Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

**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.

## Geography

The Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region is the sixth largest region of France with an area of . 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, ;
- Bordeaux, ;
- Toulouse, ;
- Marseille, ;
- Lyon, ;
- Montpellier, ;
- Nice, .

### 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:
1. The **Vosges Mountains** are in the northeast of the region and its highest point in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is Ballon de Servance,  high.
1. The **Jura Mountains** are along the eastern limits; here is Crêt Pela, the highest point in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté with .
1. The **Morvan** mountains are in the centre of the western part; it highest point is Haut-Folin,  high.

The Crêt Pela (), at , 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_||
|Doubs|_Mont d'Or_||
|Jura|_Crêt Pela_||
|Nièvre|_Mont Préneley_||
|Haute-Saône|_Ballon de Servance_||
|Saône-et-Loire|_Haut-Folin_||
|Yonne|_Bois de la Pérouse_||
|Territoire de Belfort|_Ballon d'Alsace_||

## Departments

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

|ISO 3166-2|Shield|Department|Prefecture|Arr.|Cant.|Comm.|Population <small>(2014)</small>|Width=60px|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Density <small>(Inh./km²)</small>||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|FR-21|align="center"||align="left"|Côte-d'Or|align="left"|Dijon|3|23|704|531,380|8,763.2||
|align="center"|FR-25|align="center"||align="left"|Doubs|align="left"|Besançon|3|19|578|534,710|5,232.6||
|align="center"|FR-39|align="center"||align="left"|Jura|align="left"|Lons-le-Saunier|3|17|509|260,681|4,999.2||
|align="center"|FR-58|align="center"||align="left"|Nièvre|align="left"|Nevers|4|17|309|213,569|6,816.7||
|align="center"|FR-70|align="center"||align="left"|Haute-Saône|align="left"|Vesoul|2|17|542|238,347|5,360.1||
|align="center"|FR-71|align="center"||align="left"|Saône-et-Loire|align="left"|Mâcon|5|29|567|555,788|8,574.7||
|align="center"|FR-89|align="center"||align="left"|Yonne|align="left"|Auxerre|3|21|428|341,814|7,427.4||
|align="center"|FR-90|align="center"||align="left"|Territoire de Belfort|align="left"|Belfort|1|9|102|144,334|609.4||
|align="center" colspan=4|**Total of the Region**|**24**|**152**|**3,739**|**2,820,623**|**47,783.3**|****|||||||
_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  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>. 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/km<sup>2</sup>). The density in the other departments is lower.

## Related pages

- Burgundy
- Franche-Comté
- Regions of France

## Other websites

- Regional Council website
- Prefecture of the region

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- **native name lang**: fr
- **settlement type**: Regions of France, Region
- **image caption**: **Clockwise from top**: the Besançon Cathedral, Cathedral of Saint John in Besançon; the Théâtre de Lons-le-Saunier; the Loire Bridge and the Nevers Cathedral, Cathedral in Nevers; and view of Dijon
- **image flag**: Flag_of_the_region_Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **image shield**: BlasonBourgogneFrancheComté.svg
- **image blank emblem**: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 2016.svg
- **blank emblem type**: Brandmark
- **image map**: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in France 2016.svg
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Besançon
- **seat1 type**: Largest city
- **seat1**: Dijon
- **parts type**: Departments of France, Departments
- **parts style**: list
- **parts**: 8
- **p1**: Côte-d'Or
- **p2**: Doubs
- **p3**: Haute-Saône
- **p4**: Jura (department), Jura
- **p5**: Nièvre
- **p6**: Saône-et-Loire
- **p7**: Territoire de Belfort
- **p8**: Yonne
- **leader party**: Socialist Party (France), PS
- **leader title**: List of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly, President of the Regional Council
- **leader name**: Marie-Guite Dufay
- **leader name1**: Bernard Schmeltz
- **leader title1**: Prefect (France), Prefect
- **area total km2**: 47783
- **area rank**: 6th
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +01:00
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +02:00
- **blank name sec1**: GDP
- **blank info sec1**: List of French regions and overseas collectivities by GDP, Ranked 11 of 18
- **blank1 name sec1**: Total
- **blank1 info sec1**: 76.6 € billion (EUR€ bn)
- **blank2 name sec1**: Per capita
- **blank2 info sec1**: 24,200 € (EUR€)
- **blank name sec2**: First level NUTS of the European Union, NUTS Region
- **iso code**: FR-BFC