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Doubs

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Doubs, department, France

Doubs (d), department (1990 pop. 485,200), E France, in Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (fräNsh-kôNtā`) or Free County of Burgundy, region and former province, E France.
..... Click the link for more information. , bordering on the Jura Mts. and on Switzerland. Besançon Besançon (bəzäNsôN`), city (1990 pop. 119,134), capital of Doubs dept., E France, in Franche-Comté, on the Doubs.
..... Click the link for more information.  is the capital.

Doubs, river, France and Switzerland

Doubs, river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in the Jura Mts., E France, and flowing northeast, forming part of the French-Swiss border, then looping into W Switzerland before turning back into France where it meanders southwest to empty into the Saône River. Lake of Brenets, a natural widening in the river, is a tourist center; at the northern end of the lake the river drops 88 ft (27 m). The Doubs is heavily canalized and passes through several industrial cities including Montbéliard and Besançon.


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The DDASS du Finistere and du Doubs are funded by the Ministere de la Sante de la Famille et des Personnes handicapees.
Introduction of SARS in France, March-April, 2003 by Scheidegger, Suzanne / Emerging Infectious Diseases
We could go east to the Doubs River and the Canal du Rhone au Rhin to the German border.
ROUTE CANAL by Squires, Becky / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
TONY RANGALL, JENNIFER DOUBS, KATE LARSEN, SAM KRONKOW Stillman Valley, Ill.
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