Franois

Franois (French pronunciation: [fʁanwa]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France

Franois
Commune
The centre of the village
Location of Franois
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Coordinates: 47°14′00″N 5°55′35″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Besançon-1
Intercommunality	Grand Besançon Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Émile Bourgeois[1]
Area 1	7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,250
• Density	309/km2 (799/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25258 /25770
Elevation	248–312 m (814–1,024 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	888	—
1975	1,242	+4.91%
1982	1,293	+0.58%
1990	1,558	+2.36%
1999	1,779	+1.48%
2007	1,917	+0.94%
2012	2,031	+1.16%
2017	2,340	+2.87%
2022	2,250	−0.78%
Source: INSEE[3]