Vuillafans

Vuillafans
Vuillafans
Commune
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	Coordinates: 47°03′57″N 6°13′02″E / 47.0658°N 6.2172°ECoordinates: 47°03′57″N 6°13′02″E / 47.0658°N 6.2172°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Ornans
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Curie
Area 1	6.14 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	730
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25633 /25840
Elevation	339–721 m (1,112–2,365 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vuillafans (French pronunciation: [vɥijafɑ̃]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Personalities[]

It was the birthplace of Balthasar Gérard, the assassin of the Dutch independence leader, William I of Orange, also known as William the Silent. Gérard was born at number 3 in the street now called Rue Gérard.