Planoise
Planoise is a district of Besançon in the French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and has about 17,000 inhabitants.
geography
Planoise is located in the southwest of Besançon and borders the municipality of Avanne-Aveney in the south . The district is surrounded by two hills.
structure
Planoise is divided into 7 sectors:
- Île-de-France: The largest area built during the 1970s. Île-de-France, named after the French region of Île-de-France , is the most populous part of Planoise with 7000 inhabitants.
- Les Époisses, also known as Franche-Comté by the locals, was built between 1967 and 1976.
- Cassin, named after the French politician René Cassin , was built between 1985 and 1992 and is considered a trading sector because of the numerous shops.
- Hauts du Chazal is a business district built in 2002 that also houses the new Besançon hospital.
- La Malcombe, built in 1976, is considered the sporting sector with 7 soccer fields and home to numerous sports clubs.
- Micropolis was established in 1988; the concert hall and the exhibition park are located there.
- Châteaufarine is the largest commercial sector with two shopping centers and more than a hundred stores.
history
Excavations in the area revealed a human presence since the Neolithic . A fragment of a flint and various objects prove the settlement from around 3500 BC. The area had been used for agriculture since the Middle Ages, with mainly wheat being grown. After the Second World War it was necessary to reconstruct many buildings. Planoise became one of the largest construction sites in France in the late 1970s.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Fortress from 1870
- Saint-François Church, built in 1972
- Protestant church
- Al-Fath Mosque
Sports
- American football club
- Karate club
- Boxing club
Economy and Infrastructure
The 1999 census showed that 8,530 residents of Planoise were employed. This corresponds to a share of the population of more than 40%, most of which were in the tertiary sector .
| Agriculture | Industry | construction industry | tertiary sector | of which trade | of which services | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planoise | 0.2% | 16.8% | 5.2% | 77.8% | 12.1% | 18.0% |
| Besançon | 0.3% | 14.0% | 3.7% | 82.0% | 11.9% | 18.1% |
| France | 4.2% | 18.2% | 5.8% | 71.8% | 13.2% | 19.7% |
| INSEE, 1999 (PDF; 95 kB) | ||||||
Planoise's infrastructure includes a theater, a library, the department archive, a swimming pool, a hospital and two universities.
traffic
Planoise is about 20 minutes by public transport from the city center, with which it is connected by several bus routes operated by the municipal transport company Ginko . The construction of a line of the Besançon tram should be completed in 2015 and the administration is looking into the possibility of building a train station in the district by 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.insee.fr (PDF, French; 95 kB)
- ↑ Dossier de presse sur le tramway (Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Besançon; PDF; 525 kB), L'agglomération de Besançon vote pour un tramway de 14.5 km ( Memento from January 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) ( AFP, December 19, 2008), French
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ' N , 5 ° 58' E