Title: Montbéliard Content: Montbéliard is a French commune. It is in the north of the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland and is a subprefecture in the department. It is also the capital of the arrrondissement of Montbéliard. Montbéliard is the second commune of the department by its population, after Besançon, prefecture of the department. ==Geography== The city of Montbéliard is in the northeast of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, in the northern part of the Doubs department. The commune of Montbéliard has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . Two rivers flow through the commune: # the Allaine river that is a right tributary of the Doubs river; and # the Lizaine, a tributary of the Allaine. The confluence of the two rivers is in the city of Montbéliard.  The city of Montbéliard is surrounded by the communes: ===Climate=== The Köppen climate classification type for Montbéliard is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype Cfb. ==Population== The inhabitants of Montbéliard are known, in French, as Montbéliardais (women: Montbéliardaises). With a population of 25,521, Montbéliard has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Montbéliard Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:35000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:5000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 23908 bar:1975 from:0 till: 30425 bar:1982 from:0 till: 31836 bar:1990 from:0 till: 29005 bar:1999 from:0 till: 27570 bar:2006 from:0 till: 26535 bar:2014 from:0 till: 25521 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 23908 fontsize:S text: 23,908 shift:(-12,10) bar:1975 at: 30425 fontsize:S text: 30,425 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 31836 fontsize:S text: 31,836 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 29005 fontsize:S text: 29,005 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 27570 fontsize:S text: 27,570 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 26535 fontsize:S text: 26,535 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 25521 fontsize:S text: 25,521 shift:(-15,5) == Administration == Montbéliard is a subprefecture of the Doubs department, the capital of the arrondissement of Montbéliard and the administrative centre  of the canton Montbéliard formed by 4 communes, including Montbéliard, with 30,173 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. === Twinned and partner towns === Montbéliard is twinned with: * Greensboro, North Carolina, USA * Ludwigsburg, Germany ==Places of interest== Some interesting places in Montbéliard are: * The Château de Montbéliard, the castle of the Dukes of Württemberg. * Saint-Martin Protestant Temple. * The Saint-Maimbœuf church. == Gallery == File:2009-05-03 Montbeliard 133.JPG|City hall of Montbéliard. File:Montbé-château2.jpg|Château de Montbéliard. File:2009-05-03 Montbeliard 126.JPG|The Saint-Martin Protestant Temple. File:Église Saint-Maimbœuf et l'Allan a Montbéliard DSC 0677.JPG|The Saint-Maimbœuf church and the Allaine river. File:2013-05-23 16-13-46-allan-montbeliard.jpg|The Allaine river in Montbéliard. ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Montbéliard * Communes of the Doubs department