page_title: Planoise
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Planoise / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Saint-François church, located in the area of Planoise near Besançon (Doubs, France) Français&#160;: Église Saint François d'Assise située dans le quartier de Planoise à Besançon (Doubs, France)
context_page_description: Planoise is an urban area in the western part of Besançon, France, built in the 1960s between the hill of Planoise and the district of Hauts-de-Chazal. It is the most populous district of Besançon, with 21,000 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are called Planoisiens and Planoisiennes.
  The area is constantly changing and developing. Despite difficult economic and social conditions, Planoise has become a commercial crossroads and a multicultural sector; the area is home to people from over 50 different cultural origins. It is a highly urbanized area with few monuments or sites of interest, but the area contains notable buildings like the Departmental archives of Doubs and the Statue of Diversity.
context_section_description: Planoise has little architectural heritage compared to that of the center of Besançon. However, four beautiful statues decorate the area, two in the Cassin sector and two in the Ile-de-France sector. The "Statue of Diversity", located in a roundabout of Ile-de-France sector, is a veritable symbol of this area. The others are the statue of Diderot school, in stone, the "Statue of the World" (located in a roundabout in Cassin sector, near the Lafayette swimming pool) and the statue of Tristan Bernard school, also located in Cassin sector. Epoisses fountain dates to 1874, and has on its face the blazon of Besançon. An old laundry, located in the margins of the new area, was built in 1812 and renovated in 1996.
caption: Church of Francis of Assisi
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