Doubs (Department, France)

Last modified: 2005-03-05 by ivan sache
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Neither the department nor the General Council have a specific flag.

• Administrative data

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Doubs (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Besançon
  • Arc-sous-Cicon
  • Hérimoncourt
  • Pontarlier
• République du Saugeais

Administrative data

Code: 25
Region: Franche-Comté
Traditional provinces: Franche-Comté
Bordering departments: Jura, Haute-Saône, Territoire de Belfort
Bordering country: Switzerland (cantons of Jura, Neuchâtel, and Vaud)

Area: 5,234 km²
Population (1995): 494,100 inhabitants

Préfecture: Besançon
Sous-préfectures: Montbéliard, Pontarlier
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 35 cantons, 592 communes.

The department is named after the river Doubs(430 km), tributary of the Saône.