query: place_of_birth claude bourquard
supports: Franche-Comté (literally "Free County", Frainc-Comtou dialect: "Fraintche-Comtè"; ) is a former administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône and the Territoire de Belfort. In 2009, its population was 1,168,208. Doubs (Arpitan: "Dubs") is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France named after the Doubs River. Besançon (French and Arpitan: ; archaic ) is the capital of the department of Doubs and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, close to the border with Switzerland. In 2013, it had a population of 116,952. France, officially the French Republic, is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European, or metropolitan, area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017. It is a unitary semi-presidential republic with the capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse and Bordeaux. Claude Bourquard ( 5 March 1937 -- 23 May 2011 ) was a French fencer . He founded Asmb escrime , a fencing club in Besançon .
candidates: atlantic ocean belfort besançon bordeaux centre doubs france island lille of paris republic toulouse
answer: belfort