Franche-Comté
cultural and historical region of France
Free County (Free Countian: Fraintche-Comtè; Arpitan: Franche-Comtât; French: Franche-Comté), the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is a cultural and historical region and a traditional province of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône and Territoire de Belfort and has a population of 1,180,397 (2016). |
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Franche-Comté
(territoire historique)
department of France
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Besançon
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Lons-le-Saunier
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70 - Haute-Saône
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Vesoul
(Prefecture)
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Belfort
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Old Blazon Free County -1280
Administrative regions and territorial collectivity of Metropolitan France (‡ since start of 2016):
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes‡ · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté‡ · Brittany · Centre-Val de Loire · Corsica · Grand Est‡ · Hauts-de-France‡ · Île-de-France · Normandy‡ · Nouvelle-Aquitaine‡ · Occitania‡ · Pays de la Loire · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Former administrative regions of Metropolitan France (until end of 2015):
Alsace · Aquitaine · Auvergne · Burgundy · Champagne-Ardenne · Franche-Comté · Languedoc-Roussillon · Limousin · Lorraine · Midi-Pyrénées · Nord-Pas-de-Calais · Lower Normandy · Upper Normandy · Picardy · Poitou-Charentes · Rhône-Alpes
Overseas departments and regions: Guadeloupe · Martinique · French Guiana · Réunion · Mayotte
Overseas collectivities: Saint Barthélemy · Saint-Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · French Polynesia · Wallis and Futuna · French Southern and Antarctic Lands+
Sui generis territories: New Caledonia · Clipperton Island+
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes‡ · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté‡ · Brittany · Centre-Val de Loire · Corsica · Grand Est‡ · Hauts-de-France‡ · Île-de-France · Normandy‡ · Nouvelle-Aquitaine‡ · Occitania‡ · Pays de la Loire · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Former administrative regions of Metropolitan France (until end of 2015):
Alsace · Aquitaine · Auvergne · Burgundy · Champagne-Ardenne · Franche-Comté · Languedoc-Roussillon · Limousin · Lorraine · Midi-Pyrénées · Nord-Pas-de-Calais · Lower Normandy · Upper Normandy · Picardy · Poitou-Charentes · Rhône-Alpes
Overseas departments and regions: Guadeloupe · Martinique · French Guiana · Réunion · Mayotte
Overseas collectivities: Saint Barthélemy · Saint-Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · French Polynesia · Wallis and Futuna · French Southern and Antarctic Lands+
Sui generis territories: New Caledonia · Clipperton Island+