- Capital of
- Doubs, arrondissement of Besançon, canton of Besançon-1, canton of Besançon-2, canton of Besançon-3, canton of Besançon-4, canton of Besançon-5, canton of Besançon-6, Grand Besançon Métropole, Franche-Comté, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Franche-Comté
- Population
- 116952, 116676, 120107, 115934, 116775, 116914, 113220, 120315, 113283, 113828, 117733, 117080
- Area
- 65.05
- Elevation
- 281 m, 235 m, 610 m, 324 m
- demonym
- bisontin
- described by source
- Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Реальный словарь классических древностей по Любкеру, Topographia Circuli Burgundici, Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et Vicinarum Regionum, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
- fax number
- +33-3-81-61-50-99
- female population
- 61568
- located in or next to body of water
- Doubs
- male population
- 54366
- native label
- Besançon
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1023335
- official name
- Besançon, Besançon
- phone number
- +33-3-81-61-50-50
- postal code
- 25000
- shares border with
- Montfaucon, Morre, Pirey, Pouilley-les-Vignes, Serre-les-Sapins, Tallenay, Thise, Vieilley, Avanne-Aveney, Beure, Fontain, Bonnay
- short name
- Besac
- social media followers
- 13291
- twinned administrative body
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Pavia, Hadera, Neuchâtel, Aqabat Jaber, Kuopio, Man, Tver, Bistrița, Bielsko-Biała, Charlottesville, Huddersfield