Besançon is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland.
Capital of the historic and cultural region of Franche-Comté, Besançon is home to the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional council headquarters, and is an important administrative centre in the region. It is also the seat of one of the fifteen French ecclesiastical provinces and one of the two divisions of the French Army.
In 2020 the city had a population of 118,258, in a metropolitan area of 281,610, the second in the region in terms of population.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besançon
Official Website http://www.besancon.fr/
Coordinates 47°14'16.88" N 6°1'27.704" E
