Vuillafans | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Vuillafans 25.svg |
Coordinates: | 47.0658°N 6.2172°W |
Insee: | 25633 |
Postal Code: | 25840 |
Arrondissement: | Besançon |
Canton: | Ornans |
Mayor: | Claude Curie[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Loue-Lison |
Elevation Min M: | 339 |
Elevation Max M: | 721 |
Area Km2: | 6.14 |
Vuillafans (in French pronounced as /vɥijafɑ̃/) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
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.