Doubs

Doubs
Doubs
	Depairtment
	Prefectur biggin o the Doubs depairtment, in Besançon
	Coat airms
	Location o Doubs in Fraunce
	Coordinates: 47°10′N 06°25′E / 47.167°N 6.417°E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Franche-Comté
Prefectur	Besançon
Subprefecturs	Montbéliard; Pontarlier
Govrenment
• President of the General Council	Claude Jeannerot (PS)
Area
• Total	5234 km2 (2,021 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	499,062
• Rank	51st
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	25
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	35
Communes	594
	^1 French Laund Register data, which exclude estuars, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2

Doubs (French pronunciation: [du]; Arpitan: Dubs) is a depairtment in the Franche-Comté region o eastren Fraunce namit efter the Doubs River.

History

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 Mirabeau, Toussaint Louverture an Heinrich von Kleist, wur impreesoned in the 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 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 Cerneux-Péquignot wis annexed bi the Canton o Neuchâtel unner the terms o the 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 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, Haute-Saône, an Territoire de Belfort, an the Swiss cantons o Vaud, Neuchâtel, an 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.

Party		seats
•	Socialist Pairty	16
	Union for a Popular Muivement	13
•	Miscellaneous Left	3
	Miscellaneous Richt	2
	MoDem	1
•	The Greens	1

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 castle o Joux an Besançon are important tourist destinations.

The citadel an the auld toun o Besançon in a meander o the Doubs
Ryal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans
Montbéliard
Fort de Joux
Lods, ane o the maist bonnie veelages o Fraunce

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

Freemit airtins

(in French) Prefectur wabsteid
(in French) General cooncil wabsteid Archived 2003-12-15 at the Wayback Machine

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