department of Doubs

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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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Doubs department 4

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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

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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