| Belfort is a town and commune of northeastern France, préfecture (capital) of the
Territoire de Belfort département in the Franche-Comté
région. Population (1999): 50,417. Approximately 80,000
including suburbs.
Sights
Belfort is the home of The Lion of Belfort, a
sculpture by Frédéric Bartholdi expressing people's
resistance against the siege in the Franco-Prussian War
(1870)
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