Territoire de Belfort
A Small Territory with a Big History
As France's smallest provincial department, the Territoire de Belfort boasts a huge diversity of landscapes shaped by historical and geographical influences. Authentic, unspoilt nature: Ballon d'Alsace and the Vosges mountains, a hiker's paradise, the Malsaucy lake, the Sundgau region, rich in lakes and rivers and bucolic walks. Belfort presents its Bartholdi lion, its citadel designed by Vauban, the Fort and a visit to its Grand Souterrain.
From the Croix plateau the panorama stretches from the Monts d'Ajoie in Switzerland, to the Jura mountains, via the Forêt-Noire, the Alsace plain and of course the Vosges.
If you're a keen walker, there are hundreds of kilometres of signposted footpaths criss-crossing the department, enabling you to discover its landscapes, flora and fauna, as well as its history, on foot or by mountain bike on a variety of routes: fortifications, milestones, mines, canals, châteaux, Churches...
The Malsaucy lake, renowned for its Eurokéennes festival, also allows swimming and sailing, a privileged site for the "La Maison de l'Environnement" for a discovery of the flora and fauna of the region, which enables everyone, young and old, to understand the relationship we live with our environment.
Do you like golf? The Territoire de Belfort possède in a magnificent setting the Golf de Rougemont le Château with its 18 holes.
Do you love snow? Come and enjoy the winter in the Territoire de Belfort with the ski slopes of the Ballon d'Alsace and its many snowshoe itineraries.
You love snow?
Do you love music? Come and experience the not-to-be-missed events, FIMU (the 3 days of Pentecôte) and Eurockéennes début July.
Are you sporty? Come and take part in the Lion half-marathon in autumn as well as the Transterritoire.
You like sports?
Do you like fancy? Belfort offers you the largest flea market in eastern France every first Sunday of the month.
If you like shopping, Belfort is the place to be.
