Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
• Level 2: Doubs
• Level 3: Arrondissement de Besançon
• Level 4: Besançon

Current local time in Besançon:

02:59 PM, Friday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Besançon on map:^[1]

Besançon GPS coordinates^[2]

47° 14' 55.608" North, 6° 1' 5.34" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	47.72392°,	5.31502°
Center:	47.24878°,	6.01815°
Lower-right:	46.76934°,	6.72127°
Map W x H:	106.1×106.1 km	= 65.9×65.9mi

max Lat:	51.07786°   ⇑52.4% North
Besançon:	47.24878°
min Lat:	⇓47.6% South 41.3874°

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min Long	Besançon	max Long
-5.08615°	6.01815°	9.52242°
W 87.2%⇐		⇒12.8% E

Elevation

Elevation of Besançon is 300 m = 984 ft, and this is 106.3 m = 349 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	2333 m = 7654 ft	19%
Besançon	300 m 984 ft
Avg.	193.7 m = 635 ft
Min E:	-1 m = -3 ft	81%

See also: Besançon elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Besançon is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 2147.6 km =1334.5 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Besançon
North Pole	4753.5	2953.7	to North
Arctic Circle	2147.6	1334.5	to North
Tropic Cancer	2647.7	1645.2	to South
Equator	5253.6	3264.4	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Besançon: (largest is in red/bold)

• Auxon-Dessus 7.2 km =4.5 mi, 318°
• Avanne-Aveney 6.7 km =4.2 mi, 215°
• Beure 4.8 km =3 mi, 191°
• Chalezeule 4.5 km =2.8 mi, 76°
• Châtillon-le-Duc 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 352°
• Fontain 5.5 km =3.4 mi, 174°
• Franois 7.1 km =4.4 mi, 253°
• Miserey-Salines 5.4 km =3.4 mi, 321°
• Montfaucon 5 km =3.1 mi, 106°
• Morre 5 km =3.1 mi, 120°
• Pirey 4.3 km =2.7 mi, 289°
• Pouilley-les-Vignes 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 279°
• Serre-les-Sapins 6.4 km =4 mi, 271°
• Thise 6.2 km =3.9 mi, 49°
• École-Valentin 3.3 km =2.1 mi, 307°

In other languages:

• In Spanish: Besanzón
• In Russian: Безансон
• In Chinese: 贝桑松