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Mont-Terrible () was a department of the First French Republic, with its seat at Porrentruy.

Key facts

Former country.conventional_long_name
Department of Mont-Terrible
Former country.common_name
Mont-Terrible
Former country.year_start
1793
Former country.year_end
1800
Former country.image_map
Département du Mont-Terrible.svg
Former country.image_map_caption
Mont-Terrible and its arrondissements
Former country.official_languages
French
Former country.status
Department of the French First Republic
Former country.admin_center_type
Chef-lieu
Former country.admin_center
Porrentruy
Former country.population_census
35,954
Former country.population_census_year
1797
Former country.era
French Revolutionary Wars
Former country.event_pre
Prince-Bishopric of Baseloverthrown
Former country.date_pre
19 December 1792
Former country.event_start
Annexation of theRauracian Republic
Former country.date_start
23 March
Former country.event1
Montbéliardincorporated

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Mont-Terrible () was a department of the First French Republic, with its seat at Porrentruy.

The Mont Terrible for which the department was named is now known as , a peak of near Courgenay (now in the canton of Jura, Switzerland). The toponym of was formed by popular etymology from an earlier Frainc-Comtou Mont Tairi, from "arid, dry".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mont-Terrible” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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