Chief town of Canton in the Doubs, Quingey takes place about twenty kilometers from Besançon, on the banks of the Loue, one of the most beautiful rivers in France. The small village is located on the Roman road leading to Strasbourg via Salins, not far from Lombard, Paroy or Chouzelot.
Common since the third century, Quingey knows its first mayor from the early seventeenth century. Originally, the city had many wooden houses which earned him three destructions by fire in its history. Having always had great administrative and economic importance in the region, it has developed over the centuries, gradually taking the face that we know today.
Labeled City of character of Burgundy-Franche-Comté, the city of Quingey continues to attract tourists passing for the charm of its architecture as for its friendly and authentic atmosphere.