The department
of Territoire-de-Belfort is located in the region
of Franche-Comte.
The prefecture is Belfort.
Neighbouring departments are Doubs, Jura, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saone and Vosges.
The Territory of Belfort was the part of Haut-Rhin which remained French after the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany, in
1871; due to the heroic 103-day resistance of Colonel Denfert-Rochereau and the city's
defenders.
The territory received the status of department in 1922.
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