Territoire de Belfort
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| Territoire de Belfort | |
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| Coat of arms of the Territoire de Belfort department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 90 |
| Region: | Franche-Comté |
| Prefecture: | Belfort |
| Subprefectures: | (none) |
| Arrondissements: | 1 |
| Cantons: | 15 |
| Communes: | 102 |
| President of the General Council: | Yves Ackermann PS |
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| Population | Ranked 95th |
| -1999 | 137,408 |
| Population density: | 225/km² |
| Land area¹: | 609 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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The Territoire de Belfort is a department in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
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[edit] Administration
Its departmental code is 90, and its prefecture (capital) is Belfort.
[edit] History
Created in 1922, it is made up of that part of the former province of Alsace which was retained by France between 1871-1919, which was also known as the "Territoire de Belfort". The territory was spared German annexation on the ground that people there were French-speaking, unlike those in the rest of Alsace.
[edit] Geography
The department has an area of only 609 km² (235 sq. miles), being the fifth smallest of France (after Paris and its suburbs Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne).
[edit] See also
- Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department
- Cantons of the Territoire de Belfort department
- Arrondissements of the Territoire de Belfort department
[edit] External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General council website
- (English) Tourist Office website
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