TERRITORY OF See also:

• BELFORT
• BELFORT, TERRITOIRE
• TERRITORY OF BELFORT

BELFORT  , administrative See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of eastern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, formed from the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern portion of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Haut-Rhin, the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of which was ceded to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany by the treaty of See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort (1871) . It is bounded on the N.E. and E. by See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace, on the S.E. and S. by See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, on the S.W. by the department of See also:

• DOUBS

Doubs, on the W. by that of Haute-See also:

• SAONE

Saone, on the N. by that of See also:

• VOSGES
• VOSGES (Lat. Vogesus or Vosagus, Ger. Wasgau or Vogesen)

Vosges . Pop . (1906), 95,421 . With an See also:

• AREA

area of only 235 sq. m., it is, next to that of See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine, the smallest department of France . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• PART

part is occupied by the southern offshoots of the Vosges, the southern part by the northern outposts of the See also:

• JURA
• JURA (" deer island ")

Jura . Between these two See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands stretches the Trouee (depression) de See also:

• BELFORT
• BELFORT, TERRITOIRE
• BELFORT, TERRITORY OF

Belfort, 182 m. broad, joining the basins of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine and the See also:

• RHONE
• RHONE (Fr. Rhone, Lat. Rhodanus)

Rhone, traversed by the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal from the Rhone to the Rhine and by several See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . A part of the natural See also:

• HIGHWAY

highway open from Frankfort to the Mediterranean, the Trouee has from earliest times provided the route for the See also:

• MIGRATION

migration from See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, and is still of See also:

• GREAT

great commercial and strategical value . The northern part, occupied by the Vosges, rises to 4126 ft. in the Ballon d'Alsace, the northern termination and the culminating point of the department; to 3773 ft. in the See also:

• PLANCHE, JEAN BAPTISTE GUSTAVE (1808–1857)

Planche See also:

• DES

des Belles-Filles; to 3579 ft. in the See also:

• SIGNAL

Signal des Plaines; to 3534 ft. in the Barenkopf; and to numerous other lesser heights . South of the Trouee de Belfort, there rise near Delle See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone hills, in part wooded, on the frontiers of France, Alsace, and Switzerland, attaining 168o ft. in the Fortt de Florimont . The territory between Lachapelle-sous-Rougemont (in the north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east), Belfort and Delle does not rise above 1300 ft . The See also:

• LINE

line of lowest See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude follows the See also:

• RIVER

river St See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas and the Rhone-Rhine canal .

The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers are the Savoureuse, 24 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, See also:

• RUNNING

running straight south from the Ballon d'Alsace, and emptying into the Allaine; the Allaine, from Switzerland, entering the territory a little to the south of Delle, and leaving it a little to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of Morvillars; the St Nicolas, 24 In. long, from the Barenkopf, running south-wards and then south-west into the Allaine . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate to the north of the See also:

• TOWN

town of Belfort is marked by long and rigorous winters, sudden changes of temperature, and an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual rainfall of 31 in. to 39 in. retained by an impervious subsoil; farther south it is milder and more equable with a rainfall of 23 in. to 31 in., quickly absorbed by the See also:

• SOIL

soil or evaporated by the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun . About one-third of the See also:

• TOTAL

total area is arable See also:

• LAND

land; See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, oats and See also:

• RYE

rye are the chief cereals; potatoes come next in importance . See also:

• FOREST

Forest covers another third of the See also:

• SURFACE

surface; the chief trees are firs, pines, See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak and See also:

• BEECH

beech; cherries are largely grown for the See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation of See also:

• KIRSCH (or KIRSCHENWASSER)

kirsch . Pasture and See also:

• FORAGE

forage crops See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the remaining third of the Territory; only horned See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle are raised to any extent . There is an unworked concession of See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, See also:

• SILVER

silver and See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead at Giromagny; and there are also quarries of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone . The Territory is an active See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial region . The two See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main branches of manufacture are the See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning and See also:

• WEAVING

weaving of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, and the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and iron-goods (See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire, railings, nails, files, &c.) and machinery . Belfort has important See also:

• LOCOMOTIVE

locomotive and See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• WORKS

works . Iloisery is manufactured at Delle, watches, clocks, agricultural machinery, petrol See also:

• MOTORS, ELECTRIC

motors, ironware and See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical apparatus at the flourishing centre of Beaucourt, and there are numerous saw-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, See also:

• TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile and See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick works and breweries . Imports consist of raw materials for the See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries, dyestuffs, See also:

• COAL

coal, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, &c., and the exports of manufactured goods . Belfort is the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the Territory, which comprises one See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement, 6 cantons and ro6 communes, and falls within the circumscriptions of the archbishopric, the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal and the academie (educational division) of See also:

• BESANCON

Besancon .

It forms the 7th subdivision of the VII. See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps . Both the Eastern and the See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris-See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

Lyon-Mediterranee railways See also:

• TRAVERSE

traverse the Territory, and the canal from the Rhone to the Rhine accompanies the river St Nicolas for about 6 m .