TERRITOIRE DE BELFORT


''Hôtel de Département'' of the Territoire-de-Belfort, in Belfort

The 'Territoire de Belfort' is a department in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

Contents
Administration
History
Geography
See also
External links

Administration


Its departmental code is 90, and its prefecture (capital) is Belfort.

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. The territory was spared German annexation on the ground that people there were French-speaking, unlike those in the rest of Alsace.

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).

See also



★ Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department

★ Cantons of the Territoire de Belfort department

★ Arrondissements of the Territoire de Belfort department

External links



★ Prefecture website

★ General council website

★ Tourist Office website

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