Besançon

Besançon (French an Arpitan: [bəzɑ̃sɔ̃]; airchaic German: Bisanz, Laitin: Vesantio) is the caipital an principal ceety o the Franche-Comté region in eastren Fraunce.

Besançon
The auld ceety o Besançon in the oxbow o the Doubs River.
Banner Coat airms
Motto(s):  Plût A Dieu ("If God wills") or Utinam
Besançon Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region Besançon
Coordinates: 47°14′35″N 6°01′19″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Depairtment	Doubs
Intercommunality	Grand Besançon
Govrenment
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Louis Fousseret (PS)
Area 1	65.05 km2 (25.12 sq mi)
• Urban  (1999)	122 km2 (47 sq mi)
• Metro  (1999)	1652 km2 (638 sq mi)
Population  (2008)2	117,599
• Rank	29t in Fraunce
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
• Urban  (1999)	134,376
• Urban density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
• Metro  (1999)	222,381
• Metro density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25056 /
Website	http://www.besancon.fr/
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – sister ceeties

Besançon is twinned wi:

Tver (Roushie) Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) Kuopio (Finland) Kirklees - Ingland (Unitit Kinrick)[1][2]

Bielsko-Biała (Poland)[3] Neuchâtel (Swisserland) Bistriţa (Romanie) Pavia (Italy)

Hadera (Israel) Douroula (Burkina Faso) Man (Côte d'Ivoire) Charlottesville – Virginia (Unitit States)

References

1. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
2. "Freedom of Kirklees ...for a French town!". Huddersfield Examiner. 1 Apryle 2005. Retrieved 14 Februar 2009.
3. "Bielsko-Biała - Partner Cities". © 2008 Urzędu Miejskiego w Bielsku-Białej. Retrieved 10 December 2008.