Territoire de Belfort

**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 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**

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## 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.

## References 
## Related pages
* Arrondissement of Belfort
* Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department

## Other websites
* Departamental Council website 
* Prefecture website  
* Tourist Office website