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Montbéliard is mentioned as early as 983 as Mons Beliardae. The County of Montbéliard or Mömpelgard was a feudal county of the Holy Roman Empire from 1033 to 1796. In 1283, it was granted rights under charter by Count Reginald. Its charter guaranteed the county perpetual liberties and franchises which lasted until the French Revolution in 1789.
Elle est située dans le nord-est de la Franche-Comté, à moins d'une vingtaine de kilomètres de la Suisse, aux portes du massif du Jura. Montbéliard et sa proche région (le « Pays de Montbéliard ») ont été rattachés à la France en 1793. Ses habitants, les Montbéliardais, étaient au nombre de 25 573 habitants en 2021.
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Montbeliard is a medium size town in the Doubs department of Franche-Comté (eastern France), about 20 kilometres south of Belfort.. A very traditional town of the Doubs region, Montbeliard is pleasant to explore with its architectural heritage now recognised with the town being officially listed as a 'town of art and history', as well as being a 4* Town in Bloom (the highest rating awarded ...
- Château de Montbéliard. There has been a castle resting on this crag above the confluence of the Allan and Lizaine Rivers since the 900s. Needless to say things have changed a lot over time, and the building is now a maze of interconnecting rooms, mostly from the 1700s.
- Château de Montbéliard’s Museums. There are also two museums to see at the château: The larger of the two is the Musée Cuvier, named for Georges Cuvier, who was born in Montbéliard and was one of the pioneers in the field of palaeontology.
- Schickhardt’s Montbéliard. Heinrich Schickhardt was an architect and polymath working at the turn of the 17th century and who has been dubbed the “Swabian Leonardo da Vinci”.
- Musée Beurnier-Rossel. In the resplendent 18th-century mansion, the Hôtel Beurnier-Rossel is a museum with three floors of art and artefacts uncovering the history of the Montbéliard county and principality.
The Princely County of Montbéliard ( French: Comté princier de Montbéliard; German: Grafschaft Mömpelgard ), was a princely county of the Holy Roman Empire seated in the city of Montbéliard in the present-day Franche-Comté region of France. From 1444 onwards it was held by the House of Württemberg. It had full voting rights in the ...
The Montbéliarde is a breed of red pied dairy cattle from the area of Montbéliard, in the département of Doubs, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. It is used mainly for dairying and particularly for cheesemaking.
Montbéliard is a French commune. It is in the north of the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about 13 km (8 mi) from the border with Switzerland and is a subprefecture in the department. It is also the capital of the arrrondissement of Montbéliard .
