Belfort (French pronunciation: [bɛl.fɔʁ]) is a city in north-east France in the Franche-Comté région, situated between Lyon and Strasbourg. It is the biggest town and the administrative town of the Territoire de Belfort département in the Franche-Comté region. Belfort is 400 km (249 mi) from Paris, 141 km (88 mi) from Strasbourg, 290 km (180 mi) from Lyon and 150 km (93 mi) from Zürich. The residents of the city are called ‘’Belfortains’’. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap (Trouée de Belfort) or Burgundian Gate (Porte de Bourgogne). The city of Belfort has 50,199 inhabitants.
Population: 54,562
Latitude: 47° 37' 59.99" N
Longitude: 6° 52' 0.01" E
The chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp (French: Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp), completed in 1954, is one of the finest examples of the architecture of Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier and one of the most important examples of twe…
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sculpture by Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty in New York, located in Belfort, France.
Stade Auguste Bonal is a multi-purpose stadium in Montbéliard, France. It is used mostly for football matches. It is the home ground of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. The stadium is able to hold 20,025 people.
The Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot (Museum of the Peugeot Adventure) is a historical museum devoted to the Peugeot automobile business.
The Belfort Gap (French: Trouée de Belfort) or Burgundian Gate (German: Burgundische Pforte) is a plateau located between the northern rim of the Jura Mountains and the southernmost part of the Vosges in France.
The Château de Montbéliard (Castle of Montbeliard), also known as the Château des ducs de Württemberg (Castle of the Dukes of Württemberg) is a fortress located on an outcropping rock that surveys the town of Montbéliard in the Doubs département of …
Fort du Salbert, also known as Fort Lefebvre, was built between 1874 and 1877. It was named after General François Joseph Lefebvre. It forms part of the Séré de Rivières system fortifications in the fortified region of Belfort in northeastern France…
Belfort Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Christophe de Belfort) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Belfort, and has been a national monument of France since 1930.
Madeleine is a river in eastern France, in the Territoire de Belfort département.
Lac de Malsaucy is a lake in the Territoire de Belfort, Franche-Comté, France.
Gare de Belfort is the railway station serving the town Belfort, Territoire de Belfort department, eastern France.
Montbéliard – Courcelles Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome de Montbéliard - Courcelles) (IATA: XMF, ICAO: LFSM) is an airport serving Montbéliard, a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
The Allaine (named Allan in its lower course) is a 65 km long river in northwestern Switzerland and eastern France. Its source is in the village Charmoille, in the Swiss Jura mountains.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard (Lat:Dioecesis Belfortiensis-Montis Beligardi), is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France.
Lac du Lachtelweiher is a lake in Haut-Rhin, France. At an elevation of 740 m, its surface area is 0.015 km².
Lac des Perches is a lake in Haut-Rhin, France. At an elevation of 984 m, its surface area is 0.044 km².
Lac d'Alfeld is a lake in Haut-Rhin, France.