Besançon
Data as of · Metro Power Rankings
France • Europe • Language power • Time zone Europe/Paris UTC+1 (CET) (observes summer time)
- Population
- 254K
- GDP
- $19B
- GDP per capita
- $74,219
- Land area
- 1,476 km² (570 mi²)
- Density
- 172/km² (447/mi²)
Besançon metro area
47.24, 6.02Loading map…
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Universities↗1#T-308
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World #1Top 5Outside top 5
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Closest profiles across all 16 dimensionsLanguages of Besançon
French first in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; 1 languages hold a role.
- English reach, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- 39%
- Tier 3 country
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté on the languages board · Language power
Art of Besançon
#42 for celebrated art · 24 canon works in its museums
Leading museums: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, musée Courbet,
1 notable artist born here, most in the 1800s: Gustave Courbet
Education & Research
Top 2000 Universities1 entry
#608
Marie and Louis Pasteur University
Besançon, France