Where is Besançon in France?
Besançon is situated in the region Franche-Comte in France!
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Where is Besançon on the map?
Webcams near Besançon
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Distances
Where is Besançon relative to other places?
Top 10 cities in Franche-Comte and distance from Besançon.
| City | # | Population | km | miles |
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| Besançon | 1 | 120139 | 0 | 0 |
| Belfort | 2 | 50809 | 76 | 47 |
| Montbéliard | 3 | 26895 | 66 | 41 |
| Dole | 4 | 24186 | 43 | 27 |
| Pontarlier | 5 | 18665 | 45 | 28 |
| Lons-le-Saunier | 6 | 18245 | 72 | 45 |
| Vesoul | 7 | 17050 | 43 | 27 |
| Audincourt | 8 | 15114 | 68 | 42 |
| Valentigney | 9 | 12221 | 66 | 41 |
| Saint-Claude | 10 | 12169 | 97 | 60 |
Top 10 cities in France and distance from Besançon.
| City | # | Population | km | miles |
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| Paris | 1 | 2110694 | 328 | 204 |
| Marseille | 2 | 792823 | 444 | 276 |
| Lyon | 3 | 463700 | 190 | 118 |
| Toulouse | 4 | 411145 | 541 | 336 |
| Nice | 5 | 341621 | 406 | 252 |
| Nantes | 6 | 284677 | 571 | 355 |
| Strasbourg | 7 | 273506 | 200 | 124 |
| Montpellier | 8 | 238887 | 438 | 272 |
| Bordeaux | 9 | 219311 | 575 | 357 |
| Rennes | 10 | 213334 | 584 | 363 |
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Statistics and Geographics
France is made up of 66362 cities in 22 regions.
The region Franche-Comte has 2177 cities.
Besançon is number 1 in the region Franche-Comte.
The city is number 29 in France.
The population is 120144.
