Arrondissement of Belfort

The arrondissement of Belfort is an arrondissement in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. It is the only arrondissement located in the Territoire de Belfort department. It has 101 communes.[1] Its population is 165,987 (2016), and its area is 609.4 km2 (235.3 sq mi).[2]

Belfort
Arrondissement
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentTerritoire de Belfort
No. of communes101
PrefectureBelfort
Area
 • Total609.4 km2 (235.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total144,089
 • Density236/km2 (610/sq mi)
INSEE code901

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Belfort are:[1]

  1. Andelnans (90001)
  2. Angeot (90002)
  3. Anjoutey (90003)
  4. Argiésans (90004)
  5. Autrechêne (90082)
  6. Auxelles-Bas (90005)
  7. Auxelles-Haut (90006)
  8. Banvillars (90007)
  9. Bavilliers (90008)
  10. Beaucourt (90009)
  11. Belfort (90010)
  12. Bermont (90011)
  13. Bessoncourt (90012)
  14. Bethonvilliers (90013)
  15. Boron (90014)
  16. Botans (90015)
  17. Bourg-sous-Châtelet (90016)
  18. Bourogne (90017)
  19. Brebotte (90018)
  20. Bretagne (90019)
  21. Buc (90020)
  22. Charmois (90021)
  23. Châtenois-les-Forges (90022)
  24. Chaux (90023)
  25. Chavanatte (90024)
  26. Chavannes-les-Grands (90025)
  27. Chèvremont (90026)
  28. Courcelles (90027)
  29. Courtelevant (90028)
  30. Cravanche (90029)
  31. Croix (90030)
  32. Cunelières (90031)
  33. Danjoutin (90032)
  34. Delle (90033)
  35. Denney (90034)
  36. Dorans (90035)
  37. Eguenigue (90036)
  38. Éloie (90037)
  39. Essert (90039)
  40. Étueffont (90041)
  41. Évette-Salbert (90042)
  42. Faverois (90043)
  43. Fêche-l'Église (90045)
  44. Felon (90044)
  45. Florimont (90046)
  46. Fontaine (90047)
  47. Fontenelle (90048)
  48. Foussemagne (90049)
  49. Frais (90050)
  50. Froidefontaine (90051)
  51. Giromagny (90052)
  52. Grandvillars (90053)
  53. Grosmagny (90054)
  54. Grosne (90055)
  55. Joncherey (90056)
  56. Lachapelle-sous-Chaux (90057)
  57. Lachapelle-sous-Rougemont (90058)
  58. Lacollonge (90059)
  59. Lagrange (90060)
  60. Lamadeleine-Val-des-Anges (90061)
  61. Larivière (90062)
  62. Lebetain (90063)
  63. Lepuix (90065)
  64. Lepuix-Neuf (90064)
  65. Leval (90066)
  66. Menoncourt (90067)
  67. Meroux-Moval (90068)
  68. Méziré (90069)
  69. Montbouton (90070)
  70. Montreux-Château (90071)
  71. Morvillars (90072)
  72. Novillard (90074)
  73. Offemont (90075)
  74. Pérouse (90076)
  75. Petit-Croix (90077)
  76. Petitefontaine (90078)
  77. Petitmagny (90079)
  78. Phaffans (90080)
  79. Réchésy (90081)
  80. Recouvrance (90083)
  81. Reppe (90084)
  82. Riervescemont (90085)
  83. Romagny-sous-Rougemont (90086)
  84. Roppe (90087)
  85. Rougegoutte (90088)
  86. Rougemont-le-Château (90089)
  87. Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque (90090)
  88. Saint-Germain-le-Châtelet (90091)
  89. Sermamagny (90093)
  90. Sevenans (90094)
  91. Suarce (90095)
  92. Thiancourt (90096)
  93. Trévenans (90097)
  94. Urcerey (90098)
  95. Valdoie (90099)
  96. Vauthiermont (90100)
  97. Vellescot (90101)
  98. Vescemont (90102)
  99. Vétrigne (90103)
  100. Vézelois (90104)
  101. Villars-le-Sec (90105)

Demography

The population of the arrondissement was 134,097 in 1990, and was 137,408 in 1999, an increase of 2.47%.

History

The arrondissement of Belfort was created in 1800 as part of the department Haut-Rhin.[3] This arrondissement was larger than the current one, and also included part that is now in the department Haut-Rhin, for instance the communes Cernay, Dannemarie, Masevaux, Saint-Amarin and Thann.[4] In 1871, when most of Haut-Rhin was ceded to Germany, the part remaining in France became the Territoire de Belfort.[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Belfort were, as of January 2015:[6]

  1. Beaucourt
  2. Belfort-Centre
  3. Belfort-Est
  4. Belfort-Nord
  5. Belfort-Ouest
  6. Belfort-Sud
  7. Châtenois-les-Forges
  8. Danjoutin
  9. Delle
  10. Fontaine
  11. Giromagny
  12. Grandvillars
  13. Offemont
  14. Rougemont-le-Château
  15. Valdoie

References
  1. "Arrondissement de Belfort (901)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  2. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  3. Historique du Haut-Rhin
  4. Almanach Impérial pour l'an XIII (in French). Paris: Testu. 1805. p. 344. Retrieved 28 October 2019 – via Gallica.
  5. Historique du Territoire de Belfort
  6. "Populations légales 2012" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-28.

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