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:
 The Vosges Mountains are in the northeast of the region and its highest point in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is Ballon de Servance,  high.
 The Jura Mountains are along the eastern limits; here is Crêt Pela, the highest point in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté with .
 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:

 ISO3166-2 Shield Department Prefecture Arr. Cant. Comm. Population(2014)Area(km²)Density(Inh./km²) FR-2122px Côte-d'Or Dijon 3 23 704 531,380 8,763.2  FR-2522px Doubs Besançon 3 19 578 534,710 5,232.6  FR-3922px Jura Lons-le-Saunier 3 17 509 260,681 4,999.2  FR-5822px Nièvre Nevers 4 17 309 213,569 6,816.7  FR-7022px Haute-Saône Vesoul 2 17 542 238,347 5,360.1  FR-7122px Saône-et-Loire Mâcon 5 29 567 555,788 8,574.7  FR-8922px Yonne Auxerre 3 21 428 341,814 7,427.4  FR-9022px Territoire de Belfort Belfort 1 9 102 144,334 609.4  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/km2. 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/km2). The density in the other departments is lower.

Gallery

Related pages
 Burgundy
 Franche-Comté
 Regions of France

References

Other websites

 Regional Council website 
 Prefecture of the region


Category:2016 establishments in France