Belfort

Belfort is a city in northeastern France, situated approximately 25 km from the Swiss border. It is the prefecture of the . Belfort is 400 km from Paris and 55 km from Basel.
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  • Type: Town with 45,200 residents
  • Description: commune in Territoire de Belfort, France
  • Postal codes: 90000 and 90000

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lion of Belfort and Belfort Cathedral.

Work of art
The , in Belfort, , is an 1880 monumental sculpture by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the .

Church
, otherwise the Cathedral of Saint Christopher of Belfort, is a Roman Catholic church located in Belfort, , France.

Public building
is a public building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Essert and Châlonvillars.

Village
is a commune in the department in in northeastern . is situated 3½ km west of Belfort.

Village
is a commune in the department in the region of in eastern . Between 1973 and 1989, it was united with in the commune Châlonvillars-Mandrevillars. is situated 5 km west of Belfort.

Locality
is a locality.

Belfort

Latitude
47.638° or 47° 38′ 17″ north
Longitude
6.8629° or 6° 51′ 46″ east
Population
45,200
Elevation
362 metres (1,188 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR BOR
Open location code
8FV8JVQ7+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26692111
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3033791
Wiki­data ID
Q171545
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Belfort” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Belfort
  • Albanian: Belfort
  • Arabic: البلفور
  • Arabic: بلفور
  • Arabic: مدينة بلفور
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  • Armenian: Բելֆոր
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  • Chinese: 貝爾福
  • Chinese: 贝尔福
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  • Dutch: Belfort (stad)
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  • French: cité du Lion
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  • German: Befert
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  • Korean: 벨포르
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  • Mazanderani: بلفور
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  • Occitan (post 1500): Belfòrt
  • Ossetian: Бельфор
  • Papiamento: Belfort
  • Persian: بلفور
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  • Tatar: Бельфор
  • Thai: แบลฟอร์
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  • Ukrainian: Бельфор
  • Urdu: بیلفوغ
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  • Wu Chinese: 贝尔福
  • Yue Chinese: 貝爾福
  • Zulu: Belfort
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Highlights include Maison (18 rue Metzger, Belfort) and Maison d’arrêt de Belfort.

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