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 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:
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:
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