Territoire de Belfort
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{{Infobox_Department_of_France|
department=Territoire de Belfort|number=90|
region=[[Franche-Comté]]|
prefecture=[[Belfort]]|
subprefectures=(none)|
population=137,408|pop_date=1999|pop_rank=95th|density=225|
area=609|area_scale=8|
arrond=1|cantons=15|communes=102|
president=[[Yves Ackermann]]|pres_party=[[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]|
img_coa=blason90.PNG|
}}
[[Image:France-90-Belfort-Hotel de departement.jpg|thumb|250px|''Hôtel de Département'' of the Territoire-de-Belfort, in Belfort]]
The '''Territoire de Belfort''' is a [[departments of France| department]] in the [[Franche-Comté]] [[regions of France|region]] of eastern [[France]].
==Administration==
Its departmental code is 90, and its [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] (capital) is [[Belfort]].
==History==
Created in 1922, it is made up of that part of the former [[provinces of France|province]] of [[Alsace]] which was retained by France between 1871-1919, which was also known as the "Territoire de Belfort". The territory was spared [[Alsace-Lorraine|German annexation]] on the ground that people there were [[French language|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==
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.territoire-belfort.gouv.fr/cps/ Prefecture website]
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.cg90.fr/ General council website]
* {{en icon}} [http://www.ot-belfort.fr/home.php?langue=2 Tourist Office website]
* {{en icon}} [http://www.france-voyage.com/travel-guide/territoire-de-belfort.htm Territoire de Belfort Tourist Information]
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