Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃ʃ kɔ̃te]; Franc-Comtois: Fraintche-Comtè; Arpitan: Franche-Comtât) the umwhile "Free Coonty" o Burgundy, as destinct frae the neighbourin Duchy, is an admeenistrative region an a traditional province o eastren Fraunce. It is composed o the modren depairtments o Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône an Territoire de Belfort an haes a population o 1,159,000 (2008).
Franche-Comté | |
|---|---|
 Banner  | |
 | |
| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Besançon |
| Departments | |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses | Marie-Marguerite Dufay (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16202 km2 (6,256 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-01-01) | |
| • Total | 1,159,000 |
| • Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-I |
| NUTS Region | FR43 |
| Website | franche-comte.fr |
The principal ceeties are the caipital Besançon, Belfort, an Montbéliard (Aire Urbaine Belfort-Montbéliard-Héricourt-Delle). Ither important ceeties are Dole (caipital afore the region wis conquered bi Louis XIV in the late 17t century), Vesoul (caipital o Haute-Saône), Arbois (the "wine caipital" o the Jura), an Lons-le-Saunier (caipital o Jura).
Leid
eeditAmang the regional leids o Fraunce the term Franc-Comtois refers tae twa dialects o twa different leids. Franc-Comtois is the name o baith the dialect o Langue d'Oïl spoken bi fowk in the northren pairt o the region an the dialect o Arpitan spoken in its soothren pairt syne as early as the 13t century (the soothren twa-thirds o Jura an the soothren third o Doubs). Baith are recognized as leids o Fraunce.
References
eeditExternal links
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Franche-Comté. |
- Conseil régional de Franche-Comté Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine Offeecial wabsteid
- Franche-Comté directory search ingine Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine