The 408
The 408 (French: ''les quatre-cents huit'') is a sector of Besançon. Like Planoise and Clairs-Soleils, The 408 has a notoriety for crime. It is sometimes viewed as a sub-sector of Grette The Grette is a little area of Besançon, located near the center of the city. Etymology The name "Grette" comes from the verb "gratter", meaning "to scrape" and refers to the removal of stones from the ground before it can be cultivated. Histo .... Etymology The name "Grette" takes its name from the French verb "''gratter''", meaning to scrape at the Earth and remove the rocks in order to cultivate the land. History The first mention of the neighborhood comes from 1544 as "Gratte sous Chamdianne" (Grette sous Chaudanne). From 1959 to 1962 the 408 was built, its name given by the population of Besançon to label the three apartment blocks, of which the first two amounted to 408 apartments, before the construction of the third was completed. The third block brought the total number to 58 ...
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Besançon
Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capital of the historic and cultural region of Franche-Comté, Besançon is home to the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional council headquarters, and is an important administrative centre in the region. It is also the seat of one of the fifteen French ecclesiastical provinces and one of the two divisions of the French Army. In 2019 the city had a population of 117,912, in a metropolitan area of 280,701, the second in the region in terms of population. Established in a meander of the river Doubs, the city was already important during the Gallo-Roman era under the name of ''Vesontio'', capital of the Sequani. Its geography and specific history turned it into a military stronghold, a garrison city, a political centre, and a religious c ...
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