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Franche-Comté

Welcome to our section on Franche-Comté.

Welcome to FrenchEntrée Franche-Comté, your complete online guide to property and holidays in Franche-Comte. If you own a property in the region check out our Franche-Comté directory for property services in the Doubs, Haute-Saône, Jura and Territoire-de-Belfort departments. Visit our Franche-Comté property for sale website for the latest properties for sale in Franche-Comté. From city guides to property, FrenchEntrée has got it covered

The Weather in Franche-Comté

This is the coldest region of France. The winters are long and harsh, but there is plenty of sun in the summer, which is strong due to the altitude.

Gastronomy

Similar to the alpine region of Savoie and to Switzerland, the food here is rich and warming mountain food. Fondue, raclette and tartiflette are the most famous regional recipes. There are many more, but they do carry on the general theme, and tend to be bolstering and tasty mountain dishes, based around local cheeses (Morbier, Vacherin du Haute-Doubs, Comté, Raclette, Cancoillote and Bleu de Gex), potatoes, onions, garlic, cabbage, morel mushrooms and bacon/ pork. Veal and trout cooked in local white or ‘yellow’ wine are also often seen on menus.

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Welcome to FrenchEntrée Franche-Comte

Doubs, Haute-Saône, Jura, Territoire-de-Belfort The Region: Franche-Comté is relatively undiscovered, and features many forests, rivers, lakes, gorges and vineyards. Located on the eastern France border with Switzerland, between the Vosges Mountains to the north and the Jura mountains to the south, there is a marked Swiss influence to this region’s culture and cuisine (best known are its Comté and Morbier cheeses, the Jura wines and Morteau and Montbeliard sausages - see section below).

The geology of the region means that it is quite remote in places, where spectacular scenery is only broken by occasional family farms. More than half the region is covered in woodland, there are hundreds of lakes, and rivers and waterfalls spill from the rocks wherever you go.

As with most stunning landscape at high-altitide, there is plenty to do activity-wise. In winter, there's the skiing, boarding, skating, cross-country skiing, snow-shoeing, dog sleding and skidooing. Summer persuits include paragliding, mountain biking, road cycling, walking and white water rafting.

For a bit of civilisation, try the lively two week music festival in Besançon, every September, and visit the colourful and atmospheric markets, which are every morning in one town or another.

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