Doubs - Doubs

The Doubs is a department in the French region Franche-Comté. It is named after the river of the same name in eastern France. The department borders in the north Haute-Saône, in the northeast to that Territoire de Belfort, in the east and south-east to the Switzerland (Cantons law, Neuchâtel and Vaud as well as in the west to the département law.

Regions

places

• 47.2422222222226.02138888888891 Besançon - is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the department. The Poudrey Gorge, the Dino Zoo, the grottes d'Osselle, Arc-et-Senans, Quingey
• 47.2511111111116.80361111111112 Maîche - with St-Hippolyte, Vaufrey, Soulce-Cernay, Château de l'Hermitage, Les Breseux, Goumois, Charmauvillers, La Goule, Damprichard, Charquemont, les échelles de la mort.
• 47.5097222222226.79833333333333 Montbeliard - with Sochaux, Mont-Bart, Mandeure, Pont-de-Roide, Montécheroux

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  Besançon

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  Maîche

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  Montbeliard

• 47.0580555555566.60611111111114 Morteau - with Villers-le-Lac, Le saut du Doubs, the Cirque de Consolation.
• 47.1052777777786.14305555555565 Ornans - with Cléron, Montgesoye, Vuillafans, Châteauvieux-les-Fossés, Mouthier-haute-Pierre and the upper Loue valley. Nans-sous-St.Anne with its Taillanderie, its castles, its via ferrata, its Grotten du Verneau and the springs (and gorges) of the Lison.
• 46.9061111111116.35472222222226 Pontarlier - with Remonot, Montbenoit, La République du Saugeais, Ouhans, Source de la Loue, la Cluse-de-Mijoux, Château de Joux, Grand Taureau, Metabief, Le Mont d'Or, Lac Saint-Point, Malbuisson, La source Bleue , St.Point, Lac de Remoray, Mouthe, source du Doubs.

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  Morteau

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  Ornans

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  Pontarlier

Other goals

• 47.0327785.7777781 Saline royale d'Arc-et-Senans - The salt works, founded in 1775, should become the nucleus of an ideal city. It was finally shut down in 1962. The buildings are well preserved and belong to the UNESCO world cultural heritage.
• 47.0844444444446.712 You sauté doubs - is a waterfall

• 47.0456.24805555555567 Lods - is a village on the Doubs in Franche-Comté, classified as one of the most beautiful villages in France.

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  Administration building of the Arc-et-Senans saltworks

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  Le Saut du Doubs

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  Lods

background

The department is shaped by the river Doubs of the same name. It extends over an area of ​​5,260 km² with 35 cantons and 597 municipalities and consists of a department level in the north: Trouée de Belfort-Montbéliard, Doubs Valley towards Besançon, with an altitude between 240 and 600 meters. The south consists of plateaus (Haut-Doubs) with pastures and fir forests. All waterways form a network of 1,654 km in length. The Rhone-Rhine Canal was dug in 1783.

Metallurgy, automotive and accessories industries are represented in the north, watch, milk, paper and agricultural industries in the south.

language

getting there

mobility

Tourist Attractions

activities

kitchen

• Saucisse de MorteauType is group designation, or Belle de Morteau, is a specialty from Morteau. It is a smoked pork sausage. Every year in August there is the sausage festival, Fete de la Saucisse, celebrated with a big procession.

• Liqueur de sapinType is group designation is a light green liqueur made from pine buds or pine needles. With an alcohol content between 35% and 40%, the sugar content is more than 100 grams per liter, a very sweet affair. It was invented in 1902 by the absinthe distiller Armand Guy, from the Pierre Guy de Pontarlier distillery. At that time, the use of fir tree buds in medicine was common, and the idea of ​​making a liqueur from them was new. The drink experienced a significant boom in the region after the authorities banned absinthe in 1915. It should preferably be drunk chilled and is recommended as an aperitif or at the end of a meal.

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  Saucisse de Morteau

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  Saucisse de Morteau with lentils

nightlife

security

climate

trips

literature

Web links

https://www.doubs.fr/ - Official website of the Doubs department