urban community
A residential community is a community, usually a small town or city, that is composed mostly of residents, as opposed to commercial businesses and/or industrial facilities, all three of which are considered to be the three main types of occ ...
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
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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 Switzerl ...
. It is located in 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
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, in the
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
, northeastern
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 ...
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Communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...
Grand Besançon'', which was transformed into a communauté urbaine on 1 July 2019.Arrêté préfectoral 19 June 2019, p. 151 Its area is 528.6 km2. Its population was 194,382 in 2018, of which 116,775 (60%) in Besançon proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE. 5 April 2022. Its budget is € 308.6 million (2021).
Les Auxons
Les Auxons () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. The result of the merger, on 1 January 2015, of the communes of Auxon-Dessous and Auxon-Dessus.Avanne-Aveney
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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 Switzerl ...
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.
Munic ...
Chalezeule
Chalezeule () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs department
The following is a list of the 571 communes of the Doubs department of F ...
Châtillon-le-Duc
Châtillon-le-Duc () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs department
The following is a list of the 571 communes of the Doubs departmen ...
Deluz
Deluz () is a Communes of France, commune in the Doubs Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France.
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Devecey
Devecey is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs department
The following is a list of the 571 communes of the Doubs department of France. ...
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École-Valentin
École-Valentin is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Population
Geography
The town, located north of Besançon, is crossed by the National Road 57. It is part of the Besançon urban ar ...
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Fontain
Fontain () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Arguel was merged into Fontain.Franois
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Geneuille
Geneuille () is a Communes of France, commune in the Doubs Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs department
References
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Mamirolle
Mamirolle () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
The commune lies southeast of Besançon on the first plateau of the Jura mountains. It is situated at the foot of a wooded h ...
Mazerolles-le-Salin
Mazerolles-le-Salin () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Mazerolles lies west of Besançon.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs department
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Mérey-Vieilley
Mérey-Vieilley () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
The commune lies west of Marchaux.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs department
The following is a list ...
Rancenay
Rancenay () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Rancenay lies northeast of Boussières. The commune is bisected by the river Doubs.
Population
See also
* Communes of the ...
Roset-Fluans
Roset-Fluans is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
The commune lies northwest of Boussières. The Osselle cave is one of the oldest known caves in Franche-Comté. It was a refug ...
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Saint-Vit
Saint-Vit () is a commune in the Doubs département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
The town lies northwest of Boussières.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs department
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Saône
The Saône ( , ; frp, Sona; lat, Arar) is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île.
The name deri ...
Tallenay
Tallenay () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Tallenay lies north of Besançon.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs department
The following is a list of the ...
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Thise
Thise () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Thise lies southwest of Marchaux.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Doubs department
The following is a list of the 571 ...
Villars-Saint-Georges
Villars-Saint-Georges () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Doubs department
The following is a list of the 571 communes of the Doubs depa ...