostly for floods (2,458) and ground movements (541). The most recent was signed on 22 June 2025. 47 municipalities have a high radon potential (category 3), home to 13% of inhabitants. 164 municipalities are covered by an approved natural hazard prevention plan.

    Seismicity Zones

    Number of municipalities in each zone of the regulatory seismic zoning (from 1, very low, to 5, high).

    2. Low236 municipalities
    3. Moderate300 municipalities

    Natural Disasters Declared Since 1982

    Floods and Mudflows2,458
    Ground Movements541
    Drought (Clay Shrinkage)289
    Hail1
    Storms1

    Declarations per five-year period.

    1982 : 1288 1288 1982 1987 : 128 128 1992 : 42 42 1992 1997 : 1292 1292 2002 : 77 77 2002 2007 : 53 53 2012 : 50 50 2012 2017 : 254 254 2022 : 106 106 2022

    Most Widespread Events

    • 1999Floods and Mudflows · 25 December 1999539 municipalities
    • 1982Floods and Mudflows · 8 December 1982539 municipalities
    • 1999Ground Movements · 25 December 1999539 municipalities
    • 1982Floods and Mudflows · 9 November 1982295 municipalities
    • 1982Floods and Mudflows · 14 October 1982244 municipalities
    • 1983Floods and Mudflows · 16 May 1983133 municipalities

    Most Frequently Affected Municipalities

    • 16Lure
    • 15Vesoul
    • 14Luxeuil-les-Bains
    • 12Belles-Fontaines
    • 12Gray
    • 12Navenne
    • 11Champlitte
    • 11Conflans-sur-Lanterne

    Hazards Listed by Municipality

    Number of municipalities exposed to each natural hazard according to the departmental major risks file.

    Earthquake539
    Flooding283
    Ground Movement274

    Hazards at a specific address on Géorisques

    Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Géorisques (ministère de la Transition écologique, BRGM, IRSN), base GASPAR · INSEE