Verdun-sur-le-Doubs

Verdun-sur-le-Doubs (French pronunciation: [vɛʁdœ̃ syʁ lə du], literally Verdun on the Doubs) is a former commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

[3] It is in the south-centre of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at the confluence of the Doubs and the Saône in the Bresse plain, near Beaune and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Chalon-sur-Saône.

It has been more than a farmstead since early medieval times and acted as a fortified place at the French kingdom's frontier for several centuries.

As to the German military administration in occupied France during World War II Verdun-sur-le-Doubs was on the north-south Demarcation Line.

Pôchouse is the local dish of various freshwater fish, dry Burgundy white wine (Bourgogne aligoté), cream, herbs and seasoning.