Vaire-Arcier

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]

Vaire-Arcier
Part of Vaire
Chateau of Vaire-le-Grand
Location of Vaire-Arcier
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Coordinates: 47°17′02″N 6°09′11″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Besançon-5
Commune	Vaire
Area 1	12.78 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population  (2013)[1]	542
• Density	42.4/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	25220
Elevation	243–561 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	381	—
1968	386	+1.3%
1975	384	−0.5%
1982	449	+16.9%
1990	474	+5.6%
1999	526	+11.0%
2008	515	−2.1%
2012	531	+3.1%

See also

• Château de Vaire-Le-Grand, located in Vaire-Arcier
• Vaire-le-Petit, located on the north bank of the Doubs