City of Besançon (an autonomous city-state under the Holy Roman Emperor) in 1184. In 1157, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa held the Diet of Besançon. There...

The Parlement of Besançon (French: Parlement de Besançon) was one of the parlements of the French Ancien Régime, seated in Besançon, in the province of...

Besançon Football is a French football club based in Besançon. It plays at the Stade Léo Lagrange and plays in the Championnat National 3, the fifth tier...

Besançon Franche-Comté TGV station (French: Gare de Besançon Franche-Comté TGV) is a French high speed railway station located in Les Auxons, Doubs, eastern...

ESBF Besançon is a French women's handball club based in Besançon. They play in the French Women's First League. French Women's First League: Gold: 1988...

Besançon Hugues (1487 – 1532) was a Swiss political and religious leader who was a member of the Grand Council of Geneva. He participated in the rebellion...

Besançon-Viotte is the main railway station located in Besançon, Doubs, eastern France. The station was opened in 1855 and is located on the Dole–Belfort...

The Tarot de Besançon, also called the Besançon Tarot, describes an historical type of Tarot pack used for playing card games that was made in south Germany...

Besançon Basket Comté Doubs was a basketball club based in Besançon, France that played in the Ligue Nationale de Basketball. Their home arena was the...

Besançon is a city in eastern France, about 55 miles from Dijon. As the Protestant Reformation grew in Europe, it arrived in Besançon between 1520 and...

Donatus (d. after 658) was a bishop of Besançon, founder of the monastery Palatium (later Saint-Paul) in Besançon and author of a rule for nuns. He is venerated...

of Besançon, the clergy of that city elected Claudius as their archbishop in 685. He thus served, rather reluctantly, as 29th bishop of Besançon, according...

The Archdiocese of Besançon (Latin: Archidiœcesis Bisuntina; French: Archidiocèse de Besançon) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese...

Racing Besançon is a French football club based in Besançon. It was founded in 1904. They play at the Stade Léo Lagrange. The club currently competes in...

Alain Besançon (25 April 1932 – 9 July 2023) was a French historian. He specialised in intellectual history and Russian politics. From 1965 to 1992 he...

The Besançon Tram network dated back to a horse tram service inaugurated in 1887. The first two electric tram lines began operating in 1897, joined later...

of Besançon, was a biblical scholar of the Premonstratensian Order from Besançon (Chrysopolis). He was headmaster of the cathedral school at Besançon and...

Culture. (in French) "Migrations à Besançon, histoire et mémoires - Passé et présent de la communauté juive de Besançon". archive.wikiwix.com (in French)...

Besançon – La Vèze Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome de Besançon - La Vèze) (IATA: QBQ, ICAO: LFQM) is an airport located 5.5 km (3.0 NM) southeast of Besançon...

of the city of Besançon, France. 58 BCE - Julius Caesar occupied Vesontio, the chief town of the Sequani. 1st C. CE – Arènes de Besançon [fr] (amphitheatre)...

persuaded him to take Besançon first. Besançon Dole Gray Vesoul Salins-les-Bains Dijon Nevers Semur-en-Auxois After the capture of Besançon in 1667, Vauban...

Georges Besançon (1866–1934) founded and edited the aeronautical journal L'Aérophile. Besançon was a balloonist ("aeronaut") and journalist. Besançon helped...

Besançon Hockey Club was an ice hockey team in Besançon, France. The club existed from 1970 to 2003. Besançon participated in the Ligue Magnus (then known...

The Citadel of Besançon (French: Citadelle de Besançon) is a 17th-century fortress in Franche-Comté, France. It is one of the finest masterpieces of military...

Then, little by little, the people of Besançon joined in the clockmaking fever, definitively transforming Besançon into the Capitale française de l'horlogerie...

Marcel Bezençon (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl bəzɑ̃sɔ̃]; 1 May 1907 – 17 February 1981) was a Swiss journalist, media executive and the director of the...

29, 1975, in Besançon (Doubs), is a French politician. Involved with the Mouvement démocrate (MoDem) since 2012, he was elected Besançon municipal councilor...

Besançon Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Jean de Besançon) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint John located in the city of Besançon, France...

The Funfair of Besançon is a festive event who takes place every year in the Micropolis in the district of Planoise. This event is the most festive gathering...

of Besançon is located in the French city of Besançon. It is the only Jewish cemetery in the département of Doubs. The Jewish cemetery of Besançon is...