The canton of Besançon-6 is an administrative division of the

Doubs Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, eastern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in

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 Switzerl ...

. It consists of the following communes: #

(partly) # Beure #

Boussières Boussières () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Politics and administration Boussières had been the seat of a canton until its attachment to the new Canton of Besançon-6. Municip ...

# Busy # Larnod #

Montferrand-le-Château Montferrand-le-Château () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography The commune lies from Besançon. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a l ...

# Osselle-Routelle # Pugey # Thoraise # Torpes # Vorges-les-Pins

References

Cantons of Doubs {{Doubs-geo-stub