Franche-Comté

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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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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

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Sequani regionCorrespondsTo Franche-Comté
TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté hasLocale Franche-Comté
City of Belfort historicalRegion Franche-Comté
La Comtoise connectsRegion Franche-Comté
Jura hasHistoricalRegion Franche-Comté
Middle Francia includedRegion Franche-Comté
this entity surface form: Franche-Comté (part)
Spanish Road passesThrough Franche-Comté
Crown of Spain hasPart Franche-Comté
Saône basin locatedInRegion Franche-Comté
Jura region hasSubregion Franche-Comté
Théâtre de Besançon locatedInRegion Franche-Comté
Cemetery of the city of Chaux (project) historicalRegion Franche-Comté
this entity surface form: Franche-Comté (planned location context)
Ideal city of Chaux (project) locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Franche-Comté
subject surface form: Ideal city of Chaux
Lord of Arlay locatedIn Franche-Comté
Württemberg-Mömpelgard region Franche-Comté
Loue locatedInRegion Franche-Comté
Musée Courbet locatedInHistoricRegion Franche-Comté
County of Burgundy alsoKnownAs Franche-Comté
County of Burgundy historicalRegion Franche-Comté
Arlay historicalRegion Franche-Comté
Lordship of Arlay locatedIn Franche-Comté
Lordship of Arlay culturalRegion Franche-Comté
William VII of Chalon-Arlay region Franche-Comté
William VII of Chalon-Arlay nobleTitleIn Franche-Comté
this entity surface form: Franche-Comté region
John IV of Chalon-Arlay residence Franche-Comté
Pierre Fourier placeOfDeath Franche-Comté
this entity surface form: Gray, Franche-Comté
Pierre Fourier placeOfBurial Franche-Comté
this entity surface form: Gray, Franche-Comté
historical province of Bresse borders Franche-Comté
subject surface form: Bresse
Valentigney, France historicalRegion Franche-Comté
subject surface form: Valentigney
French–Imperial frontier hasSection Franche-Comté