Micropolis is a sector of the area of Planoise

Planoise

Planoise is a fairly recently developed area of Besançon , built in the 1960s and located to the west of the city, between the hill of Planoise and the district of Hauts-de-Chazal. With 21,000 inhabitants it is the most populous district of the city...

, in the city of Besançon

Besançon

Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...

 (Doubs

Doubs

Doubs is a department the Franche-Comté region of eastern France named after the Doubs River.-History:As early as the 13th century, inhabitants of the northern two-thirds of Doubs spoke the Franc-Comtois language, a dialect of Langue d'Oïl. Residents of the southern third of Doubs spoke a dialect...

, Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France...

, France

France

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History

Before the construction of the halls, the Roy farm was located in this site. This building was a farm, then a chretien church, and was integrate in the new concert building in 1988. A lot of greats events of the city takes place in Micropolis : the "foire comtoise", the big amusement park of the region, Micronora the biggest European microtechnology sallon and the concerts of the city. In 2007, the French president Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....

choose Micropolis for do his electoral meeting.