About Besançon
Besançon is a city in Bourgogne, France with a population of 128,426. It is the 40th largest of the 640 cities of 15,000 or more listed in France, and the 4,457th largest worldwide. It lies 326 km from Paris.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 20
Elevation
300 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Paris
Coordinates
47.249, 6.018
Record updated
2024-07-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 640 in FranceClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.