DOUBS RIVER

The 'Doubs' is a 430 km long river in eastern France and western Switzerland, left tributary of the Saône. Its source is near Mouthe in the western Jura mountains. First it flows north-east, more or less along the French-Swiss border (forming the border for approx. 40 km). Near Montbéliard it turns south-west, until it flows into the river Saône in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, approx. 20 km north-east of Chalon-sur-Saône.
The Doubs flows through the following ''départements'', cantons and cities:

★ Doubs (F, named after the river): Pontarlier.

★ Canton of Neuchâtel (CH).

★ Canton of Jura (CH): Saint-Ursanne.

★ Doubs (F): Montbéliard, Besançon.

★ Jura (F): Dole.

★ Saône-et-Loire (F): Verdun-sur-le-Doubs.
Trbutaries include:

★ Loue

★ Dessoubre