Ranchot () is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.INSEE commune file
Geography Ranchot is a small Jura village on the Doubs river. It is situated on the D673 (previously Route nationale 73) between Dole and Besançon, 5 km from the A36 autoroute junction 2.1.
Population
History There is evidence of Gallo-Roman occupation (Roman roads in certain fields in the commune). In the 13th century, Ranchot was made a dependency of Rans. The village was devastated by wars and plague in the 16th and 17th centuries.
See also Communes of the Jura department
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