Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (French pronunciation: [buʁɡɔɲ fʁɑ̃ʃ kɔ̃te] ⓘ; lit. 'Burgundy-Free County', sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: Borgogne-Franche-Comtât) is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections of December 2015, electing 100 members to the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.[3]
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Borgogne-Franche-Comtât (Arpitan) | |
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Country | France |
Regional council seat | Besançon |
Prefecture | Dijon |
Departments | 8
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Government | |
• President of the Regional Council | Marie-Guite Dufay (PS) |
• Prefect | Fabien Sudry |
Area | |
• Total | 47,783 km2 (18,449 sq mi) |
• Rank | 6th |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 2,800,194 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | €81.712 billion |
• Per capita | €29,200 |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FR-BFC |
Website | www |
The region covers an area of 47,783 km2 (18,449 sq mi) and eight departments; it had a population of 2,811,423 in 2017.[4] Its prefecture and largest city is Dijon, although the regional council sits in Besançon, making Bourgogne-Franche-Comté one of two regions in France (along with Normandy) in which the prefect does not sit in the same city as the regional council.