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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Belvoir
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Belvoir.jpg
|caption            = A general view of Belvoir
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Belvoir 25.svg
|coordinates        = {{coord|47.3183|6.6042|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE              = 25053
|postal code        = 25430
|arrondissement     = Montbéliard
|canton             = Bavans
|mayor              = Christian Brand<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   =
|elevation min m    = 506
|elevation max m    = 671
|area km2           = 9.31
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Belvoir''' ({{IPA|fr|bɛlvwaʁ}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Doubs]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] [[Regions of France|region]] in eastern France.
==Geography==
Belvoir lies {{convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Clerval, Doubs|Clerval]] on a prominent hill.
==History==
Belvoir is noted for the Belvoir Castle, {{ill|Château de Belvoir|fr|Château de Belvoir}} in French, built by [[John I, Count of Chalon or Châlon|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 {{ill|lords of Belvoir|fr|Seigneurie de Belvoir}}, a branch of the {{ill|Rougemont family|fr|Famille de Rougemont (Franche-Comté)}}, Hue (Huon) I (c. 1188-1239) was a [[Crusades|Crusader]].<ref>[https://www.routedescommunes.com/doubs/bavans/belvoir at routedescommunes.com] (in French)</ref>
The domain later became the property of the Cusance family, of which [[Béatrix de Cusance]] is arguably the most famous member, and the [[House of Rohan|Rohan family]] were the last noble owners of the castle.{{citation needed |date= October 2021}}
==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1962|120
|1968|130
|1975|115
|1982|100
|1990|98
|1999|102
|2008|99
|2012|97
}}
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==See also==
* [[Belvoir (disambiguation)|Belvoir]] disambiguation page
* [[Communes of the Doubs department]]
==References==
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[[Category:Communes of Doubs]]
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