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MONTBELIARD , a town of eastern France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Doubs, 49 M. N.E. of Besancon on the ParisLyon line between that town and Belfort. Pop. (1906), town, 8723; commune, 10,455. Montbeliard is situated 1050 ft. above sea-level on the right bank of the Allaine at its junction with the Luzine (Lizaine or Lisaine). It is an important point in the frontier defences of France since 1871. Forts on outlying hills connect it with Belfort on the one side and (through Blamont and the Lomont fortifications) with Besancon on the other. The old castle of the counts of Montbeliard is now used as barracks; its most conspicuous features, the Tour Bossue and the Tour Neuve, date respectively from 1425 and 1594. Most of the inhabitants are Protestant, and the church of St Martin, built early in the 17th century, now serves as a Protestant place of worship . The old market-hall
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After belonging to the Burgundians and Franks, Montbeliard (Mons Peligardi) was, by the treaty of Verdun (843), added to Lorraine. In the 11th century it became the capital of a count-ship, which formed part of the second kingdom of Burgundy
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1 (1618-1699), a son of Arnauld d'Andelly and minister of foreign affairs in succession to Lionne.(1587 and 1588), duke of Guise, but was taken in 1676 by Marshal Luxemburg, who razed its fortifications. The tolerance of the princes of Wurttemberg attracted to the town at the end of the 16th century a colony of Anabaptists from Frisia, and their descendants still form a separate community in the neighbour-hood. In 1793 the inhabitants voluntarily submitted to annexation by France. In 1871 the battle of the Lisaine between the French and Germans was fought in the neighbourhood and partly within its walls. End of Article: MONTBELIARD If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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