Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/Franche-Comte

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FRANCHE-comte, the same with the county of Burgundy. See Burgundy.

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Franche-comte, a province of France bounded by Lorrain on the north; by Alsace and Switzerland, on the east; by La Bress and Bugey, on the south; by the dukedom of Burgundy, on the west.

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