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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Gaspard Augé (French pronunciation: [ɡaspaʁ oʒe]; born 21 May 1979 in Besançon) is a French musician and graphic designer. He is one of the two members...
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  • 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)...
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  • 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...
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    Georges Besançon (1866–1934) founded and edited the aeronautical journal L'Aérophile. Besançon was a balloonist ("aeronaut") and journalist. Besançon helped...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    Marcel Bezençon (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl bəzɑ̃sɔ̃]; 1 May 1907 – 17 February 1981) was a Swiss journalist, media executive and the director of the...
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    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...
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    The Archdiocese of Besançon (Latin: Archidiœcesis Bisuntina; French: Archidiocèse de Besançon) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese...
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    Besançon Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Jean de Besançon) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint John located in the city of Besançon, France...
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  • The Siege of Besançon was an event during the War of the Sixth Coalition, which occurred in 1814 in Besançon (Franche-Comté), France. The First French...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    The Synagogue of Besançon is the principal Jewish place of worship in the city of Besançon, France. The building is located in the area of Battant, near...
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    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...
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  • 29, 1975, in Besançon (Doubs), is a French politician. Involved with the Mouvement démocrate (MoDem) since 2012, he was elected Besançon municipal councilor...
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  • of Besançon, was a biblical scholar of the Premonstratensian Order from Besançon (Chrysopolis). He was headmaster of the cathedral school at Besançon and...
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    The Besançon Commune (in French Commune de Besançon) was a short-lived revolutionary movement conceived and developed in 1871, aiming at the proclamation...
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  • 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...
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    (Côte-d'Or) Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor) Guéret (Creuse) Périgueux (Dordogne) Besançon (Doubs) Valence (Drôme) Évreux (Eure) Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) Quimper (Finistère)...
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