department of Doubs

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administrative territorial entity department of France

The department of Doubs is an administrative division in eastern France, within the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, known for its Jura Mountains landscapes, watchmaking industry, and border with Switzerland.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Doubs department 4

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
department of France ⓘ
administrativeLevel department ⓘ
belongsTo French Republic ⓘ
borderWith Switzerland ⓘ
capital Besançon NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Besançon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montbéliard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pontarlier NERFINISHED ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf France ⓘ
governmentType departmental council ⓘ
hasBorderType international border ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cross-border trade with Switzerland ⓘ
hasIndustry microtechnology ⓘ
precision engineering ⓘ
watchmaking ⓘ
hasLandscape forested areas ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
hasMunicipalSeat Besançon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver Doubs River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSeatOfGovernment Besançon NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Jura Mountains landscapes ⓘ
border location with Switzerland ⓘ
watchmaking industry ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jura Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern France ⓘ
eastern part of the Massif du Jura ⓘ
historical region of Franche-Comté ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
namedAfter Doubs River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Bourgogne-Franche-Comté NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern France ⓘ
surface form: French Eastern borderlands

Jura region ⓘ
surface form: French Jura
prefecture Besançon NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Canton of Jura NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canton of Neuchâtel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canton of Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ
subprefecture Montbéliard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pontarlier NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Besançon → capitalOf → department of Doubs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doubs department
Besançon → isPrefectureOf → department of Doubs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doubs department
Ornans, Doubs, France → locatedIn → department of Doubs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ornans
this entity surface form: Doubs department
Vallorbe–Jougne crossing → locatedIn → department of Doubs ⓘ
Besançon → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → department of Doubs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doubs department