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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Arc-et-Senans

|arrondissement = Besançon

|canton = Saint-Vit

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Loue-Lison

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

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==Geography==

The [[Loue]] river forms the southern and eastern border of the commune as it continues south to join the [[Doubs]] near [[Molay, Jura|Molay]]. The ''Ruisseau de la Reverotte'' flows from the north-east of the commune down the western side and forms part of the western border before continuing west to join the Loue east of [[Belmont, Jura|Belmont]].<ref name=Google/>

 

{{Geographic location

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|Northwest = [[Falletans]]

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==Toponymy==

 

==Administration==

'''List of Successive Mayors'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=28341 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

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==Demography==

In 2017 the commune had 1,624 inhabitants.

 

==Economy==

*'''[[Claude-Nicolas Ledoux]]''', 1736–1806, architect of the Royal Saltworks

* '''René Caron''', 1861–1930, administrator of the [[Banque de France]], MP for [[Doubs (department)|Doubs]] from 1919 to 1924, member of the commission of agriculture as well as those of the economy and finance, president of the administrative council of Eclair Comtois, president of the Union of Catholics of [[Besançon]], president of the Union of Agricultural associations of [[Doubs (department)|Doubs]], president of the Union Rural workers Credit Unions of France, vice-president of the regional credit union of [[Burgundy]] and [[Franche-Comté]], vice-president of the Agricultural Union of Centre-East, vice-president of the Forestry Society of the East, administrator of the branch for the Caisse épargne de [[Besançon]] at Arc-et-Senans, member of the Central Trade Union Chamber of the agricultural associations of France, member of the Chamber of agriculture of [[Besançon]], member of the Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of [[Besançon]], knight of the pontifical Order of Saint Gregory the great. He married Anne Marie Jacquard and was the son of Amédée Caron, engineer of Art and Manufactured products, sub-director of the Central Industrial and property finance School and of the Anne Alexandrine Nicolas de Meissas.

* Monseigneur '''Joseph-Auguste Chevalier''', born on 16 March 1814. He was ordained priest in 1837 and joined the [[Paris Foreign Missions Society]]. He made his mission in [[British Raj|India]]. On 11 November 1873 he was named Bishop of [[Hierapolis]] and apostolic vicar of [[Mysore]]. He died on 25 March 1880 of [[pleurisy]] and was buried in the Choir of the Cathedral of [[Bangalore]] in India.

* Father '''Pierre Poncet''', born at Arc-et-Senans on 28 April 1932. He did his secondary studies at the Masters School of the Cathedral of [[Besançon]] then entered the large seminary in the same city. In 1953 he did his military service then requested admission to the [[Paris Foreign Missions Society]] in 1954. In 1956 he was newly summoned by the army to go to [[Algeria]] and served as 2nd lieutenant during those months. On returning to the Rue du Bac in Paris (headquarters of the Paris Foreign Missions Society) he was ordained priest on 2 February 1958 and was nominated as apostolic vicar of [[Huế]] (Central [[Vietnam]]). He died at [[Huế]] from a burst of sub-machine gun fire on 13 February 1968, as was another missionary – Father Cressonnier.

* [http://www.arc-et-senans.com/ Arc-et-Senans official website] {{in lang|fr}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071004231839/http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=26002 Arc-et-Senans on the old IGN website] {{in lang|fr}}

* [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=5.7792,47.0331&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Arc-et-Senans on Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}

* [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=47.0331&lon=5.7792&zoom=13 ''Arc'' and ''Senans'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]