Franche-Comté



Franche-Comté is a French region including 4 départements: Doubs (25), Jura (39), Haute-Saône (70), Territoire de Belfort (90).

The Main CS Cities of the Region
Besançon

Belfort

Montbéliard, Lons-le-Saunier, Pontarlier, Vesoul

The CS Activity in the Region
The tribe is strongly connected with our neighbours from Bourgogne and Neuchatel (CH).

All the informations are to be found on the regional CS group of Franche-Comté !

CS Meetings
Please check out the Franche-Comté group.

You can also check out the events calendar.

You can find some pics there.

Drafts :

- invasion à Mâcon

- invasion à Auxerre avec soirée à thème "serial killers" ^^

- invasion à Cork

- invasion à Dijon

- tournoi de foot avec les voisins

- session à Tournus

- percée du vin jaune 2010

- festival musiques de rue

- tournoi "blind test"

- visite de caves (Jura, Bugey, Bourgogne...)

- sports d'extérieur (canoë, raft, via ferrata...) - Constant

- shiatsu (Mouthe?)- Claire

- découvertes des plantes & de leurs utilisations - Claire

- visite de tourbièèèèère! - Jérémie

- rando-refuge - Jérémie

- création du logo/ t-shirt CS Franche-Comté

- invasion à Bourg

- pêche à la ligne

Regional Contacts on CS
The Franche-Comté group can be mailed by using the following adresse : cancoillotte.superstargmail.com.

You can also contact these fellows directly through CouchSurfing :

Besançon : check out the Wiki.

Belfort : Fabien, Jérémy, Ianis

Montbéliard : Pierre, Elsa, Virginie

Pontarlier: François, Mike

Fougerolles: Thomas

What to visit in the Region
Besançon : Citadelle, old city center... check out the town's website

Belfort : Citadelle, the Lion, old city, music festivals: "Eurockéennes" and "FIMU"

Montbéliard : castle

Franche-Comté remains a green countryside with amazing landscapes, especially in the eastern (and higher) part : Haut-Doubs and Haut-Jura.

Lot of stuff for those who like hikking, fishing, cycling...

Annual events
January

February

- "Percée du vin jaune", yellow wine opening (Jura - 39)

March

April

May

- Transhumance, the herds are moved up to the Ballon d’Alsace (Giromagny - 90)

June

- Pentecost WE: FIMU “Festival International de Musique Universitaire” (Belfort -90)

- annual music festival organized on June 21st throughout France (everywhere)

July

- 1st WE: Eurockéennes de Belfort (Belfort - 90)

- 14 july: national day, fireworks (everywhere)

September

- Semi-marathon du Lion (Belfort 90, Montbéliard 25)

October

- Livres 90: biggest book fair in the east of France (Belfort - 90)

- Transhumance, the herds are moved down (Giromagny - 90)

November

- Entrevues: Belfort movie festival (Belfort - 90)

December

- Christmas market of Montbéliard (Montbéliard - 25)

Regional Media Mentions












Links
France

Franche-Comté sur Wikipédia en français

Franche-Comté on Wikipédia in english

hitch:Franche-Comté