Besançon

Besançon is a city of 117 thousand¹ located along the Doubs River,² in the Doubs Department of the Franche-Compté Region of France. Its citadel, city walls and Fort Griffon (17th and 18th centuries) are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site called Fortifications of [Sébastien Le Prestre de] Vauban,³ military engineer for King Louis XIV. The citadel occupies 11 hectares on Mount Saint-Étienne above the city.⁴

The tallest building in the city is the Résidence Vauban, an 18 story modern residential tower.⁵

External references

Overview of the citadel of Vauban, Doubs Department, Franche-Compté Region, France

Footnotes

1. Figure for 2010 in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communes_in_France_with_over_20,000_inhabitants, accessed 2/6/2015.
2. The Doubs flows into the Saône, which flows into the Rhône.
3. The list is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifications_of_Vauban, accessed 2/6/2015.
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_of_Besan%C3%A7on, accessed 4/9/2015.
5. Emporis.com, accessed 4/9/2015.