Dole was the capital of Franche-Comté unti Louis XIV conquered the region; he shifted the parlement from Dole to Besançon. The university, founded by Philip the Good of Burgundy in 1422, was also transferred to Besançon at that time. The 1995 film, Happiness Is in the Field, was set in Dole

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