Local time
Wed, 9:02 PM GMT+1Europe/ParisCity
Besancon
Besançon · local name
47.23° N, 6.03° E
- Population
- 128,426
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 39 of 59
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 59 cities of France in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of France, so this is not a national ranking.
- Area
- 65 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- arrondissement of Besançon · Doubs · Grand Besançon Métropole
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Europe/Paris
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Besancon, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Besancon have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
