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Levier () is a commune 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 *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
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 ...
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in eastern
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. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Labergement-du-Navois was merged into Levier.Arrêté préfectoral
16 November 2016


Geography

Levier is located from Pontarlier, from Besançon, and from the
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station at
Frasne Frasne () 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. The local railway station, Gare de Frasne, was opened on 10 June 1855. Popula ...
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Population


Economy

The economy is based on
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See also

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Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 571 communes of the Doubs department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Levier on the intercommunal Web site of the department
Communes of Doubs {{Doubs-geo-stub