MONTBÉLLIARD, or MONTBÉLIARD (German Mam-pelgard), a town of France, capital of an arrondissement of the same name, in the department of Doubs, is situated at the confluence of the Allan and the Luzine, 48 miles N.E. of Besançon. The town is well built, and adorned by several fountains. The principal buildings are,—the castle, now used as a prison, situated on an eminence; the town-hall; and the churches of St George and St Martin. The manufactures consist of silk, cotton, and woollen fabrics; leather, clocks, watches; scythes, and other implements of husbandry. There is also an active trade carried on in timber, corn, cheese, &c., with Switzerland and the south. Montbéliard was in former times a place of some strength, and the capital of a county that originally formed part of the kingdom of Burgundy, but was transferred to the Wurtemberg family in 1395. Although twice taken by the French in the seventeenth century, it was not finally ceded to them till 1796. Pop. (1851) 5605.