Besançon
Besançon (French an Arpitan: [bəzɑ̃sɔ̃]; airchaic German: Bisanz, Laitin: Vesantio) is the caipital an principal ceety o the Franche-Comté region in eastren Fraunce.
Besançon | |
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| Motto(s): Plût A Dieu ("If God wills") or Utinam | |
  Besançon Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Besançon | |
| Coordinates: 47°14′35″N 6°01′19″E / 47.2431°N 6.0219°ECoordinates: 47°14′35″N 6°01′19″E / 47.2431°N 6.0219°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Depairtment | Doubs |
| Intercommunality | Grand Besançon |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Louis Fousseret (PS) |
| Area 1 | 65.05 km2 (25.12 sq mi) |
| • Urban (1999) | 122 km2 (47 sq mi) |
| • Metro (1999) | 1652 km2 (638 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 117,599 |
| • Rank | 29t in Fraunce |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
| • Urban (1999) | 134,376 |
| • Urban density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| • Metro (1999) | 222,381 |
| • Metro density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 25056 / |
| Website | http://www.besancon.fr/ |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns – sister ceeties
eeditBesançon is twinned wi:
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References
eedit- ↑ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "Freedom of Kirklees ...for a French town!". Huddersfield Examiner. 1 Apryle 2005. Retrieved 14 Februar 2009.
- ↑ "Bielsko-Biała - Partner Cities". © 2008 Urzędu Miejskiego w Bielsku-Białej. Retrieved 10 December 2008.