Franche-Comté

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Franche-Com·té (frä

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A historical region and former province of eastern France. The region was first occupied by a Celtic tribe in the fourth century b.c. and became part of France after 1676. Until that time its control was continually disputed by France, Germany, Burgundy, Switzerland, and Spain.

Franche-Comté (French) [frɑ̃ʃkɔ̃te]

(Placename) a region of E France, covering the Jura and the low country east of the Saône: part of the Kingdom of Burgundy (6th cent. ad-1137); autonomous as the Free County of Burgundy (1137-1384); under Burgundian rule again (1384-1477) and Hapsburg rule (1493-1674); annexed by France (1678)

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