Besançon

**Besançon**
	commune in Doubs, France
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Instance of	commune of France; big city;
Patron saint	Ferreolus and Ferrutio;
Location	Doubs; arrondissement of Besançon; Grand Besançon Métropole; France;
Located in or next to body of water	Doubs;
Head of government	Anne Vignot (The Ecologists – Europe Écologie Les Verts, 2020–);
Significant event	Siege of Besançon;
Population	119,198 (2021);
Area	65.05 km²;
Elevation above sea level	281 m; 235 m (lowest point); 610 m (highest point);
Follows	Free City of Besançon;
Replaces	Vesontio;
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	47° 14′ 32″ N, 6° 01′ 17″ E
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Besançon is the capital of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, in Eastern France.

Coat of arms and flag

Coat of arms of Besançon
Municipal flag

Maps

Suburb
Transport network
Satellite imagery
Neighborhoods of Besançon
Fortification
Historical map (1842)

Citadel of Besançon

Citadelle seen from the Doubs river
grande rue, the palace Granvelle and the Citadelle above it. This part of the town was mainly built between 16th and 19th centuries.

Doubs (river)

Doubs'banks from Canot quay : on the right, the inside of the loop, straight, the Battant bridge.
Vauban wharf
Quai Vauban
Quai Vauban
Battant bridge
Le pont Battant
Doubs
Quai du Doubs
Cordeliers tower

Miscellaneous

Eglise Saint-Pierre
Eglise Saint-Pierre by night
Newer town administration offices, in former military buildings (?)
Student institution's building Canot, seen from the bridge Canot, out of the Doubs'loop.
Older buildings rue Claude Goudimel.
Rue des Boucheries and Révolution place.
Porte Noire (période romaine) / Black gate (roman era)
Basilique Sainte-Madeleine
Older town hall in front of Saint Pierre temple / Older hospital entrance and chapel.
Rivotte Gate
Former artillery school, rue Mégevand.
Panoramique de Besançon et Citadelle
Rue Claude Goudimel
Portail et Dôme de l'Hôpital St Jacques
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Besançon
Fontaine Place Jean Cornet
Fontaine Place de la Révolution
Place de la Révolution et Musée des Beaux Arts
Grande Rue
Granvelle palace and Time museum
Granvelle palace
(Courtyard)
Rue Bersot
Square St Amour
Rue Claude Goudimel
Hôpital St Jacques
Fontaine Saint-Quentin
Vieux quartier Battant Rue Mayence
Temple Franc maçon multi-obédience Rue Émile Zola
Eglise Protestante Luthérienne Place de la Révolution
Ruine Romaine au Square Castan
Eglise St Pierre Place du 8 Septembre
Eglise St Maurice Grande Rue
Besançon Cathedral
Cathédrale St Jean Rue du Chambriet
Chapelle du Refuge
Dôme de la Chapelle du Foyer
Theatre Grand Kursaal Place Grandvelle - Art Déco 1893
Casino Municipal
Ancienne Ecole d'Artillerie
Court of Appeal of Besançon
Conservatoire National de Musique
Theater of Besançon
Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
Synagogue of Besançon
Grande Rue partie piétonne
Place Victor Hugo
Besançon-les-Bains
Prefecture hotel of Doubs
Place de la Mairie et Mairie
Cinéma des Beaux Arts
Palais des sports Ghani-Yalouz
Tourism office
DDE Fluviale
Plaque commémorative naissance Victor Hugo
Plaque commémorative naissance Frères Lumière
Astronomical clock of Besançon