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Besançon (UK: / ˈ b ɛ z ən s ɒ n /, US: / b ə ˈ z æ n s ən /, French: [bəzɑ̃sɔ̃] ⓘ, Franco-Provençal: [bəzɑ̃ˈsɔ̃]; archaic German: Bisanz; Latin: Vesontio) 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 ...
- Free Imperial City
The Free Imperial City of Besançon was a self-governing free...
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175 CE – Porte Noire (Besançon) (arch) built (approximate...
- Grand Besançon Métropole
Grand Besançon Métropole is the urban community (communauté...
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Besançon is an old city. It is discovered in 58 BC and Julius Caesar writes about it in his book Commentarii de Bello Gallico where it is called Vesontio. The etymology (origin of the word) is not certain. It could have a Celtic origin. The Celtic word wes means mountain. In the 4th century, the letter B became V. The city name changed to Besontio ...
Besançon has an oceanic climate and a continental climate. The average temperature is 10.2 °C (50 °F). The warmest month of the year is July (18.9 °C or 66 °F) and the coldest month is January (1.6 °C or 35 °F). Besançon receives about 1108 mm (44 inches) of precipitation per year. The wettest month is May (111.4 mm or 4.4 in); the driest is July (...
Besançon is twinned with: 1. Tver, Russia 2. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany 3. Kuopio, Finland 4. Huddersfield – Kirklees, United Kingdom 5. Bielsko-Biała, Poland 6. Neuchâtel, Switzerland 7. Bistriţa, Romania 8. Pavia, Italy 9. Hadera, Israel 10. Douroula, Burkina Faso 11. Man, Côte d'Ivoire 12. Charlottesville– Virginia, United States
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- Doubs
Besançon este un oraș din estul Franței, prefectura departamentului Doubs și situat în regiunea Burgundia-Franche-Comté. Orașul este înconjurat de o buclă naturală a râului Doubs . În limba franceză locuitorii se numesc Bisontins (cu forma de feminin Bisontines ).
Besançon’s old town, encircled by water, is where you can find all the most important buildings in the city. Thanks to its flourishing past, this district has the richest and most complete architectural heritage of the city, with a hundred remarkable buildings, dozens of statues as well as several bridges, squares and streets exceptional for ...
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