Traves, Haute-Saône

Traves is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Traves
Church of Traves
Location of Traves
Traves
Traves
Coordinates: 47°36′47″N 5°58′18″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentHaute-Saône
ArrondissementVesoul
CantonScey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin
Area
1
12.29 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
362
  Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
70504 /70360
Elevation201–262 m (659–860 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Notable residents

Former SS Standartenfuhrer Jochen Peiper bought property and lived near the village from 27 April 1972 until his assassination on 14 July 1976. One or more arsonists set his home afire, he was asphyxiated and his body burnt.[2]

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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Major General Michael Reynolds (December 2009). "The Last Casualty". World War II History. Herndon, Virginia: Sovereign Media Company, Inc. 8 (7): 70–75, 94. ISSN 1539-5456.



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