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Étueffont (; ) is a commune in the
Territoire de Belfort The Territoire de Belfort (; "Territory of Belfort") is a department in the northeastern French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. In 2020 it had a population of 140,120.department in
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
in northeastern
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.


History

The separate villages of Étueffont-Bas (founded in the 16th century, with 28 families in 1760) and Étueffont-Haut (founded in the 12th century, with 38 families in 1760) were merged into the current commune on 12 June 1973.


Geography

The town sits at the foot of the
Vosges The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and ...
mountains on the banks of the river Madeleine, in the Regional Natural Park ''Les Ballons des Vosges.''


Sights

In the village center an 18th-century smithy houses a Forge MuseumThe Forge Museum website
 that commemorates four generations of blacksmiths working in the village from 1843 to 1977.


See also

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Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department The following is a list of the 101 communes of the Territoire de Belfort department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of the Territoire de Belfort