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  Doubs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As early as the 13th century, inhabitants of the northern 2/3 of Doubs spoke the Franc-Comtois language, a dialect of Langue d'Oïl.
Residents of the southern 1/3 of Doubs spoke a dialect of the Franco-Provençal language.
Doubs is part of the current region of Franche-Comté and is surrounded by the French departments of Jura, Haute-Saône, and Territoire de Belfort, and the Swiss cantons of Vaud, Neuchâtel, and Jura.
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 DOUBS - LoveToKnow Article on DOUBS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
DOUBS, a frontier department of eastern France, formed in 1790 of the ancient principality of Montbliard and of part of the province of Franche-Comt.
Besides the Doubs the chief rivers are its tributaries, the Dessoubre, watering the east of the department, and the Loue, which traverses its south-western portion.
Lower down the Doubs is the town of Morteau, with the Maison Pertuisier, a house of the Renaissance period, and a church which still preserves remains of a previous structure of the I3th century.
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 Doubs articles on Encyclopedia.com
Doubs DOUBS [Doubs] river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in the Jura Mts., E France, and flowing northeast, forming part of the French-Swiss border, then looping into W Switzerland before turning back into France where it meanders southwest to empty into the Saône River.
It is coextensive with Haute-Saône, Doubs, and Jura depts.
Its capital is Delémont, and its chief rivers are the Doubs and Birs.
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 Search Results for "Doubs"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Doubs, river, France and Switzerland, river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in the Jura Mts., E France, and flowing northeast, forming part of the French-Swiss border,...
Its capital is Delemont, and its chief rivers are the Doubs and Birs.
The region is drained by the Doubs, the Ain, the Loue, and smaller streams.
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 Interfrance: Department of Doubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Set in the heart of Franche-Comté;, the Doubs is surrounded by the departments of Jura, of Haute-Saône and the Belfort Territory.
The Doubs is home to both the largest cross-country skiing territory in France with 1,500 Km (1,000 miles) of marked trails and the largest downhill ski area in the Jura mountains.
The Doubs is the birthplace of the famous writers Victor Hugo, Louis Pergaud, and of the painter Gustave Courbet.
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 Interfrance - Haut-Doubs
At the foot of the Jura mountains, near Switzerland, Pontarlier is the capital of the Haut Doubs region.
This village, at an altitude of 1,150 meters, is the highest in the Doubs department.
The Doubs River rises near Mouthe, one of the 13 villages forming the Val de Mouthe.
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 AllRefer.com - Doubs, river, France and Switzerland, France (French Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Doubs, river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in the Jura Mts., E France, and flowing northeast, forming part of the French-Swiss border, then looping into W Switzerland before turning back into France where it meanders southwest to empty into the SaOne River.
Lake of Brenets, a natural widening in the river, is a tourist center; at the northern end of the lake the river drops 88 ft (27 m).
The Doubs is heavily canalized and passes through several industrial cities including MontbEliard and BesanCon.
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 Search Results for "Doubs"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Doubs, department, France, (doo) (KEY), department (1990 pop.
It is coextensive with Haute-Saone, Doubs, and Jura depts.
30,639), Doubs dept., E France, on the Rhone-Rhine Canal.
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 Doubs on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
DOUBS [Doubs] river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in the Jura Mts., E France, and flowing northeast, forming part of the French-Swiss border, then looping into W Switzerland before turning back into France where it meanders southwest to empty into the Saône River.
Etiologic factors of chronic bronchitis in diary farmers: case control study in the Doubs region of France.
Prevalence of chronic bronchitis and respiratory function in a group of dairy farmers in the French Doubs province.
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 Franche-Comté, TOURISM FRANCE, the Doubs region, Métabief (Haut-Doubs)
Born in Ornans, it drew its inspiration in the heart of the life and of the landscapes of the Valley of Rents.
The Loue, Doubs and Dessoubre rivers are the fisherman's paradise.
The Doubs rises at an altitude of 937 metres in Mouthe.
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 Doubs River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doubs is a 430 km long river in eastern France and western Switzerland.
The Doubs flows through the following départements, cantons and cities:
This page was last modified 09:28, 18 March 2006.
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 Search Results for Doubs - Encyclopædia Britannica
The river justifies its Latin name, Dubius, by its erratic course, rising near Mouthe in the Jura Mountains (in the Doubs département) at a height of 3,074 ft (937 m) and...
It lies astride a horseshoe meander of the Doubs River, 45 miles (75 km) east of Dijon.
The town lies along the Doubs River and the Rhine-Rhône Canal, southeast of Dijon.
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 Puzzle Pirates - View Thread - "Stalls cannot be sold to other pirates"
Which means I think you probably have a lot of cases where the stall simply continues to exist -- no new doubs for Three Rings -- rather than where the potential new owner buys a new one.
Allow a "transfer ownership" of a stall for 50% of the poe and doubs it would cost to start a new one.
Doubs are meant for 'luxury items' and when you buy a new shop, they all go to 3R, but if you sell a shop, you are 'returning' that luxury item.
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 Doubs River --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The river justifies its Latin name, Dubius, by its erratic course, rising near Mouthe in the Jura Mountains (in the Doubs département) at a height of 3,074 ft (937 m) and following a course 267 mi (430 km) long to flow into the Saône at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, only 56 mi to the west.
In a highly industrialized area at the confluence of the Allaine and Luzine rivers, it lies north of the Canal du Rhône au Rhin and of a loop in the Doubs River.
It extends for 60 mi (100 km) from the Dombes region in the south to the Doubs River in the north, and for 20 mi from the Jura in the east to the Saône River (west), toward which it gradually slopes.
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 Interfrance: Franche-Comte Rivers
At Villers-le-Lac, the Doubs spreads out in large pools and soon turns into an impressive 27 meters waterfall, called Saut du Doubs (the Doubs Sault).
The river gave its name to the Doubs department and makes its mark along its course.
To achieve a distance of 90 km (56 miles) from its source to the point where it flows into the Saône river, it changes direction three times and flows 430 km (270 miles) with 190 km (120 miles) of navigable waterways.
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 Cheap Doubs Hotel Accommodation - Doubs - France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The cheapest Doubs hotels with the best guest reviews are shown first.
The Hôtel de Paris was built in the early 19th century (circa 1820) under the name of 'Hotel de France'.
Surrounded by the river Doubs on three sides and by a steep bluff on the fourth, Besançon has baffled military strategists from Julius Caesar to the great military engineer Vauban 1800 years later.
www.travel-europe-direct.co.uk /France/Doubs/index.cfm   (759 words)

