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The arrondissement of Belfort is an
arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...
in the
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
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of France. It is the only arrondissement of the
Territoire de Belfort The Territoire de Belfort () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. It had a population of 141,318 in 2019.department. It has 101 communes. Its population is 144,089 (2016), and its area is .


Composition

The
communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...
of the arrondissement of Belfort are: # Andelnans (90001) # Angeot (90002) #
Anjoutey Anjoutey () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. See also *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 101 communes of the Territoire ...
(90003) # Argiésans (90004) # Autrechêne (90082) # Auxelles-Bas (90005) # Auxelles-Haut (90006) # Banvillars (90007) #
Bavilliers Bavilliers () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 101 communes of the ...
(90008) #
Beaucourt Beaucourt () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. The archivist and palaeographer Élie Berger (1850–1925) was born in Beaucourt. Population Literature ''Beaucourt Revisite ...
(90009) #
Belfort Belfort (; archaic german: Beffert/Beffort) is a city in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Northeastern France, situated between Lyon and Strasbourg, approximately from the France–Switzerland border. It is the prefecture of the Terri ...
(90010) #
Bermont Bermont () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. See also *Fort du Bois d'Oye *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 101 communes o ...
(90011) # Bessoncourt (90012) # Bethonvilliers (90013) # Boron (90014) # Botans (90015) # Bourg-sous-Châtelet (90016) # Bourogne (90017) # Brebotte (90018) # Bretagne (90019) # Buc (90020) # Charmois (90021) # Châtenois-les-Forges (90022) # Chaux (90023) # Chavanatte (90024) # Chavannes-les-Grands (90025) # Chèvremont (90026) # Courcelles (90027) # Courtelevant (90028) # Cravanche (90029) #
Croix Croix (French for "cross") may refer to: Belgium * Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut France * Croix, Nord, in the Nord department * Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort depa ...
(90030) # Cunelières (90031) # Danjoutin (90032) #
Delle Delle () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Delle is the last French town on the railway line from Belfort to Berne, in Switzerland. The railway station in Delle is served by ...
(90033) # Denney (90034) # Dorans (90035) # Eguenigue (90036) # Éloie (90037) # Essert (90039) #
Étueffont Étueffont (; german: Staufen) is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. History The separate villages of Étueffont-Bas (founded in the 16th century, with 28 families in 1760) and ...
(90041) #
Évette-Salbert Évette-Salbert () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Population See also * Lac de Malsaucy *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of ...
(90042) # Faverois (90043) # Fêche-l'Église (90045) #
Felon A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resul ...
(90044) # Florimont (90046) # Fontaine (90047) # Fontenelle (90048) # Foussemagne (90049) #
Frais Frais () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. See also *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 101 communes of the Territoire de Be ...
(90050) # Froidefontaine (90051) #
Giromagny Giromagny () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Geography Climate Giromagny has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature i ...
(90052) #
Grandvillars Grandvillars () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 101 communes of t ...
(90053) # Grosmagny (90054) # Grosne (90055) # Joncherey (90056) # Lachapelle-sous-Chaux (90057) # Lachapelle-sous-Rougemont (90058) #
Lacollonge Lacollonge () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. See also *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 101 communes of the Territoir ...
(90059) # Lagrange (90060) # Lamadeleine-Val-des-Anges (90061) #
Larivière Larivière (N. et A. C. Larivière) was a sleigh and omnibus builder in Montreal, Quebec, Canada providing vehicles for affluent clients in Montreal and early transit operators. The company was founded by brothers Noel and Adolphe Clément Lariv ...
(90062) # Lebetain (90063) # Lepuix (90065) # Lepuix-Neuf (90064) # Leval (90066) # Menoncourt (90067) # Meroux-Moval (90068) # Méziré (90069) # Montbouton (90070) #
Montreux-Château Montreux-Château () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. See also *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 101 communes of the Terr ...
(90071) # Morvillars (90072) #
Novillard Novillard (; german: Neuweiler) is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Geography Climate Novillard has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average a ...
(90074) #
Offemont Offemont () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of ...
(90075) # Pérouse (90076) #
Petit-Croix Petit-Croix (, literally ''Little Cross'') is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. See also *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 1 ...
(90077) # Petitefontaine (90078) # Petitmagny (90079) # Phaffans (90080) # Réchésy (90081) # Recouvrance (90083) # Reppe (90084) # Riervescemont (90085) # Romagny-sous-Rougemont (90086) # Roppe (90087) # Rougegoutte (90088) # Rougemont-le-Château (90089) # Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque (90090) # Saint-Germain-le-Châtelet (90091) # Sermamagny (90093) # Sevenans (90094) # Suarce (90095) # Thiancourt (90096) # Trévenans (90097) # Urcerey (90098) #
Valdoie Valdoie () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. It is located to the North of the city of Belfort and comprises part of greater Belfort. Name Valdoie is situated on the river ...
(90099) # Vauthiermont (90100) # Vellescot (90101) # Vescemont (90102) # Vétrigne (90103) # Vézelois (90104) # Villars-le-Sec (90105)


Demography


History

The arrondissement of Belfort was created in 1800 as a part of the department
Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...
.Historique du Haut-Rhin
/ref> This arrondissement was larger than the current one, and also included part that is now in the department Haut-Rhin, for instance the communes Cernay, Dannemarie, Masevaux, Saint-Amarin and Thann. In 1871, when most of Haut-Rhin was ceded to Germany, the part remaining in France became the
Territoire de Belfort The Territoire de Belfort () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. It had a population of 141,318 in 2019.Historique du Territoire de Belfort
/ref> As a result of the reorganisation of the
cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, ...
which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Belfort were, as of January 2015: # Beaucourt # Belfort-Centre # Belfort-Est # Belfort-Nord # Belfort-Ouest # Belfort-Sud # Châtenois-les-Forges # Danjoutin #
Delle Delle () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Delle is the last French town on the railway line from Belfort to Berne, in Switzerland. The railway station in Delle is served by ...
# Fontaine #
Giromagny Giromagny () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Geography Climate Giromagny has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature i ...
#
Grandvillars Grandvillars () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 101 communes of t ...
# Offemont # Rougemont-le-Château #
Valdoie Valdoie () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. It is located to the North of the city of Belfort and comprises part of greater Belfort. Name Valdoie is situated on the river ...


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Belfort Belfort (; archaic german: Beffert/Beffort) is a city in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Northeastern France, situated between Lyon and Strasbourg, approximately from the France–Switzerland border. It is the prefecture of the Terri ...