Belfort, Administrative division in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Located in northeastern France, Belfort spans across 609 square kilometers of land between the Vosges Mountains and the Swiss border.
The territory gained its independent departmental status in 1922 after remaining French during the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt, while surrounding Alsace was annexed by Germany.
The Lion of Belfort statue, carved from red sandstone, stands as a symbol of local identity and represents the resistance during the Franco-Prussian War.
The city functions as a transportation center, connecting France to Switzerland and Germany through extensive rail networks and major highways.
Belfort maintains the smallest territorial designation in France, marked as department number 90, with only 101 communes under its administration.
Location: canton of Belfort-Centre
Location: canton of Belfort-Est
Location: canton of Belfort-Nord
Location: canton of Belfort-Ouest
Location: canton of Belfort-Sud
Location: arrondissement of Belfort
Location: Territoire de Belfort
Elevation above the sea: 414 m
Shares border with: Bavilliers, Cravanche, Danjoutin, Denney, Essert, Évette-Salbert, Offemont, Pérouse, Valdoie
Address: Belfort, France
Phone: +33384542424
Email: courrier@mairie-belfort.fr
Website: https://belfort.fr
GPS coordinates: 47.63750,6.86278
Latest update: May 27, 2025 20:26
Lion of Belfort
173 m
Belfort citadel
217 m
Gare de Belfort
811 m
Belfort Cathedral
140 m
Fort du Salbert
4.5 km
Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation Network
413 m
Monument des Trois Sièges de Belfort
185 m
Salbert
4.5 km
Musées de Belfort
159 m
Ouvrage "G" de la D.A.T.
4.1 km
Grottes de Cravanche
3.2 km
Belfort Synagogue
463 m
Fort des Basses Perches
1.3 km
Prefecture hotel of Belfort
199 m
Gallo-roman temple of Offemont
2.4 km
Fort des Hautes Perches
1.4 km
Petite Fontaine, Belfort
245 m
Temple Saint-Jean de Belfort
475 m
Marché couvert de Belfort
389 m
Fanum de Montjustin
2.4 km
Tour 46
119 m
Habitat fortifié du bois de la Miotte
2.6 km
Bowling des 4 As
601 m
Wayside crosses in Offemont (1712)
2.7 km
Parc Francis Bédat (des daims)
2.5 km
Wayside crosses in Offemont (1716)
2.6 km
Maison (18 rue Metzger, Belfort)
48 m
Tour de la Miotte
1.5 kmReviews
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