Arrondissement of Beaune

The arrondissement of Beaune is an arrondissement of France, in the Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Beaune. History When the Côte-d'Or department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Beaune was part of that original department. Geography It is the southernmost and the smallest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 2,118.3 km2 (818 sq mi), but it is the second in population, after the arrondissement of Dijon, with 97,107 inhabitants and a density of 45.8 inhabitants/km². The arrondissement of Beaune is bordered to the north by the arrondissements of Montbard and Dijon, to the east by the Jura department, to the south by the Saône-et-Loire department and to the northwest by the Nièvre department. Composition Cantons After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements. In the arrondissement of Beaune, there is only one canton where not all its "communes" are in the arrondissement: Nuits-Saint-Georges. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements: Communes The arrondissement of Beaune has 223 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are: Related pages Arrondissements of the Côte-d'Or department Communes of the Côte-d'Or department References Other websites Pays Beaunois (in French)