• 1771 map of Burgundy, Franche-Comté and Lyonnais by Rigobert Bonne. The Franche-Comté was one of the last parts of France to have serfdom.
  • For those who love vast, green spaces, Franche-Comté has everything to make you more than happy. A 5-minute bike ride out of downtown Besançon (its capital)...
  • The arch of Saint Martin's Gate in Paris was erected to celebrate Franche-Comté's definitive annexation in 1678 by the Treaty of Nijmegen.
  • Franche-Comté is a region predominantly of glorious countryside with miles and miles of tranquil pasture, lakes and woodland.
  • In 2016 the Franche-Comté région was joined with the neighbouring région of Burgundy to form the new administrative entity of Bourgogne–Franche-Comté .
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  • Franche Comté is also the home of France's optical glasses and spectacle industry, and the town of St Claude in the Jura is famous for its pipes.
  • Grande Saline building at Salins-les-Bains Ana Lui. We ordered poulet de Bresse , vin jaune and gruyère de Comté , as you do when you are in Franche-Comté.
  • The Franche-Comte region of France (now part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region) is found to the east of France and borders onto Switzerland.
  • In this case, the dish is called fondue jurassienne. The star of this fondue is Comté cheese, a staple in the Jura and Franche-Comté regions.