Doubs

**Doubs** (; Arpitan: *Dubs*) is a depairtment in the Franche-Comté region o eastren Fraunce namit efter the Doubs River.

## History

As early as the 13t century, inhabitants o the northren twa-thirds o Doubs spoke the Franc-Comtois leid, a dialect o Langue d'Oïl. Residents o the soothren third o Doubs spoke a dialect o the Arpitan leid. Baith leids co-existit wi French, the offeecial leid o law an commerce, an continued tae be spoken frequently in rural areas into the 20th century. They are baith still spoken the day but no on a daily basis.  

Doubs wis important as a portal tae Swisserland throu the pass at Joux. Mony famous fowk, includin Mirabeau, Toussaint Louverture an Heinrich von Kleist, wur impreesoned in the Château de Joux.

Doubs is ane o the oreeginal 83 depairtments created durin the French Revolution on 4 Mairch 1790. It wis creatit frae pairt o the umwhile province o Franche-Comté. The prefectur (caipital) is Besançon.

In 1793, the republic o Mandeure wis annexed bi Fraunce an incorporatit intae the depairtment. This destrict wis passed atween various territories an depairtments in the ensuin admeenistrative reorganisations an wars, but wis restored tae Doubs in 1816 when the umwhile principality o Montbéliard wis addit tae the depairtment an aw.

Housomeivver, the commune o Cerneux-Péquignot wis annexed bi the Canton o Neuchâtel unner the terms o the 1814 Treaty o Paris, an syne remained Swiss territory.  

Atween the defeat o Fraunce at the Battle o Waterloo an November 1818, Doubs wis includit in the aurie occupee'd bi Austrian troops.

Victor Hugo, Gustave Courbet, an Auguste an Louis Lumière are amang the famous fowk born in Doubs.

## Geografie
Doubs is pairt o the current region o Franche-Comté an is surroondit bi the French depairtments o Jura, Haute-Saône, an Territoire de Belfort, an the Swiss cantons o Vaud, Neuchâtel, an Jura. 

The depairtment is dominatit bi the Jura muntains, which rise east o Besançon.

## Politics

The Preses o the General Cooncil is Claude Jeannerot o the Socialist Pairty. 

## Demographics
The inhabitants o the depairtment are cried *Doubistes*.

## Economy
The Doubs depairtment is at the same time the greenest an the maist industrialisit in Fraunce.

It is the birthplace o the automotive manufacturer Peugeot.

## Tourism
The castle o Joux an Besançon are important tourist destinations.


File:Besancon boucle Doubs.jpg|The citadel an the auld toun o Besançon in a meander o the Doubs
File:France arc et senas saline royal main building 1.jpg|Ryal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans
File:2009-05-03 Montbeliard 108.JPG|Montbéliard
File:Château de Joux - Vue du belvédère de la Fauconnière.JPG|Fort de Joux
File:0 Lods - Le village et la Loue (1).JPG|Lods, ane o the maist bonnie veelages o Fraunce 


## Bibliografie
* Hoffmann, Michael, *Die französischen Konservativen in der katholischen Provinz Parteigenese und politische Kultur im Doubs (1900-1930)* (Frankfurt am Main u.a., Peter Lang, 2008) (Moderne Geschichte und Politik, 22).

## See an aw

*Arrondissements o the Doubs depairtment
*Cantons o the Doubs depairtment
*Communes o the Doubs depairtment

## Freemit airtins
*  Prefectur wabsteid 
*  General cooncil wabsteid