Grand Besançon Métropole is the urban community, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Besançon. It is located in the Doubs department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, northeastern France. It was created in December 2000 Communauté d'agglomération Grand Besançon, which was transformed into a communauté urbaine on 1 July 2019. Its area is 528.6 km2. Its population was 194,382 in 2018, of which 116,775 (60%) in Besançon proper. Its budget is € 308.6 million (2021).