Home > Besançon

1 History

Its Latin name was Vesontio.

The city's fortifications were upgraded by Vauban.

2 Economy

The city is famous for its microtechnology and watch industries.

3 Miscellaneous

Famous people born in Besançon include:

• Victor Hugo (1802-1885) - Writer and poet
• Tristan Bernard (1866-1947) - Journalist and Humorist
• Hilaire de Chardonnet (1838-1924) - Inventor of artificial silk
• Charles Fourier (1772-1837) - Inventor of socialist "phalansteries" (vast communal buildings surrounded by a highly cultivated agricultural area)
• Claude Goudimel (1510-1572) - Musician, Teacher of Palestrina. Composer of the music for Protestant hymns
• Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517-1586) - Cardinal, statesman and humanist. Counsellor of Charles V, Viceroy of Naples
• Auguste and Louis Lumiere, (1862-1954) and (1864-1948) - Inventors of cinematography
• Charles Nodier (1780-1844) - Writer. Leader of the Romantic movement
• Pierre-Joseph ProudhonPierre-Joseph Proudhon ( January 15, 1809 January 19, 1865) was a French anarchist of the 19th century. Born in Besancon, Doubs, France, he is most famous for asserting "Property is theft", in his missive What is Property? Or, an Inquiry into the Principl (1809-1865)- Journalist (Le Peuple) and author of world-renowned socialist theories
• Jean Claude Eugene PecletJean Claude Eugene Peclet ( February 10, 1793 December 6, 1857) was a French physicist. He was born in Besancon, France. Peclet became one of the first scholars of the Ecole Normale at Paris with Gay-Lussac and Dulong being his teachers. In 1816, he was e, physicistA physicist is a scientist trained in physics. Physicists are employed by universities as professors, lecturers, researchers, and by laboratories in industry. Employment as a professional physicist generally requires a doctoral degree. However, many peopl, gave his name to the Péclet numberIn physics, the Peclet number is a dimensionless number relating the forced convection of a system to its heat conduction. It is equivalent to the product of the Reynolds number with the Prandtl number. There are various definitions of the Peclet number.
• Louis-Jean Résal (1854-1920) - Engineer who built the Pont Mirabeau and the Pont Alexandre III in ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to

4 External links

• City council website (in French)
• Unofficial city website (in French)