La Loye

The Forest of Chaux is the fifth largest forest in France. Its 20,493 hectares are located in the region of Franche-Comté on the plains west of the Jura mountains. Exploitation of the forest dates back to the thirteenth century, and there is an ancient tradition of raftsmen floating timber down the Loue to the Saône and the Rhone, and thence to the Mediterranean. Today, the "Confrérie Saint Nicolas" maintains the raftsman tradition on the Loue. When Franche-Comté became part of France in 1678, the Crown took possession of the Forest because of its potential for supplying timber for the Royal navy. In 1779, Louis XIV ordered the construction of the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans near the forest so that the works could use its wood to produce salt by boiling brine.

Villette-lès-Dole (French pronunciation: [vilɛt lɛ dɔl], literally Villette near Dole) is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Parcey (French pronunciation: [paʁsɛ]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Falletans (French pronunciation: [faltɑ̃]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Brevans (French pronunciation: [bʁəvɑ̃]) is a commune in the Jura department and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Baverans (French pronunciation: [bavʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Crissey (French pronunciation: [kʁisɛ]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

The canton of Dole-2 is an administrative division of the Jura department, eastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Dole. It consists of the following communes: Choisey Crissey Damparis Dole (partly) Gevry Parcey Villette-lès-Dole

The museum of fine arts and archeology of Dole was founded in 1821. Since 1980, the museum is installed in the House of the Officers, an example of military architecture of Franche-Comté at the 18th century.

Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dole is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Dole. It is located in the Jura department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. Created in 2008, its seat is in Dole. Its area is 424.4 km2. Its population was 54,626 in 2019, of which 23,711 in Dole proper.

The arrondissement of Dole is an arrondissement of France in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has 190 communes. Its population is 106,246 (2016), and its area is 1,769.5 km2 (683.2 sq mi).

Dole (French: [dɔl], sometimes pronounced [dol]) is a commune in the eastern French department of Jura, of which it is a subprefecture (sous-préfecture).