What is Le Puy, Doubs?
{{Other places3|Le Puy (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Le Puy |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Le Puy, la mairie et le vieux four.jpg |caption = The town hall in Le Puy |coordinates = {{coord|47.3461|6.2289|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Besançon |canton = Baume-les-Dames |INSEE = 25474 |postal code = 25640 |mayor = Christophe Guglielmetti<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = |elevation m = 300 |elevation min m = 297 |elevation max m = 375 |area km2 = 3.42 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Le Puy''' ({{IPA-fr|lə pɥi}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Doubs]] in [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] in eastern France. ==Geography== The village of Le Puy is {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Besançon]] on Route [[Hierarchy of roads#Routes Départementales|D]]115 and {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Roulans]]. It is close to its intersection with the D336 on the east and the [[Autoroutes of France|A]]36 on the west. ==Population== The inhabitants of Le Puy are known as ''Puylots''. {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|48 |1968|41 |1975|35 |1982|45 |1990|48 |1999|46 |2008|81 |2012|102 }} ==Name origin== The village is nicknamed ''le Puits'' (French: ''the Well'') on the [[French cartography#Cassini maps|Cassini map]]. The French ''le Puy'' usually connects to the [[Provençal language|Provençal]] word ''Puech'' (an iso