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.[2]
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Borgogne-Franche-Comtât (Arpitan) | |
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   Clockwise from top: the Cathedral of Saint John in Besançon; the Théâtre de Lons-le-Saunier; the Loire Bridge and the Cathedral in Nevers; and view of Dijon | |
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| Country |  France |
| Regional council seat | Besançon |
| Prefecture | Dijon |
| Departments | |
| Government | |
| • President of the Regional Council | Marie-Guite Dufay (PS) |
| • Prefect | Bernard Schmeltz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47,783 km2 (18,449 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 6th |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,801,695 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-BFC |
| GDP | Ranked 11 of 18 |
| Total | 76.6 € billion (EUR€ bn) |
| Per capita | 24,200 € (EUR€) |
| 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.[3] 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.