Montbéliard

**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**

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## 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

## References
## Other websites
* Ville de Montbéliard official website 
* Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération website