Grand Besançon Métropole

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Grand Besançon Métropole
Communauté urbaine
Location in the Doubs department
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
No. of communes	68
Established	2001
Seat	Besançon
Government
• President (2020-2026)	(The Greens)
Area	528.6 km2 (204.1 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	195,745
• Density	370/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Website	www.grandbesancon.fr

Grand Besançon Métropole is the urban community, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Besançon. It is located in the Doubs department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, northeastern France. It was created in December 2000 Communauté d'agglomération Grand Besançon, which was transformed into a communauté urbaine on 1 July 2019.^[1] Its population was 195,745 in 2019, of which 117,912 (60%) in Besançon proper. Its budget is € 308.6 million (2021).

Composition[]

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 68 communes:^[2]

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Coordinates: 47°14′N 6°01′E / 47.24°N 6.02°E / 47.24; 6.02

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