January 1910 Doubs river flood

In the beginning of 1910, a lot of floods damaged France: the flood of Seine river in Île-de-France, in Chambéry, Troyes, Morez and lot of other French cities were affected and the ports of Marseille and Toulon where decimates by an historical tempest.

In Franche-Comté, the most probable causes of this flood where a heavy rainfall in the region since the previous month; the ground could not retain more water.

The following list includes cities and villages officially damaged by the flood of the Doubs.

The flood affected 112 cities or villages in Doubs, 33 in Jura, and 20 in Saône-et-Loire, so a total of 154 localities.

Municipalities of Saône-et-Loire The city of Besançon was flooded in the old center and in the area of Battant.