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Ladies and gentlemen, the most beautiful city
in the world: Besançon, France.

"La Boucle (du Doubs)" (river bend) circling "downtown" aka "la Vieille Ville"

Same as above -- Wider Shot

If you like what you've just seen go check out the City of Besançon web site.

Now a few pics and figures about the region which Besançon is the capital of:

Where is Franche-Comté located (every KU student should know that)?

A map of Franche-Comté and its main cities.

The "Chateaux de joux" just a stone's throw away from Switzerland



Franche-Comté in just a few figures
Franche-ComtéFrance
Population1,098,94256,651,955
Working Population481,88825,286,711
Working Men277,55814,230.179
Working Women204,33011,056.,32
Idle Population617,05431,365,244
Percentage of Executives9.8912.8
Unemployment (%)10.012.6
Economic Growth2.33.1
Annual Income per Person69,60077,900
Average Annual Income (Francs) 105,200121,300
Balance of Trade (Billions of Francs) +16.0+30
Gross Domestic Product per Person.106,300118,300
Surface Area (Square Miles)6,255.627 212,935.4
Population Density (People per square mile) 26.2530.08
Fertility rate1.781.73
Mortality Rate9.09.2
Life Expectancy for Men 74.073.2
Life Expectancy for Women82.181.4

If you want/need more info about Besançon and/or the region of Franche-Comté, go to the Franche-Comté Resource Center, the most extensive informational resource collection on that region outside of France.

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: ( 10/26/2003 ).