  
 Birding trip report Lower Doubs & Jura
The Lower Doubs region, East of Dijon in east-central France, has a varied avifauna because some mediterranean species can be found this far North, and because the lowland riverine habitat is still rather natural, with wide meanders, sandy cliffs, gravel bars, wooded banks, ox-bow lakes, a not over-developed agriculture and some interesting forests nearby.
We stayed in two hotels along this stretch of the Doubs SW of Dole.
In the lowlands we visited three sites along the Doubs river, one site with two marshy lakes a few kms from the river, and one site in a large forest nearby.
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 Doubs - OneLook Dictionary Search
Doubs : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
DOUBS : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
Phrases that include Doubs: communes of the doubs département, doubs department france, doubs river, river doubs
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 Paysage dans le Doubs - Mark Murray Fine Paintings
Léon Boudot was born in Besançon, Doubs and studied with François Louis Français and Gustave Courbet.
He exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon between 1880 and 1924 and participated in the Universal Expositions of 1899 and 1900.
He primarily painted landscapes in Doubs (his birthplace), La Loue, Antibes, and the Franche-Comté.
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 Absinthe Classics - Buy Doubs Premium Absinthe
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 DOUBS - Online Information article about DOUBS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
rest of Doubs is mountainous, four parallel chains of the Jura See also:
mountain ranges, the highest and most easterly of which contains the Mont d'Or (480o ft.), the culminating point of Doubs.
Lower down the Doubs is the town of Morteau, with the Maison Pertuisier, a See also:
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 Doubs Maryland Process Servers - ServeNow.com
The Doubs Maryland process servers on ServeNow.com offer a number of services related to civil procedure and service of process aside from just legal document delivery in Doubs.
Doubs Process Servers make daily trips to County Courts, Maryland County Clerks, Doubs Municipal Courts, Doubs Criminal Courts, Maryland Supreme Courts and Maryland Courts of Appeals.
ServeNow.com is the most visited and fastest growing resource on the Internet dedicated solely to the process serving industry.
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 Doubs Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The River Doubs runs a course like a series of hairpins, doubling back on itself repeatedly, with its most dramatic change of course at AUDINCOURT, a southern suburb of Montbéliard and the place where Peugeots are made.
From Audincourt, southwards and upstream, the D437 follows the valley of the Doubs, winding and climbing steadily between steep, wooded banks to the bridging point at ST-HIPPOLYTE, where you'll find the riverside Hôtel Bellevue (tel 03.81.96.51.53, fax 03.81.96.52.40; €40–55) and a campsite (May–Sept).
Alternatively, it's a lovely but long hike of well over 50km along the GR5 footpath from St-Hippolyte across the plateau and up the Doubs valley to the plunging waterfall of the Saut du Doubs outside Villers-le-Lac – the beginning of the GTJ marathon cross-country ski piste.
france-for-visitors.com /franche-comte-jura/doubs-valley.html   (383 words)

  
 Pontarlier (Municipality, Doubs, France)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pontarlier is a city of 20,000 inhabitants (Pontissaliens), sous-préfecture of the department of Doubs.
Pontarlier (pont means in French "bridge") is located on the river Doubs (in Latin Dubius, "dubious", because of its complicated course) close to the border with Switzerland.
It is located at an elevation of 837 m a.s.l.
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 Doubs, Maryland MD, profile (Frederick County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Doubs, MD Doubs is in Frederick County, in the Washington-Arlington metro area.
Sections below provide additional information and links about Doubs travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Frederick County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Washington area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather.
For more information, see our Doubs political report.
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 Hell-Fire Victims Look Here ASAP - XtremeSystems Forums
Lets all thank Doubs for starting this and lets hope this all ends well.
Hell-Fire if youd like to settle this between us and keep this from getting ugly, please just P.M. me and we can settle up, if not tommorrow this will be going on record with Sgt. Cosper.
Doubs and I have been discussing that very idea.
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 Doubs Hotels. Large choice of hotels in Doubs.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
France Hotel Reservation is commited to providing the best hotel Doubs services for Doubs.
You can book your hotel in Doubs by using our secure and user friendly online reservation system.
Alternatively, you can call toll free, from your own country and make your hotel reservation in Doubs by phone.
france.fhr.fr /en/hotel_reservation/DOUBS.html   (106 words)

  
 Information about Franche-comte, Doubs in France
This is the start of the main mountain region of France, the Doub marks the beinnings of the Jura hills.
On the banks of the river Doubs, with the Jura mountains behind.
This is the official site for the Conseil général du Doubs, full of information, with events calendar, weather forecast for the towns and villages, news and politics, plus much more.
www.france-pub.com /region/doubs.html   (144 words)

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