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2021
Bourgogne Franche Comté Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (sometimes abbreviated BFC) is an administrative region in central-eastern France. It is the result of the administrative merger, on January 1, 2016, of the two former regions of Bourgogne and Franche-Comté.
With a surface area of 47,784 km2, it is the fifth-largest of the thirteen regions of mainland France, and comprises eight départements: Côte-d'Or, Doubs, Haute-Saône, Jura, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Territoire de Belfort and Yonne.
It had a population of 2,807,807 in 2018, making it the third least populated region and the second least densely populated (58.8 inh./km2). Its capital is Dijon, while Besançon is the seat of the regional council.