Franche-Comté

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former administrative region of France historical region

Franche-Comté is a historical region in eastern France bordering Switzerland, known for its mountainous Jura landscapes, distinctive cheeses like Comté, and a past marked by shifting control between France and the Habsburgs.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 6
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region 1
FR26 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative region of France ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
annexationTreaty Treaty of Nijmegen ⓘ
annexationYear 1678 ⓘ
annexedBy France ⓘ
borderFeature Jura Mountains ⓘ
borders Switzerland ⓘ
containsCity City of Belfort ⓘ
surface form: Belfort

Besançon ⓘ
Dole ⓘ
Lons-le-Saunier ⓘ
Montbéliard ⓘ
Vesoul ⓘ
containsDepartment Doubs River ⓘ
surface form: Doubs

Haute-Saône ⓘ
Jura ⓘ
Territoire de Belfort ⓘ
country France ⓘ
hasCapital Besançon ⓘ
hasPart Jura Mountains ⓘ
hasUNESCOSite Citadel of Besançon ⓘ
Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans ⓘ
Salins-les-Bains Saltworks ⓘ
historicalAllegiance Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Burgundian Kingdom (early phase) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Burgundy

Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Crown
historicalRegionOf France ⓘ
knownFor Comté cheese ⓘ
Vauban ⓘ
surface form: Fortifications of Vauban

Jura wines ⓘ
Mont d'Or cheese ⓘ
Morbier cheese ⓘ
forests ⓘ
mountainous landscapes ⓘ
watchmaking industry ⓘ
language French ⓘ
largestCity Besançon ⓘ
locatedIn Jura Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Jura (mountain range)

eastern France ⓘ
mergedInto Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ
mergerEffectiveDate 2016-01-01 ⓘ
partOf France ⓘ
regionalLanguage Frainc-Comtou dialect ⓘ
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) ⓘ
surface form: Franco-Provençal

Romance languages ⓘ
surface form: Langues d’oïl
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massif Central → administrativelySpans → Franche-Comté ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Nièvre → belongsToNUTSRegion → Franche-Comté ⓘ
this entity surface form: FR26 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Île-de-France region → borders → Franche-Comté ⓘ
subject surface form: Île-de-France
this entity surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
subject surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
this entity surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
A36 motorway (France) → connectsRegion → Franche-Comté ⓘ
eastern France → containsRegion → Franche-Comté ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern France
eastern France → containsRegion → Franche-Comté ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern France
this entity surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Duke of Burgundy → controlledTerritory → Franche-Comté ⓘ
Burgundy → countrySubdivision → Franche-Comté ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Treaty of Nijmegen → grantedTerritory → Franche-Comté ⓘ
War of Devolution → hasLocation → Franche-Comté ⓘ
Chablis → locatedIn → Franche-Comté ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Franco-Dutch War → location → Franche-Comté ⓘ
War of the Reunions → location → Franche-Comté ⓘ
War of Devolution → primaryTheater → Franche-Comté ⓘ
Loire → region → Franche-Comté ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Gustave Courbet → regionAssociatedWith → Franche-Comté ⓘ
Saône River → regionServed → Franche-Comté ⓘ