Belfort - Belfort

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Belfort
regionBurgundy Franche Comté
Residents
46.954 (2018)
height
358 m
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Belfort

Belfort is a city in the eastern French region Franche-Comté and administrative seat of the department Territoire de Belfort.

background

It is the capital of the Territoire de Belfort and the Arrondissement Belfort, as well as the administrative seat of five cantons. The "Territoire" is a relic from the German Empire. The Germans gave freedom to the originally Alsatian city because the residents and soldiers had so valiantly defended themselves. Perhaps the French language, which is always predominant here, also played a role.

It is located at a 30-kilometer-wide narrow point between the Vosges and the law and thus at a strategically important point. This place is also called the Burgundian Gate (Trouée de Belfort). It is one of the easiest connecting routes to walk between the Rhine and the Rhone.

getting there

By train

From 1 Belfort-Montbéliard TGV lines Strasbourg-Marseille and after Paris. The Swiss SBB runs from here to Biel.

To French TER trains in the region and to Switzerland, via Dent to Delémont, one arrives from the city station 2 Belfort-VilleBelfort-Ville in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBelfort-Ville in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBelfort-Ville (Q2748765) in the Wikidata database.

By bus

By bicycle

Canal de Montbéliard à la Haute-Saône

A cycle path signposted as Coulée Verte (green path), which partly runs along the Canal de Montbéliard, connects the city with Montbeliard and the EuroVelo 6.

In the street

By boat

mobility

Map of Belfort

Tourist Attractions

Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples

  • 1  Église Saint-Christophe (cathédrale Saint-Christophe de Belfort), place d'Armes. Église Saint-Christophe in the encyclopedia WikipediaÉglise Saint-Christophe in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsÉglise Saint-Christophe (Q2486045) in the Wikidata database.last change: Jun. 2019

Castles, chateaux and palaces

  • 2  Citadelle fortifiée (citadelle de Belfort). Citadelle fortifiée in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCitadelle fortifiée in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsCitadelle fortifiée (Q2974379) in the Wikidata database.The citadel.last change: Jun. 2019
  • 3  Barrier de fer (système Séré de Rivières). Barriere de fer in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBarriere de fer in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBarriere de fer (Q3397) in the Wikidata database.or Système Séré de Rivières. Fortifications around Belfort.last change: Jun. 2019
  • Porte de Brisach. Breisach Gate.

Buildings

  • 4  town hall (hôtel de ville de Belfort), Hotel de Ville. City hall in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsCity Hall (Q22952241) in the Wikidata database.last change: Jun. 2019

Monuments / art in public spaces

  • 5  Lion de Belfort. Lion de Belfort in the encyclopedia WikipediaLion de Belfort in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLion de Belfort (Q926536) in the Wikidata database.The Belfort Lion. The monument was created by the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi between 1875 and 1880 to commemorate the 105-day siege of the city by the Prussian army in 1870/71. Reduced copies of the work are available in Paris (Place Denfert-Rochereau) and in Montreal (Square Dorchester).last change: Jun. 2019
  • 6  Monument des Trois SiègesMonument des Trois Sièges in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMonument des Trois Sièges in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMonument des Trois Sièges (Q25900424) in the Wikidata databaselast change: Jun. 2019

Museums

  • Museum of Art and History. Art and History Museum.

Streets and squares

  • Place de la Republique

accommodation

The accommodations are all priced at a low level. They are recommended for a stage.

Cheap

  • B&B Hotel, next to the highway.
  • Premiere Classe, next to the highway.
  • Ibis budget, next to the highway.
  • Formula 1, next to the highway.

Practical advice

The laundromat open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 1 Lav'eco is diagonally across from the station exit in Av. Wilson 23.

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