the Loop is the name given to the historical center of the town of Besancon, which must with the fact of being itself developed in a meander of the Doubs whose form even is that of a loop. The site is occupied as of prehistory and a sedentarisation developed there as of the Gallo-Roman time with the foundation of the antique quoted of Vesontio . One counts approximately 10.000 inhabitants in this district. The whole of the district was classified in sector safeguarded in 1994

Monuments

• Church Saint-Pierre
• Town hall
• Law courts
• Hospital Saint-Jacob
• Barracks Ruty
• Quay Vauban
• Hotel of the Intendance (prefecture)
• Post office building
• Church Saint-François-Xavier
• Temple of the Holy Spirit

Places and streets

• Place of the Revolution (usually called Place of the Market )
• Place of September Eight (usually called Place Saint-Pierre )
• Esplanade of the Human rights
• Main street
• Street of the Barns
• Street Moncey

Parks and public gardens

• Walk Chamars
• Public garden Saint-Love

Teaching

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Administrative buildings

• Court of Appeal
• Town hall
• Prefecture
• Hotel of the Department
• University hospital
• Presidency of the University of Franche-Comté

Cultural and sporting equipment

• Public library
• Media library Conservatory Pierre Bayle
• of Area
• Skatepark de Chamars