RanchotRanchot is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.GeographyRanchot is a small Jura village on the Doubs river. It is situated on the D673 between Dole and Besançon, 5 km from the A36 autoroute junction 2.1.HistoryThere is evidence of Gallo-Roman occupation. In the 13th century, Ranchot was made a dependency of Rans. The village was devastated by wars and plague in the 16th and 17th centuries.