Doubs
Doubs (, ; ; ) 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 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
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in eastern
France
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Coal mines
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were operated in the village between 1826 and 1944.
2015-02 Puits Elisabeth 01.jpg, Mine shaft of Elisabeth.
2015-04 - Puits de la Houillère - 10.JPG, Mine shaft de la Houillère.
2015-04 - Puits des Essarts - 08.JPG, Mine shaft des Essarts.
2015-04 - Puits des Essarts - 05.JPG, Plinth of steam machine in mine shaft des Essarts.
Puits n° 3 Gémonval.png, A sectional view of the mine-schaft #3. ht : "houille tendre" (coal), hg (gray) : "houille gypseuse" (coal).
Population
See also
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Communes of the Doubs department
The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Doubs department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):