Vaire-Arcier

Vaire-Arcier
Part of Vaire
Chateau of Vaire-le-Grand
Chateau of Vaire-le-Grand
Location of Vaire-Arcier
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Vaire-Arcier is located in France
Vaire-Arcier
Vaire-Arcier
Vaire-Arcier is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Vaire-Arcier
Vaire-Arcier
Coordinates: 47°17′02″N 6°09′11″E / 47.2839°N 6.1531°E / 47.2839; 6.1531
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentDoubs
ArrondissementBesançon
CantonBesançon-5
CommuneVaire
Area
1
12.78 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)[1]
542
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
25220
Elevation243–561 m (797–1,841 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vaire-Arcier (French pronunciation: [vɛʁ aʁsje]) is a former commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. The communes of Vaire-le-Grand and Arcier were merged on 1 April 1974 to become Vaire-Arcier.[2] On 1 June 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Vaire.[3]