Besançon ndiyo mji mkuu katika mkoa la Franche-Comté. Kwa mujibu wa sensa iliyofanyika mnamo mwaka wa 2006, mji una wakazi wapatao 222,000 wanaoishi katika mji huu. Mji upo m 235-610 kutoka juu ya usawa wa bahari. Victor Hugo Frères Lumière Ghani Yalouz Chuo Kikuu cha Franche-Comté Wikimedia Commons ina media kuhusu: Besançon City Council Website (Kifaransa) Updated information about Besançon (Kifaransa) Besançon - All Events in Besançon, Real City Guide (Kifaransa) Besac.com: Online Média for Besançon: Events, Classifieds, Online Shops (Kifaransa) Unofficial Funicular Website Archived 28 Septemba 2008 at the Wayback Machine. (Kifaransa)(Kiingereza) Official Funicular Website Archived 29 Septemba 2007 at the Wayback Machine. (Kifaransa)* Webpage about the Fortifications Archived 23 Novemba 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Besançon City Guide Archived 3 Machi 2009 at the Wayback Machine. (Kifaransa) Besançon's Weblog Archived 2 Julai 2007 at the Wayback Machine. (Kifaransa) Besançon Hymn[dead link] Besançon and around area directory search engine Archived 5 Julai 2018 at the Wayback Machine. (Kifaransa)