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{{Itheruises|Doubs (disambiguation)}}
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'''Doubs''' ({{IPA-fr|du}}; [[Arpitan]]: ''Dubs'') is a [[depairtments o Fraunce|depairtment]] in the [[Franche-Comté]] [[Regions o Fraunce|region]] o eastren Fraunce namit efter the [[Doubs (river)|Doubs River]].

==History==
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As early as the 13t century, inhabitants o the northren twa-thirds o Doubs spoke the [[Franc-Comtois leid]], a dialect o [[Langue d'Oïl]]. Residents o the soothren third o Doubs spoke a dialect o the [[Arpitan leid]]. Baith leids co-existit wi French, the offeecial leid o law an commerce, an continued tae be spoken frequently in rural areas into the 20th century. They are baith still spoken the day but no on a daily basis.  

Doubs wis important as a portal tae [[Swisserland]] throu the pass at [[Joux]]. Mony famous fowk, includin [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]], [[Toussaint Louverture]] an [[Heinrich von Kleist]], wur impreesoned in the [[Fort de Joux|Château de Joux]].

Doubs is ane o the oreeginal 83 depairtments created durin the [[French Revolution]] on 4 Mairch 1790. It wis creatit frae pairt o the umwhile province o [[Franche-Comté]]. The [[prefecturs in Fraunce|prefectur]] (caipital) is [[Besançon]].

In 1793, the republic o [[Mandeure]] wis annexed bi Fraunce an incorporatit intae the depairtment. This destrict wis passed atween various territories an depairtments in the ensuin admeenistrative reorganisations an wars, but wis restored tae Doubs in 1816 when the umwhile principality o [[Montbéliard]] wis addit tae the depairtment an aw.

Housomeivver, the commune o [[Le Cerneux-Péquignot|Cerneux-Péquignot]] wis annexed bi the [[Canton o Neuchâtel]] unner the terms o the 1814 [[Treaty o Paris (1814)|Treaty o Paris]], an syne remained Swiss territory.  

Atween the defeat o Fraunce at the [[Battle o Waterloo]] an November 1818, Doubs wis includit in the aurie occupee'd bi [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] troops.

[[Victor Hugo]], [[Gustave Courbet]], an [[Auguste an Louis Lumière]] are amang the famous fowk born in Doubs.

==Geografie==
Doubs is pairt o the current region o Franche-Comté an is surroondit bi the French depairtments o [[Jura (depairtment)|Jura]], [[Haute-Saône]], an [[Territoire de Belfort]], an the Swiss cantons o [[Vaud]], [[Canton of Neuchâtel|Neuchâtel]], an [[Canton o Jura|Jura]]. 

The depairtment is dominatit bi the [[Jura muntains]], which rise east o [[Besançon]].

==Politics==

The Preses o the General Cooncil is [[Claude Jeannerot]] o the [[Socialist Pairty (Fraunce)|Socialist Pairty]]. 

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==Demographics==
The inhabitants o the depairtment are cried ''Doubistes''.

==Economy==
The Doubs depairtment is at the same time the greenest an the maist industrialisit in Fraunce.

It is the birthplace o the automotive manufacturer [[Peugeot]].

==Tourism==
The [[Fort de Joux|castle o Joux]] an [[Besançon]] are important tourist destinations.

<gallery>
File:Besancon boucle Doubs.jpg|The [[Citadel o Besançon|citadel]] an the auld toun o [[Besançon]] in a meander o the [[Doubs (river)|Doubs]]
File:France arc et senas saline royal main building 1.jpg|[[Ryal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans]]
File:2009-05-03 Montbeliard 108.JPG|[[Montbéliard]]
File:Château de Joux - Vue du belvédère de la Fauconnière.JPG|[[Fort de Joux]]
File:0 Lods - Le village et la Loue (1).JPG|[[Lods]], ane o [[Les Plus Beaux Villages de France|the maist bonnie veelages o Fraunce]] 
</gallery>

==Bibliografie==
* Hoffmann, Michael, ''Die französischen Konservativen in der katholischen Provinz Parteigenese und politische Kultur im Doubs (1900-1930)'' (Frankfurt am Main u.a., Peter Lang, 2008) (Moderne Geschichte und Politik, 22).

==See an aw==
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*[[Arrondissements o the Doubs depairtment]]
*[[Cantons o the Doubs depairtment]]
*[[Communes o the Doubs depairtment]]

==Freemit airtins==
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.doubs.pref.gouv.fr/ Prefectur wabsteid]
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.cg25.fr/ General cooncil wabsteid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031215031143/http://www.cg25.fr/ |date=2003-12-15 }}

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