Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté
Region o Fraunce
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Kintra	Fraunce
Prefectur	Besançon
Departments	4 Doubs Jura Haute-Saône Territoire de Belfort
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

Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans

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).

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

Amang 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.

External links

• 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