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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Region

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Country

France

Préfecture

Besançon

- coordinates

47°19′23″N 5°2′31″E / 47.32306°N 5.04194°E

Area

47,783.3 km² (18,449 sq mi)

Population

2,820,623 (2014)

Density

59 /km² (153 /sq mi)

Subdivisions

8 departments
24 arrondissements
152 cantons
3739 communes

President

Marie-Guite Dufay

Timezone

CET (UTC+1)

- summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

ISO 3166-2

FR-BFC

Coat of arms

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (meaning Burgundy–Free County) is one of the administrative regions of France. It is in eastern France and was formed in 2016 from two old regions: Bourgogne and Franche-Comté.

Its capital is Besançon.

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Departments
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Geography

Map of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region is the sixth largest region of France with an area of 47,783.3 km² (18,449 sq mi). It is in northeastern France and borders to the north with the Grand Est region, to the west with Île-de-France and Centre-Val de Loire regions, to the south with the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, and to the east with Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Neuchâtel and Jura).

The distances from Besançon, the capital of the region, to other cities are:

Paris, the national capital, 410 km (255 mi);
Bordeaux, 729 km (453 mi);
Toulouse, 762 km (473 mi);
Marseille, 538 km (334 mi);
Lyon, 227 km (141 mi);
Montpellier, 523 km (325 mi);
Nice, 694 km (431 mi).

Rivers

The main rivers in the region are the Saône and its tributary the Doubs. The Loire river flows through the southwest of the region, at Nevers. The Seine river starts in the Côte-d'Or department.

Mountains

There are three main mountain ranges in the region:

The Vosges Mountains are in the northeast of the region and its highest point in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is Ballon de Servance, 1,216 m (3,990 ft) high.
The Jura Mountains are along the eastern limits; here is Crêt Pela, the highest point in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté with 1,495 m (4,905 ft).
The Morvan mountains are in the centre of the western part; it highest point is Haut-Folin, 901 m (2,956 ft) high.

The Crêt Pela (46°24′50″N 6°1′19″E / 46.41389°N 6.02194°E / 46.41389; 6.02194 (Crêt Pela)), at 1,495 m (4,905 ft), is the highest mountain of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is in the Jura mountain range.

The highest point of the different departments in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region are:

Department	Mountain	Elevation
Côte-d'Or	Mont de Gien	721 m (2,365 ft)
Doubs	Mont d'Or	1,461 m (4,793 ft)
Jura	Crêt Pela	1,495 m (4,905 ft)
Nièvre	Mont Préneley	855 m (2,805 ft)
Haute-Saône	Ballon de Servance	1,216 m (3,990 ft)
Saône-et-Loire	Haut-Folin	901 m (2,956 ft)
Yonne	Bois de la Pérouse	607 m (1,991 ft)
Territoire de Belfort	Ballon d'Alsace	1,247 m (4,091 ft)

Departments

The Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region is formed by 8 departments:

ISO 3166-2	Department	Prefecture	Arr.	Cant.	Comm.	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density (Inh./km²)
FR-21	Côte-d'Or	Dijon	3	23	704	531,380	8,763.2	60.6
FR-25	Doubs	Besançon	3	19	578	534,710	5,232.6	102.2
FR-39	Jura	Lons-le-Saunier	3	17	509	260,681	4,999.2	52.1
FR-58	Nièvre	Nevers	4	17	309	213,569	6,816.7	31.3
FR-70	Haute-Saône	Vesoul	2	17	542	238,347	5,360.1	44.5
FR-71	Saône-et-Loire	Mâcon	5	29	567	555,788	8,574.7	64.8
FR-89	Yonne	Auxerre	3	21	428	341,814	7,427.4	46.0
FR-90	Territoire de Belfort	Belfort	1	9	102	144,334	609.4	236.8
Total of the Region			24	152	3,739	2,820,623	47,783.3	59.0

Arr. = Arrondissements Cant. = Cantons Comm. = Communes

Demographics

The Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region had, in 2014, a population of 2,820,623, for a population density of 59.0 inhabitants/km². The department with more people living in it is Saône-et-Loire with 555,788 inhabitants.

After the Territoire de Belfort, the smallest department in the region, Doubs is the department with highest population density (102 inhabitants/km²). The density in the other departments is lower.