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| Région Franche-Comté | |
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| Capital: | Besançon |
| Population
- Density |
69 /km² |
| Area | 16,202 km² |
| Arrondissements | 9 |
| Cantons | 116 |
| Communes | 1,786 |
| President of the regional council | Raymond Forni |
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Haute-Saône(70) Jura (39) Territoire de Belfort (90) | |
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The Franche-Comté (the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy) is a region of eastern France. The principal cities are Besançon (the historic capital of the region) BelfortBelfort ( German Befert or Beffert)is a town of northeastern France, prefecture (capital) of the Territoire de Belfort departement in the Franche-Comte region''. Its population is approximately 50,000, or 80,000 including suburbs. It is also the home of T and MontbéliardMontbeliard (German Mompelgard is a commune in the Doubs departement in eastern France. It is one of the two sous-prefectures of the departement''. Population: 28,766. Internal agglomeration: 123,000. External agglomeration: 302,000 (with the city of Belf ( Aire Urbaine Belfort-Montbéliard-Héricourt-Delle ).
A territory of Burgundy from 888Events January 13: With the death of Charles the Fat, the Frankish kingdom is split again, and this time permanently. Odo, Count of Paris becomes king of the western Franks. Abdallah ibn Mohammed succeeds al-Mundhir as emir of Cordoba. Shaftesbury abbey i, the province became subject to the Holy Roman EmpireThe Holy Roman Empire ( German: Heiliges Romisches Reich was a political conglomeration of lands in western and central Europe in the Middle Ages. Emerging from the eastern part of the Frankish realm after its division in the Treaty of Verdun ( 843), it l in 1034Events April 11 Empress Zoe of Byzantium marries her chamberlain and elevates him to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael IV. Franche-Comte becomes subject to the Holy Roman Empire. Births Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan Deaths April 11 Romanus III and was definitively separated from the neighbouring duchy of BurgundyThe following is a list of the Dukes of Burgundy Richard of Autun, the Justicier ( 880 921) Rudolph of Burgundy (king of France from 923) ( 921 923) Hugh the Black ( 923 952) Gilbert of Chalon ( 952 956) Odo of Paris ( 956- 965) Otto-Henry the Great ( 965 upon the latter's incorporation into France in 1477Events January 5 Battle of Nancy Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated by the Swiss, and this time is killed. Swedish University of Uppsala founded. November 18 William Caxton produces "Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres", the first English b. Transferred to Spain in 1556, the Franche-Comté was occupied by the French in 1668 but handed back at the subsequent peace; conquered a second time in 1674, it was finally ceded to France in 1678.
The region's population fell by a fifth between the censuses of 1851 and 1946, reflecting low French natural growth and migration to more urbanised parts of the country. Most of the decline occurred in Haute-Saône and Jura, which remain among the country's more agriculture-dependent areas.
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