Besançon

E64224
city commune of France

Besançon is a historic city in eastern France, known for its well-preserved Vauban fortifications, rich cultural heritage, and role as a regional administrative and educational center.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Besançon canonical 68
City of Besançon 6
city of Besançon 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
commune of France ⓘ
areaSquareKilometres 65 ⓘ
capitalOf Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ
surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region

department of Doubs ⓘ
surface form: Doubs department
country France ⓘ
demonyms Bisontin ⓘ
Bisontine ⓘ
elevationMaxMeters object 620 ⓘ
elevationMinMeters 235 ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasLandmark Besançon Cathedral ⓘ
Citadel of Besançon ⓘ
Quai Vauban ⓘ
Citadel of Besançon ⓘ
surface form: Vauban fortifications of Besançon
hasMunicipalStatus prefecture ⓘ
hasMuseum Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie de Besançon ⓘ
Musée du Temps ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Gare de Besançon Franche-Comté TGV ⓘ
Gare de Besançon-Viotte ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Franche-Comté ⓘ
École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques ⓘ
heritageCriteria Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
historicalProvince Franche-Comté ⓘ
INSEECODE 25056 ⓘ
isEducationalCenter true ⓘ
isPrefectureOf department of Doubs ⓘ
surface form: Doubs department
isRegionalAdministrativeCenter true ⓘ
knownFor Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
surface form: Vauban fortifications

historic city center ⓘ
horology museum ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
watchmaking industry ⓘ
locatedIn eastern France ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory department of Doubs ⓘ
surface form: Doubs department
locatedInHistoricalRegion Franche-Comté ⓘ
locatedInRegion Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Doubs River ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
postalCode 25000 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
twinnedWith Bielsko-Biała ⓘ
Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ
Huddersfield ⓘ
Neuchâtel ⓘ
Pavia ⓘ
Tübingen ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

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

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon → placeOfBirth → Besançon ⓘ
eastern France → containsCity → Besançon ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern France
Biel/Bienne → hasTwinTown → Besançon ⓘ
Jura Mountains → nearCity → Besançon ⓘ
Franche-Comté → hasCapital → Besançon ⓘ
Franche-Comté → largestCity → Besançon ⓘ
Franche-Comté → containsCity → Besançon ⓘ
Stéphane Mallarmé → residence → Besançon ⓘ
Pierre-Joseph → placeOfBirth → Besançon ⓘ
subject surface form: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Victor Hugo → placeOfBirth → Besançon ⓘ
A36 motorway (France) → passesNear → Besançon ⓘ
A36 motorway (France) → connectsCity → Besançon ⓘ
Claude Nicolas Ledoux → workLocation → Besançon ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale → hasTownTwinnedWith → Besançon ⓘ
Bielsko-Biała → twinCity → Besançon ⓘ
La Chaux-de-Fonds → twinTown → Besançon ⓘ
department of Doubs → capital → Besançon ⓘ
department of Doubs → prefecture → Besançon ⓘ
department of Doubs → hasMunicipalSeat → Besançon ⓘ
department of Doubs → contains → Besançon ⓘ
department of Doubs → hasSeatOfGovernment → Besançon ⓘ
Gray → locatedNear → Besançon ⓘ
Sochaux, France → hasNearbyCity → Besançon ⓘ
subject surface form: Sochaux
Sochaux, France → regionCapital → Besançon ⓘ
subject surface form: Sochaux
Doubs River → passesThrough → Besançon ⓘ
Lons-le-Saunier → hasRailConnectionTo → Besançon ⓘ
Dole, Jura, France → hasRailConnectionTo → Besançon ⓘ
Dole, Jura, France → hasNearbyCity → Besançon ⓘ
French Chambers of Reunion → location → Besançon ⓘ
Collège Royal de Besançon → locatedIn → Besançon ⓘ
Collège Royal de Besançon → city → Besançon ⓘ
Vesoul → hasNearbyCity → Besançon ⓘ
Citadel of Besançon → locatedIn → Besançon ⓘ
Citadel of Besançon → operator → Besançon ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Besançon
Citadel of Besançon → ownedBy → Besançon ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Besançon
Germania Superior → locatedInPresentDay → Besançon ⓘ
subject surface form: Vesontio
Sequani → modernName → Besançon ⓘ
subject surface form: Vesontio
TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté → hasStationInCity → Besançon ⓘ
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté → containsCity → Besançon ⓘ
Dijon-Ville railway station → connectsTo → Besançon ⓘ
A36 → servesCity → Besançon ⓘ
Autoroute A36 → passesNear → Besançon ⓘ
CAF Urbos 3 → usedInCity → Besançon ⓘ
Montbéliard → nearCity → Besançon ⓘ
Otto I, Count of Burgundy → deathPlace → Besançon ⓘ
Otto I, Count of Burgundy → associatedWithCity → Besançon ⓘ
Saône basin → majorCityInBasin → Besançon ⓘ
Fortifications of Vauban → locatedIn → Besançon ⓘ
Charles Fourier → placeOfBirth → Besançon ⓘ
École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques → locatedIn → Besançon ⓘ