A home in France - in Besancon and the surrounding aea.

My wife and I, recently retired New Yorkers, have.been actively traveling - trekking in Central Asia, Jordan and other places, bicycling throughout Europe, but when a need to place to rest and call home, France is the country. We were in Avignon, but truly feel at home in the city of Besancon and the surrounding villages of Bourgogne Franche Compte. We are thinking of making a home here. Does anyone in the forum live in the  district.?