The Jean Minjoz Hospital is a large hospital 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 Switzer ...

in the French

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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 ...

. It is located in Planoise in the west of the city.

History

The hospital was built in 1980s near ''Rue de Dole'', one of the city's main arteries, and includes a

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. It was named after a former mayor of Besançon, Jean Minjoz (1904–1987) and was opened in 1983.

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{{Authority control Teaching hospitals in France Hospital buildings completed in 1983 Buildings and structures in Besançon Planoise Hospitals in Doubs Hospitals established in 1983