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Belfort

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Bel·fort  (bl-fôr)
A city of northeast France near the German-Swiss border. It was frequently besieged because of its strategic location near Belfort Gap between the Vosges and the Jura Mountains. Population: 50,200.
Belfort (French) [bɛlfɔr]
n
1. (Placename) Territoire de (tɛritwar də). a department of E France, now in Franche-Comté region: the only part of Alsace remaining to France after 1871. Capital: Belfort. Pop.: 137 408 (1999). Area: 608 sq. km (237 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) a fortress town in E France: strategically situated in the Belfort Gap between the Vosges and the Jura mountains. Pop.: 50 125 (1990)


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