Montbéliard and the surrounding region constitute an important manufacturing center mainly based upon metallurgy and car industry.

The main manufacturing plant of the Peugeot automobile company is partly located in Montbéliard and has around 20,000 employees. In the area the automotive industry accounts for 34,000 employees in more than 100 companies. The Peugeot company's museum is located in the adjacent commune of Sochaux.

Montbéliard is the center of the 'Pays de Montbéliard', a metropolitan area of 132,000 inhabitants.

Things worth visiting include:

• The Château de Montbéliard, the castle of the Dukes of Württemberg.
• The Museum of Art and History Beurnier Rossel.
• Saint-Martin Protestant Church.
• Saint Maimboeuf Church.

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