It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, Jura,: Haute-Saône and Territoire de Belfort and has a population of 1, 168, 208 ( 2009 ).

Free Countian is the name of both the dialect of Langue d ' Oïl spoken by people in the northern part of the region and the dialect of Arpitan spoken in its southern part since as early as the 13th century ( the southern two-thirds of Jura and the southern third of Doubs ).

Doubs (; Arpitan: Dubs ) is a department in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France named after the Doubs River.

Doubs is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790.

Its largest tributary is the Doubs ; upstream of receiving the Doubs at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs in Saône-et-Loire, the Saône is called the " Petite Saône " ( lesser Saône ), which reflects the large contribution of the Doubs to the Saône.

In fact the Doubs ' mean annual flow rate is slightly stronger than that of the Petite Saône ( 175 vs. 160 m³ / s ); some thus assert that it is in fact the Saône that flows into the Doubs.

Located close to the border with Switzerland, it is the capital of the department of Doubs.

Besançon is located in the north-east quarter of France on the Doubs River.

Jura is one of four departments of the Franche-Comté region and is surrounded by the French departments of Doubs, Haute-Saône, Côte-d ' Or, Saône-et-Loire, and Ain, as well as the Swiss canton of Vaud on the east.

Montbéliard (; archaic ) is a city in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about 13km from the border with Switzerland.

The Doubs joins the Saône and then the Rhône, whereas the Birs is a tributary to the Rhine.

Since January 1, 2009 it is a part of the new municipality Clos du Doubs.

Since 2009 Saint Ursanne is a part of the new municipality Clos du Doubs.

The town of Montbéliard and its surrounding area to the south of Belfort, which have been part of the Doubs department since 1816, and therefore were not considered part of Alsace, were not included, despite the fact that they were a Protestant enclave, as it belonged to Württemberg from 1397 to 1806.

He now became a general officer of cavalry ( General-Feldwachtmeister ), and in 1635, 1636 and 1637 took part in further campaigns on the Rhine and Doubs.

The Sequani did not reside in the region of the confluence of the Doubs into the Saône and of the latter into the Rhône, as Caesar says that the Helvetii, following the pass between the Jura Mountains and the Rhône southwards, which belonged to the Sequani, plundered the territory of the Aedui.

The departments of Jura, Doubs, and Haute-Saône form the modern Franche-Comté region of France.

* Dung, Doubs, a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France

Pontarlier ( Latin: Ariolica ) is a commune and one of the two sub-prefectures of the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Sochaux is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Saint-Hippolyte or Saint-Hippolyte-sur-le-Doubs is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Le Puy is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern Metropolitan France.

Seloncourt is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Born Paul Bernard into a Jewish family in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France, he was the son of an architect.

He was born at Les Pontets, Franche-Comté, département of Doubs.

* Musée de plein air des maisons comtoises, Nancray, Doubs, Franche-Comté

Between the defeat of France at the Battle of Waterloo and November 1818, Doubs was included in the area occupied by Austrian troops.

The River Doubs makes a loop by Saint-Ursanne before flowing into France.

Born in Valentigney, Doubs, Boillot was a mechanic by training who began automobile racing in 1908.

Founded in 1948 in Besançon ( Doubs ) by Henry Louis Belmont, the company distinguished itself in the very beginning by creating the first automatic chronometers manufactured entirely in France, and became famous for the technical qualities and sports characteristics of its watches.

Léonie Duquet ( 1916, Longemaison, Doubs – 1977 ) was a French nun who was killed by the military regime of Argentine President Jorge Rafael Videla during the Dirty War.

* Republic of Saugeais ( République du Saugeais ), a fifty-year-old " republic " in the French département of Doubs, bordering Switzerland.

It shares borders with the Canton of Basel-Landschaft, the Canton of Bern, and the French département of Doubs.

In the Jura mountains in the west, the canton borders the French departments of Ain, Jura, and Doubs.

A member of the French Socialist Party ( PS ), he has been a member of the Departmental Council of Doubs and of the French and European Parliaments.

Georges Louis Duvernoy ( August 6, 1777, Montbéliard, Doubs – March 1, 1855 ) was a French zoologist.

Frédéric Cuvier ( 28 June 1773, Montbéliard, Doubs – 24 July 1838, Strasbourg ) was a French zoologist.

In 1790, after the French revolution, the Department of Doubs was created, which includes the area around Glay.

After ten years of administrative work in France as secretary of préfecture, and then as prefect successively of the départements of Aube ( 1872 ), Doubs ( 1876 ), Nord ( 1877 – 1882 ), he exchanged into the diplomatic service, being nominated French minister plenipotentiary at Tunis, fulfilling two terms as Resident-General.

Xavier Marmier ( 22 June 1808-12 October 1892 ) was a French author born in Pontarlier, in Doubs.

This district was passed between various territories and departments in the ensuing administrative reorganisations and wars, but was restored to Doubs in 1816 when the former principality of Montbéliard was also added to the department.

Neighbouring departments are Côte-d ' Or to the west, Haute-Marne to the north-west, Vosges to the north, Territoire de Belfort to the east, Doubs to the south and east and Jura to south.