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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Also known as Burgundy-Free County, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, BFC

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: Borgogne-Franche-Comtât) is a region in northeastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections of December 2015, electing 100 members to the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is a region in northeastern France that was created in 2016 by merging two former regions, Burgundy and Franche-Comté, as part of a nationwide restructuring of French administrative divisions. The merged region began operating on January 1, 2016, with a Regional Council of 100 elected members following elections held in December 2015.

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Settlement.official_name: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.settlement_type: Region
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from top: the Cathedral of Saint John in Besançon; the Théâtre de Lons-le-Saunier; the Loire Bridge and the Cathedral in Nevers; and view of Dijon
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_the_region_Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 120px
Settlement.image_shield: Blason région fr Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.svg
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 2016.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Brandmark
Settlement.image_map: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in France 2016.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.seat_type: Regional council seat
Settlement.seat: Besançon
Settlement.seat1_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat1: Dijon
Settlement.parts_type: Departments
Settlement.parts_style: list
Settlement.parts: 8

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Instance of: region of France
Official name: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country: France
Located in: metropolitan France
Contains: Territoire de Belfort
Capital: Dijon
Population: 2802670
Area: 47784
Shares border with: Canton of Vaud
Official website: www.bourgognefranchecomte.fr
Image: Belvoir, le château.jpg

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native label: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
inception: 2016-01-01
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start time: 2016-01-01
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Toponymy
History
Middle Ages
Modern times
Geography
Departments
Major communities
Economy
Transport
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The region covers an area of and eight departments; it had a population of 2,811,423 in 2017. Its prefecture and largest city is Dijon, although the regional council sits in Besançon, making Bourgogne-Franche-Comté one of two regions in France (along with Normandy) in which the prefect does not sit in the same city as the regional council.

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