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About  Franche-Comte
Population. Ranked 20th 
                       1146,000 (2006)
                       71Km˛
Departments.  Doubs  25
                           Haute Saone  70
                           Jura          39
                           Territoire de Belfort 90
Capital. Besancon.
Area. 16202 km˛
Wild and varied beauty, for Franche Comte has great forests, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, hidden valleys and gorges, mountain villages and spar towns.
Besancon lies in the valley of the Doubs and is by the Citadelle, a Vaubans masterpiece. Besancon also has a renown art museum.
Ornans, on the river Loue contains some beautful ancient houses which overhang the river,
Dole is the birth place of Louis Pasteur.
The Jura Mountains is ideal for the winter skier who prefers nature to crowds, renown for is cross country ski runs.
Odl town of Besancon as it wind around the river daubs