Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté (meaning "Free County") is a former administrative region of France. It is now part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is in the east of the country, bordering Switzerland. Its capital was Besançon. In 2009, about 1.1 million people lived in the region.
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| Coordinates: 47°00′N 6°00′E / 47.000°N 6.000°ECoordinates: 47°00′N 6°00′E / 47.000°N 6.000°E | |
| Country |  France |
| Dissolved | 1 January 2016 |
| Prefecture | Besançon |
| Departments | 4
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| • Total | 16,202 km2 (6,256 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2016) | |
| • Total | 1,180,397 |
| • Density | 72.8550/km2 (188.694/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-I |
| GDP (2012)[1] | Ranked 20th |
| Total | €28.6 billion (US$36.8 bn) |
| Per capita | €24,482 (US$31,501) |
| NUTS Region | FR43 |
| Website | www.franche-comte.fr (Redirects to www.bourgognefranchecomte.fr) |
In the local dialect, Frainc-Comtou, the name is Fraintche-Comtè. In Arpitan it is Franche-Comtât.
The departments in the region were:
Franche-Comté Media
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1771 map of Burgundy, Franche-Comté and Lyonnais by Rigobert Bonne
Crêt Pela
Vue générale de Besançon : Centre ville et citadelle
La Petite Montagne, a view from Molard de la Justice
View of Broissia, a commune in the Jura department
References
- ↑ INSEE. "Produits intérieurs bruts régionaux et valeurs ajoutées régionales de 1990 à 2012". Retrieved 4 March 2014.
Other websites
Media related to Franche-Comté at Wikimedia Commons
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