Franche-Comté

[ frahnsh-kawn-tey ]

noun

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

Franche-Comté

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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

But Hamlin, now a high-pressure experimentalist at the University of Florida, and Simon Kimber, a physicist most recently at the University Burgundy Franche-Comté, have gone through the thesis by hand and say they have discovered more widespread examples of copying.

From Science Magazine

President Emmanuel Macron won in Semur-en-Auxois in the first round of voting this month, but Ms. Le Pen took the larger Burgundy Franche-Comté region, with 27 percent of the vote over Mr. Macron’s 26 percent.

From New York Times

Carried out by teams of researchers from Berlin, Bath and Franche-Comté in eastern France, it found that out-and-proud omnivores, those who eat meat without any restrictions, are for the first time a minority in Germany.

From The Guardian

Large unions have a considerable patrimony, including chateaux, some of them requisitioned at the end of World War II, according to Dominique Andolfatto, an expert on unions at the University of Bourgogne Franche-Comte.

From Washington Times