The arrondissement of Pontarlier is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Doubs département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Pontarlier.

History
When the arrondissements of Doubs were created in 1800, Pontarlier was one of them in the Doubs department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Pontarlier is in the most southern of the arrondissements of the Doubs department; it is the largest with an area of . It has a population of 109,841 inhabitants, the arrondissement of the department with fewest inhabitants, and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Pontarlier is bordered to the north by the arrondissement Montbéliard, to the east and south by Switzerland, to the southeast by the Jura department and to the west by the arrondissement Besançon.

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 Pontarlier, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Ornans and Valdahon. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Pontarlier has 149 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Adam-lès-Vercel (25007)
 Les Alliés (25012)
 Arçon (25024)
 Arc-sous-Cicon (25025)
 Arc-sous-Montenot (25026)
 Aubonne (25029)
 Avoudrey (25039)
 Bannans (25041)
 Le Barboux (25042)
 Le Bélieu (25050)
 Belmont (25052)
 Bians-les-Usiers (25060)
 Le Bizot (25062)
 Bonnétage (25074)
 Bonnevaux (25075)
 La Bosse (25077)
 Boujailles (25079)
 Bouverans (25085)
 Bremondans (25089)
 Bretonvillers (25095)
 Brey-et-Maison-du-Bois (25096)
 Bugny (25099)
 Bulle (25100)
 Chaffois (25110)
 Chamesey (25113)
 Chapelle-des-Bois (25121)
 Chapelle-d'Huin (25122)
 Châtelblanc (25131)
 La Chaux (25139)
 Chaux-lès-Passavant (25141)
 Chaux-Neuve (25142)
 La Chenalotte (25148)
 Chevigney-lès-Vercel (25151)
 La Cluse-et-Mijoux (25157)
 Les Combes (25160)
 Consolation-Maisonnettes (25161)
 Courtetain-et-Salans (25175)
 Courvières (25176)
 Le Crouzet (25179)
 Dommartin (25201)
 Dompierre-les-Tilleuls (25202)
 Domprel (25203)
 Doubs (25204)
 Épenouse (25218)
 Épenoy (25219)
 Étalans (25222)
 Étray (25227)
 Évillers (25229)
 Eysson (25231)
 Fallerans (25233)
 Les Fins (25240)
 Flangebouche (25243)
 Les Fontenelles (25248)
 Fourcatier-et-Maison-Neuve (25252)
 Les Fourgs (25254)
 Fournets-Luisans (25288)
 Frasne (25259)
 Fuans (25262)
 Gellin (25263)
 Germéfontaine (25268)
 Gilley (25271)
 Goux-les-Usiers (25282)
 Grand'Combe-Châteleu (25285)
 Grand'Combe-des-Bois (25286)
 Grandfontaine-sur-Creuse (25289)
 Granges-Narboz (25293)
 Les Grangettes (25295)
 Les Gras (25296)
 Guyans-Vennes (25301)
 Hauterive-la-Fresse (25303)
 Les Hôpitaux-Neufs (25307)
 Les Hôpitaux-Vieux (25308)
 Houtaud (25309)
 Jougne (25318)
 Labergement-Sainte-Marie (25320)
 Landresse (25325)
 Laval-le-Prieuré (25329)
 Laviron (25333)
 Levier (25334)
 Longechaux (25342)
 Longemaison (25343)
 Longevelle-lès-Russey (25344)
 La Longeville (25347)
 Longevilles-Mont-d'Or (25348)
 Loray (25349)
 Le Luhier (25351)
 Magny-Châtelard (25355)
 Maisons-du-Bois-Lièvremont (25357)
 Malbuisson (25361)
 Malpas (25362)
 Le Mémont (25373)
 Métabief (25380)
 Montbéliardot (25389)
 Montbenoît (25390)
 Mont-de-Laval (25391)
 Montflovin (25398)
 Montlebon (25403)
 Montperreux (25405)
 Morteau (25411)
 Mouthe (25413)
 Narbief (25421)
 Noël-Cerneux (25425)
 Orchamps-Vennes (25432)
 Orsans (25435)
 Ouhans (25440)
 Ouvans (25441)
 Oye-et-Pallet (25442)
 Passonfontaine (25447)
 Petite-Chaux (25451)
 Pierrefontaine-les-Varans (25453)
 Plaimbois-du-Miroir (25456)
 Plaimbois-Vennes (25457)
 La Planée (25459)
 Pontarlier (25462)
 Les Pontets (25464)
 Les Premiers-Sapins (25424)
 Reculfoz (25483)
 Remoray-Boujeons (25486)
 Renédale (25487)
 La Rivière-Drugeon (25493)
 Rochejean (25494)
 Rondefontaine (25501)
 Rosureux (25504)
 Le Russey (25512)
 Saint-Antoine (25514)
 Sainte-Colombe (25515)
 Saint-Gorgon-Main (25517)
 Saint-Julien-lès-Russey (25522)
 Saint-Point-Lac (25525)
 Sarrageois (25534)
 Septfontaines (25541)
 Sombacour (25549)
 La Sommette (25550)
 Touillon-et-Loutelet (25565)
 Valdahon (25578)
 Vaux-et-Chantegrue (25592)
 Vellerot-lès-Vercel (25596)
 Vennes (25600)
 Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp (25601)
 Vernierfontaine (25605)
 Verrières-de-Joux (25609)
 Les Villedieu (25619)
 Ville-du-Pont (25620)
 Villeneuve-d'Amont (25621)
 Villers-Chief (25623)
 Villers-la-Combe (25625)
 Villers-le-Lac (25321)
 Villers-sous-Chalamont (25627)
 Vuillecin (25634)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Doubs department
 Communes of the Doubs department

References

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