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| Capital | Besançon | |
| Regional President | Marie-Marguerite Dufay (PS) (since 2008) |
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| Departments | Doubs Haute-Saône Jura Territoire de Belfort |
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| Arrondissements | 8 | |
| Cantons | 116 | |
| Communes | 1,786 | |
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| Land area1 | 16,202 km² | |
| Population | (Ranked 20th) | |
| - January 1, 2007 est. Besançon (bəzɑ̃ˈsɔ̃ in French and Arpitan; German: Bisanz) is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté In France, the president of the regional council (French Président du conseil régional) is the elected official who heads the Conseil régional The Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste, PS is the largest left-wing political party in France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Haute-Saône ( Hiôta-Sona in Arpitan language is a French department of the Franche-Comté ( Franche-Comtât Jura is a department in the east of France named after the Jura mountains (not to be confused with the Swiss canton of Jura The Territoire de Belfort is a department in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following are ranked lists of French regions. Population figures are from the 1999 census To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions Areas between 10000 km² and 100000 km² are listed here The following are ranked lists of French regions. Population figures are from the 1999 census New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. | 1,151,000 | |
| - March 8, 1999 census | 1,117,059 | |
| - Density (2007) | 71/km² | |
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Franche-Comté (Franc-Comtois: Fràntche-Comté; Franco-Provençal: Franche-Comtât) the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open The Saline Royale ( Royal Saltworks) at Arc-et-Senans, in the forest of Chaux near Besançon, France is notable as an early Enlightenment Franc-Comtois is a term that identifies two separate language dialect groups with different linguistic origins spoken by a minority of people in the Franche-Comté and the northwestern Franco-Provençal ( Francoprovençal) or Arpitan ( Vernacular: frp francoprovençâl arpitan patouès; francoprovenzale arpitano dialetto Burgundy (Bourgogne Burgund is a region historically situated in modern-day France and Switzerland, inhabited in turn by Celts ( Gauls) The Duchy of Burgundy was a feudal territory once existing within the Kingdom of France. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône and Territoire de Belfort and has a population (2006) of 1,146,000. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Jura is a department in the east of France named after the Jura mountains (not to be confused with the Swiss canton of Jura Haute-Saône ( Hiôta-Sona in Arpitan language is a French department of the Franche-Comté ( Franche-Comtât The Territoire de Belfort is a department in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
The principal cities are Besançon (the historical and modern capital of the region), Belfort, and Montbéliard (Aire Urbaine Belfort-Montbéliard-Héricourt-Delle). Besançon (bəzɑ̃ˈsɔ̃ in French and Arpitan; German: Bisanz) is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté Belfort (Beffert is a town and commune of northeastern France, Préfecture (capital of the Territoire de Belfort Montbéliard (archaic Mömpelgard is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France Other important cities are Dole (capital before the region was conquered by Louis XIV in the late 17th century), Vesoul (capital of Haute-Saône), Arbois (the "wine capital" of the Jura), and Lons-le-Saunier (capital of Jura). Dole is a commune in the Jura département in France, of which it is a Sous-préfecture. Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent Vesoul is a French town and commune located in the Haute-Saône département. Arbois is a commune in the Jura department in eastern France Geography Arbois is built on the shores of the Cuisance River Lons-le-Saunier is a commune of France, préfecture (capital of the Jura département.
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History
The region has been inhabited since the Paleolithic age and was occupied by the Gauls. The term Paleolithic (or Palaeolithic) (from Greek παλαιός palaios, " Old " and λίθος Lithos, "stone" Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Little touched by the Germanic migrations, it was part of the territory of the Alamanni in the 5th century, then the Kingdom of Burgundy from 457 to 534. The Migration Period, also called Barbarian Invasions, or sometimes Völkerwanderung ( German for "wandering of peoples" is the English name The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river ( Germany The Burgundians or Burgundes were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose It was Christianized through the influence of St. Columbanus, who founded several monasteries there. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Not to be confused with St Columba, also Irish and partly his contemporary This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. In 534, it became part of the Frankish kingdom. The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group In 561 it was included in the Merovingian Kingdom of Burgundy, under Guntram, the third son of Clotaire I. Saint Guntram (c 532 – 592 (also called Gontram, Gontran, Gunthram, or Gunthchramn) was the king of Burgundy from 561 to 592 Chlothar I (or Chlothachar, Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar, giving rise to Lothair; 497 In 613, Clotaire II reunited the Frankish Kingdom under his rule and the region remained a part of the Kingdom of Burgundy under the later Merovingians and Carolingians. Chlothar II (or Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar, giving rise to Lothair; 584 &ndash 629 called
The name Franche-Comté did not officially appear until 1366. It had been a territory of the County of Burgundy from 888, the province becoming subject to the Holy Roman Empire in 1034. The Free County of Burgundy, in German Freigrafschaft Burgund, was a Medieval County (from 867 to 1678 AD within the traditional province and modern French The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in It was definitively separated from the neighboring Duchy of Burgundy upon the latter's incorporation into France in 1477. Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which It was transferred to Austria in 1481 and to Spain in 1556. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Franche-Comté was captured by France in 1668 but returned under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle or Treaty of Aachen was signed on May 2, 1668 in Aachen. It was conquered a second time in 1674, and was finally ceded to France in the Treaty of Nijmegen (1678). The Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen ( Négotiations de Nimegue or Négotiations de la Paix de Nimègue) were a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city
During both World War One and World War Two it was taken by the Germans and subsequently retaken in both wars. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including During the Second World War it was subjected to the SS extermination squads though how badly it was hit is unknown. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the
The region's population fell by a fifth from 1851 to 1946, reflecting low French natural growth and migration to more urbanized parts of the country. Most of the decline occurred in Haute-Saône and Jura, which remain among the country's more agriculture-dependent areas. It is one of the 26 regions of France.
Culture
Among the regional languages, Franc-Comtois, is a term that refers to 2 different dialects of 2 languages. A regional language is a Language spoken in an area of a Nation state, whether it be a small area a federal State or Province, or Franc-Comtois is a term that identifies two separate language dialect groups with different linguistic origins spoken by a minority of people in the Franche-Comté and the northwestern Franc-Comtois is used to describe both the dialect of Langue d'Oïl spoken by people in the northern part of the region and the dialect of Franco-Provençal language spoken in its southern part since as early as the 13th century (the southern two-thirds of Jura and the southern third of Doubs). Langues d'oïl is the linguistic and historical designation of the Gallo-Romance languages originating from the northern territories of Roman Gaul, Franco-Provençal ( Francoprovençal) or Arpitan ( Vernacular: frp francoprovençâl arpitan patouès; francoprovenzale arpitano dialetto Jura is a department in the east of France named after the Jura mountains (not to be confused with the Swiss canton of Jura Both languages are recognized as Languages of France. There are a number of languages of France. The French language is by far the most widely spoken and the only Official language of France, but several
Major communities
External links
- Conseil régional de Franche-Comté Official website
- Franche-Comté directory search engine
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