Belvoir, Doubs

Belvoir
Belvoir
Commune
	A general view of Belvoir
	Coat of arms
	Location of Belvoir
	Belvoir Belvoir
	Coordinates: 47°19′06″N 6°36′15″E / 47.3183°N 6.6042°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Montbéliard
Canton	Bavans
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Brand
Area 1	9.31 km2 (3.59 sq mi)
Population (2022)	90
• Density	9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25053 /25430
Elevation	506–671 m (1,660–2,201 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Belvoir (French pronunciation: [bɛlvwaʁ]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

Belvoir lies 18 km (11 mi) southeast of Clerval on a prominent hill.

History

Belvoir is noted for the Belvoir Castle, Château de Belvoir [fr] in French, built by Jean de Chalon. It has been rebuilt, now dating to the 12th-17th centuries, and the date of 1224 inscribed above the arch of the north tower is the oldest inscription in Arabic numerals in the region.

Of the first lords of Belvoir [fr], a branch of the Rougemont family [fr], Hue (Huon) I (c. 1188-1239) was a Crusader.^[3]

The domain later became the property of the Cusance family, of which Béatrix de Cusance is arguably the most famous member, and the Rohan family were the last noble owners of the castle.^{[citation needed]}