Ranchot (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃ʃo]) is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

[3] 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.

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.