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Territoire de Belfort
| Territoire-de-Belfort | |
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| Number | 90 |
| Region | Franche-Comté |
| Prefecture | Belfort |
| Subprefecture | None |
| Population | Ranked 95th
226 /km² |
| Area | 609 km² |
| Arrondissements | 1 |
| Cantons | 15 |
| Communes | 99 |
| President of the general council | Christian Proust (MDC) |
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The Territoire de Belfort is a département in the Franche-Comté région of eastern France.
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Administration
Its departmental code is 90, and its préfecture (capital) is Belfort.
History
Created in 1922, it is made up of that part of the former province of Alsace which was retained by France between 1871-1919. The territory was spared German annexation on the ground of its heroic resistance in 1871, as well as due to the fact that people there were French speaking unlike in the rest of Alsace.
Geography
The département has an area of only 609 km² (235 sq. miles), being the fifth smallest of France (after Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne).
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