The commune has an area of 1456 hectares and is bounded by the communes of Bellignat, Oyonnax, Charix, Nantua, Montreal-la-Cluse, Martignat, and Groissiat.
The Château d'Apremont is a ruined 16th century château in the commune of Apremont in the Vendée département of France.
Xavier Henri Aymon Perrin, Count of Montépin, born in Apremont, Haute-Saône 10 March 1823 and died in Paris on 30 April 1902, was a popular French novelist.