Title: Territoire de Belfort Content: Territoire de Belfort is a department in eastern France, in the Bourgogne- Franche-Comté region. The largest city in the department, and its prefecture (capital), is Belfort. ==History== The Territoire de Belfort was made a French department on 11 March 1922. == Geography == Territoire de Belfort is part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region; it is in the northeast of the region. It has an area of , the fifth smallest department of France (after Paris and its suburbs Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne). Rhw Territoire de Belfort borders with 4 departments in 2 regions: * Grand Est region ** Vosges (north), a short distance ** Haut-Rhin (east) * Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region ** Doubs (south) ** Haute-Saône (west) It also borders, to the southeast, with Switzerland for a distance of about . The highest point of the department is Ballon d'Alsace , high, in the Vosges Mountains, commune of Lepuix. The lowest point in the department, high, is where the Savoureuse river leaves the department in the commune of Châtenois-les-Forges. ==Administration== Territoire de Belfort is managed by the Departmental Council of Territoire de Belfort in Belfort. The department is part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. ===Administrative divisions=== There is 1 arrondissement (districts), 9 cantons and 102 communes (municipalities) in Territoire de Belfort.  The following is a list of the 9 cantons of the Territoire de Belfort department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: # Bavilliers (9001) # Belfort-1 (9002) # Belfort-2 (9003) # Belfort-3 (9004) # Châtenois-les-Forges (9005) # Delle (9006) # Giromagny (9007) # Grandvillars (9008) # Valdoie (9009) == Demographics == The inhabitants of Territoire de Belfort are known, in French, as Terrifortains (women: Terrifortaines). Territoire de Belfort had a population, in 2014, of 144,334, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Territoire de Belfort 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:150000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:25000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1962 text:1962 bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2008 text:2008 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1962 from:0 till: 109371 bar:1968 from:0 till: 118450 bar:1975 from:0 till: 128125 bar:1982 from:0 till: 131999 bar:1990 from:0 till: 134097 bar:1999 from:0 till: 137408 bar:2008 from:0 till: 141958 bar:2014 from:0 till: 144334 PlotData= bar:1962 at: 109371 fontsize:S text: 109,371 shift:(-12,5) bar:1968 at: 118450 fontsize:S text: 118,450 shift:(-18,5) bar:1975 at: 128125 fontsize:S text: 128,125 shift:(-18,5) bar:1982 at: 131999 fontsize:S text: 131,999 shift:(-18,5) bar:1990 at: 134097 fontsize:S text: 134,097 shift:(-18,5) bar:1999 at: 137408 fontsize:S text: 137,408 shift:(-18,5) bar:2008 at: 141958 fontsize:S text: 141,958 shift:(-18,5) bar:2014 at: 144334 fontsize:S text: 144,334 shift:(-18,5) == Gallery == File:France-90-Belfort-Belvedere nord.jpg| Northern Belfort city. File:2013-11-09 11-04-59 savoureuse-belfort.jpg|The Savoureuse river in Belfort. File:Kathedrale St. Christophe Belfort.jpg|The St. Christophe cathedral, Belfort. File:Belfort Rathaus.JPG|City hall, Belfort. File:Ballon d'Alsace (1247 m) (1).jpg|The Ballon d'Alsace mountain.