Doubs
Dubs (Arpitan) | |
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_(adjusted).jpg) Prefecture building in Besançon | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Doubs in France | |
| Coordinates: _type:adm2nd_scale:2000000 47°10′N 06°25′E / 47.167°N 6.417°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Prefecture | Besançon |
| Subprefectures | Montbéliard Pontarlier |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Christine Bouquin[1] (LR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,232.6 km2 (2,020.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 547,096 |
| • Rank | 49th |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-25 |
| Department number | 25 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 19 |
| Communes | 571 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Doubs (/duː/, doo; French: [du] ; Arpitan: Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.[3] Its prefecture is Besançon and subprefectures are Montbéliard and Pontarlier.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Populations légales 2019: 25 Doubs, INSEE