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Franche-Comté

American  
[frahnsh-kawn-tey] / frɑ̃ʃ kɔ̃ˈteɪ /

noun

  1. a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.


Franche-Comté British  
/ frɑ̃ʃkɔ̃te /

noun

  1. a region of E France, covering the Jura and the low country east of the Saône: part of the Kingdom of Burgundy (6th century 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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In 2009, three patients with no history of heart disease had to be resuscitated at the Franche-Comté Polyclinic during minor operations.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2025

One of them, Simon Kimber, a physicist then at the University of Burgundy Franche-Comté in France, was immediately concerned and requested a retraction.

From Scientific American Jul. 26, 2023

France gained several towns and a region called Franche-Comté.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

In right of his wife he became, on the death of Louis de Male in 1384, the ruler of Flanders, Mechlin, Artois, Nevers and Franche-Comté.

From History of Holland by George Edmundson

He resolved, first, to conquer Lorraine, which divided his territories into two parts and made it difficult to pass from Franche-Comté to Luxembourg.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson

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