Franche-Comté
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Franche-Comté
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Coat of arms of Franche-Comté Coat of arms | |
Motto(s): Comtois, rends-toi ! Nenni, ma foi ! Comtois, surrender! No, my faith! | |
File:Franche-Comté in France.svg | |
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Country | File:Flag of France.svg France |
Dissolved | 1 January 2016 |
Prefecture | Besançon |
Departments | |
Area | |
• Total | 16,202 km2 (6,256 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2016) | |
• Total | 1,180,397 |
• Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Demonym | Comtois |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FR-I |
GDP (2012)[1] | Ranked 20th |
Total | €28.6 billion (US$36.8 bn) |
Per capita | €24,482 (US$31,501) |
NUTS Region | FR43 |
Website | www.franche-comte.fr (Redirects to www.bourgognefranchecomte.fr) |
Franche-Comté (meaning "Free County") is a former administrative region of France. It is now part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is in the east of the country, bordering Switzerland. Its capital was Besançon. In 2009, about 1.1 million people lived in the region.
In the local dialect, Frainc-Comtou, the name is Fraintche-Comtè. In Arpitan it is Franche-Comtât.
The departments in the region were:
References[change]
- ↑ INSEE. "Produits intérieurs bruts régionaux et valeurs ajoutées régionales de 1990 à 2012". Retrieved 4 March 2014.
Other websites[change]
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