Arrondissement of Belfort

Belfort
Arrondissement
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentTerritoire de Belfort
No. of communes101
PrefectureBelfort
Area
609.4 km2 (235.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
140,082
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
INSEE code901

The arrondissement of Belfort is an arrondissement in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. It is the only arrondissement of the Territoire de Belfort department. It has 101 communes.[2] Its population is 139,654 (2021), and its area is 609.4 km2 (235.3 sq mi).[3]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Belfort are:[2]

  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

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 118,450—    
1975 128,125+1.13%
1982 131,999+0.43%
1990 134,097+0.20%
1999 137,408+0.27%
2007 142,444+0.45%
2012 143,940+0.21%
2017 142,622−0.18%
Source: INSEE[4]

History

The arrondissement of Belfort was created in 1800 as a part of the department Haut-Rhin.[5] 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.[6] In 1871, when most of Haut-Rhin was ceded to Germany, the part remaining in France became the Territoire de Belfort.[7]

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:[8]

  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. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Populations légales 2021: 90 Territoire de Belfort" (PDF). INSEE. December 2023.
  3. ^ "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2023". INSEE. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ Historique du Haut-Rhin
  6. ^ Almanach Impérial pour l'an XIII (in French). Paris: Testu. 1805. p. 344. Retrieved 28 October 2019 – via Gallica.
  7. ^ Historique du Territoire de Belfort
  8. ^ "Populations légales 2012: 90 Territoire de Belfort" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014.

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