Doubs
Department of France in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the French department. For the commune in this department, see Doubs, Doubs. For other uses, see Doubs (disambiguation).
Doubs (/duː/, doo; French: [du] ⓘ; Arpitan: Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.[3] Its prefecture is Besançon and subprefectures are Montbéliard and Pontarlier.
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Doubs
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Coordinates: 47°10′N 06°25′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Prefecture | Besançon |
Subprefectures | Montbéliard Pontarlier |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Christine Bouquin[1] (DVD) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,232.6 km2 (2,020.3 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 547,096 |
• Rank | 49th |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 25 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 19 |
Communes | 571 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
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