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Besançon (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 14 56 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.2488 decimal degrees |
| Long: 006 01 05 E degrees minutes |
Long: 6.0182 decimal degrees |
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Note: Taken by Julius Caesar in 58 BCE; Roman ruins here include an arch of Marcus Aurelius, aqueduct, and amphitheater. It became a free imperial city in 1184; French since 1674. Besançon was fortified by the engineer Vauban in the 17th century. It is a center for the watch and clock industries. |
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| Besançon (preferred,C,V)
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| Besancon (C,V,English-P)
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| Becoinson (C,V)
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| בזנסון (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Bisontii (H,V)
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| Vesontio (H,V)
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............ | ancient, chief town of Sequani Gauls |
| Visontio (H,V)
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Besançon (inhabited place) (P) |
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Gaul (historical region) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since early Iron Age |
| city (C) |
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| department capital (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| archiepiscopal see (C) |
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since the 2nd century |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Franche-Comté, 1676 |
| regional capital (C) |
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