Fayl-Billot

Fayl-Billot
The town hall in Fayl-Billot
The town hall in Fayl-Billot
Coat of arms of Fayl-Billot
Location of Fayl-Billot
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Fayl-Billot is located in France
Fayl-Billot
Fayl-Billot
Fayl-Billot is located in Grand Est
Fayl-Billot
Fayl-Billot
Coordinates: 47°46′58″N 5°36′06″E / 47.7828°N 5.6017°E / 47.7828; 5.6017
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaute-Marne
ArrondissementLangres
CantonChalindrey
IntercommunalitySavoir-Faire
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Domec[1]
Area
1
42.9 km2 (16.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,284
 • Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Fayl-Billotins, Fayl-Billotines
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
52197 /52500
Elevation234–387 m (768–1,270 ft)
(avg. 333 m or 1,093 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fayl-Billot (French pronunciation: [faj bijo, fɛj-]; before 1999: Fayl-la-Forêt)[3] is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. It was created in 1972 by the merger of three former communes: Broncourt, Charmoy and Fayl-Billot.[4]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret du 21 décembre 1999 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0300, 28 December 1999, p. 19453.
  4. ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0177, 30 July 1972, pp. 8183-8184.