Canton of Besançon-Planoise

The Canton of Besançon-Planoise is a former administrative division in the departement of Doubs and in Franche-Comté region.

[1] It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.

It consisted of three areas of Besançon: Planoise, Tilleroyes and Châteaufarine.

[3][4] Planoise, with 20,700 inhabitants is the bigger area of the canton of Besançon-Planoise.

Châteaufarine is a commercial area, located in the west of Besançon and near Planoise.

The area of Planoise