Territoire de Belfort 136563 224762883 2008-07-10T09:03:02Z 88.169.172.60 Tourist Information {{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] {{Departments of France}} {{franche-geo-stub}} {{coor title dm|47|45|N|7|00|E|region:FR_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki}} [[Category:Territoire de Belfort|*]] [[an:Territorio de Belfort]] [[frp:Tèrritouèro de Bélfôrt]] [[br:Territoire de Belfort]] [[ca:Territori de Belfort]] [[cv:Бельфор Çĕрĕ]] [[ceb:Territoire de Belfort]] [[cs:Territoire de Belfort]] [[cy:Territoire de Belfort]] [[da:Territoire de Belfort]] [[de:Territoire de Belfort]] [[es:Territorio de Belfort]] [[eo:Territoire-de-Belfort]] [[eu:Belfort Herrialdea]] [[fr:Territoire de Belfort]] [[id:Territoire de Belfort]] [[it:Territorio di Belfort]] [[pam:Territoire de Belfort]] [[lad:Territoire de Belfort]] [[la:Ager Belfortii]] [[lb:Territoire de Belfort]] [[lt:Belforo teritorija]] [[nl:Territoire de Belfort]] [[ja:テリトワール=ド=ベルフォール県]] [[no:Territoire de Belfort]] [[nn:Territoire de Belfort]] [[oc:Territòri de Belfòrt]] [[nds:Territoire de Belfort]] [[pl:Territoire-de-Belfort]] [[pt:Território de Belfort]] [[ro:Territoire de Belfort]] [[ru:Территория Бельфор]] [[sk:Territoire de Belfort]] [[sl:Territoire de Belfort]] [[sr:Територија Белфор]] [[fi:Territoire-de-Belfort]] [[sv:Territoire-de-Belfort]] [[tg:Департаменти Территория Белфор]] [[uk:Територія Бельфор]] [[vec:Teritorio de Belfort]] [[zh:贝尔福地区]]