Avilley

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Avilley

Total population

157

Elevation236 m

Land area5.62 km²

Coordinates47.43°, 6.27°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Avilley is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

M

Maurice Merle

French saxophonist (1945-2003)

G

Gérard de Rougemont

French archbishop

M

Marie Etienne Péroz

French colonial officer (1857-1910)

A

Achille Coillot

French politician (1832–1920)

L

Louis Postif

French translator (1887–1942)

Marcel Poete

French librarian and historian (1866–1950)

Marcel Triboulet

French association football player (1890-1939)

Robert Bichet

French politician (1903–2000)

F

Féodor Jelenc

French Esperantist

A

Antoine Eléonor Pouthier de Gouhelans

E

Eugène Authier

French politician

M

Marcel François Boutevin

French architect

L

Louis-Auguste Girardot

French painter and lithographer (1856-1933)

Clarisse Vigoureux

French journalist and fourierist writer

L

Louis Borne

French historian

A

Anna Devoisin

French author

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

• Ollans
  1.2 mi away · pop. 38
• Montussaint
  1.3 mi away · pop. 55
• Rognon
  2.2 mi away · pop. 49
• Mondon
  2.4 mi away · pop. 85
• Rignosot
  4.3 mi away · pop. 111
• Val-de-Roulans
  4.4 mi away · pop. 203
• Rigney
  5.1 mi away · pop. 378
• Romain
  5.1 mi away · pop. 122
• Corcelle-Mieslot
  5.9 mi away · pop. 100
• Tressandans
  5.9 mi away · pop. 28
• Gondenans-les-Moulins
  6.1 mi away · pop. 80
• Esnans
  6.6 mi away · pop. 64

Browse all places in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common European Yellowjacket

Vespula vulgaris

Seen 2026-06-09

Blue Featherleg

Platycnemis pennipes

Seen 2026-06-07

Blackspotted Longhorn Beetle

Rhagium mordax

Seen 2026-05-23

Lesser Stag Beetle

Dorcus parallelipipedus

Seen 2026-05-22

common columbine

Aquilegia vulgaris

Seen 2026-05-16

Red-green Carpet

Chloroclysta siterata

Seen 2026-05-01

Common Marble

Syricoris lacunana

Seen 2026-05-01

Sharp-angled Peacock Moth

Macaria alternata

Seen 2026-05-01

Poplar Lutestring

Tethea or

Seen 2026-05-01

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers