Audincourt
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Audincourt
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| Coordinates: 47°29′01″N 6°50′25″E / 47.4836°N 6.8403°ECoordinates: 47°29′01″N 6°50′25″E / 47.4836°N 6.8403°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbéliard | |
| Canton | Audincourt | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Montbéliard | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Martial Bourquin | |
| Area1 | 8.76 km2 (3.38 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 14,787 | |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 25031 /25400 | |
| Elevation | 314–417 m (1,030–1,368 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Audincourt is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Audincourt belongs to the County of Montbéliard which became part of France in 1793, during the French Revolutionary Wars. At that time Audincourt was called Adincoürt.
An iron foundry was established early in the nineteenth century to refine the ore from the rich mines near Bethoncourt.
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