Arrondissement of Montbéliard

The **arrondissement of Montbéliard** 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 Montbéliard.

## History

When the _arrondissements_ of Doubs were created in 1800, Montbéliard was one of them in the Doubs department, as Saint-Hippolyte. In 1816, the subprefecture was moved from Saint-Hippolyte to Montbéliard.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Montbéliard is in the most northern of the _arrondissements_ of the Doubs department; it is the smallest with an area of . It has a population of 176,670 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Montbéliard is bordered to the north by the Haute-Saône department, to the northeast by the Territoire de Belfort department, to the east by Switzerland, to the south by the _arrondissement_ Pontarlier and to the west by the _arrondissement_ Besançon.

### 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 Montbéliard, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Bavans and Valdahon. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2501|Audincourt||9||**9**|
|2503|Bavans|3|69||**72**|
|2510|Bethoncourt||11||**11**|
|2512|Maîche||51||**51**|
|2513|Montbéliard||4||**4**|
|2518|Valdahon|2|10|45+ part of Étalans|**57** + part of Étalans|
|2519|Valentigney||15||**15**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Montbéliard has 169 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Abbévillers <small>(25004)</small>
1. Accolans <small>(25005)</small>
1. Aibre <small>(25008)</small>
1. Allenjoie <small>(25011)</small>
1. Allondans <small>(25013)</small>
1. Anteuil <small>(25018)</small>
1. Appenans <small>(25019)</small>
1. Arbouans <small>(25020)</small>
1. Arcey <small>(25022)</small>
1. Audincourt <small>(25031)</small>
1. Autechaux-Roide <small>(25033)</small>
1. Badevel <small>(25040)</small>
1. Bart <small>(25043)</small>
1. Battenans-Varin <small>(25046)</small>
1. Bavans <small>(25048)</small>
1. Belfays <small>(25049)</small>
1. Belleherbe <small>(25051)</small>
1. Belvoir <small>(25053)</small>
1. Berche <small>(25054)</small>
1. Bethoncourt <small>(25057)</small>
1. Beutal <small>(25059)</small>
1. Bief <small>(25061)</small>
1. Blamont <small>(25063)</small>
1. Blussangeaux <small>(25066)</small>
1. Blussans <small>(25067)</small>
1. Bondeval <small>(25071)</small>
1. Bourguignon <small>(25082)</small>
1. Bournois <small>(25083)</small>
1. Branne <small>(25087)</small>
1. Les Bréseux <small>(25091)</small>
1. Bretigney <small>(25093)</small>
1. Brognard <small>(25097)</small>
1. Burnevillers <small>(25102)</small>
1. Cernay-l'Église <small>(25108)</small>
1. Chamesol <small>(25114)</small>
1. Charmauvillers <small>(25124)</small>
1. Charmoille <small>(25125)</small>
1. Charquemont <small>(25127)</small>
1. Chaux-lès-Clerval <small>(25140)</small>
1. Chazot <small>(25145)</small>
1. Colombier-Fontaine <small>(25159)</small>
1. Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard <small>(25170)</small>
1. Cour-Saint-Maurice <small>(25173)</small>
1. Courtefontaine <small>(25174)</small>
1. Crosey-le-Grand <small>(25177)</small>
1. Crosey-le-Petit <small>(25178)</small>
1. Dambelin <small>(25187)</small>
1. Dambenois <small>(25188)</small>
1. Dampierre-les-Bois <small>(25190)</small>
1. Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs <small>(25191)</small>
1. Dampjoux <small>(25192)</small>
1. Damprichard <small>(25193)</small>
1. Dannemarie <small>(25194)</small>
1. Dasle <small>(25196)</small>
1. Désandans <small>(25198)</small>
1. Dung <small>(25207)</small>
1. Échenans <small>(25210)</small>
1. Les Écorces <small>(25213)</small>
1. Écot <small>(25214)</small>
1. Écurcey <small>(25216)</small>
1. Étouvans <small>(25224)</small>
1. Étrappe <small>(25226)</small>
1. Étupes <small>(25228)</small>
1. Exincourt <small>(25230)</small>
1. Faimbe <small>(25232)</small>
1. Ferrières-le-Lac <small>(25234)</small>
1. Fesches-le-Châtel <small>(25237)</small>
1. Fessevillers <small>(25238)</small>
1. Feule <small>(25239)</small>
1. Fleurey <small>(25244)</small>
1. Fontaine-lès-Clerval <small>(25246)</small>
1. Fournet-Blancheroche <small>(25255)</small>
1. Frambouhans <small>(25256)</small>
1. Froidevaux <small>(25261)</small>
1. Gémonval <small>(25264)</small>
1. Geney <small>(25266)</small>
1. Glay <small>(25274)</small>
1. Glère <small>(25275)</small>
1. Goumois <small>(25280)</small>
1. Goux-lès-Dambelin <small>(25281)</small>
1. Grand-Charmont <small>(25284)</small>
1. La Grange <small>(25290)</small>
1. Hérimoncourt <small>(25304)</small>
1. L'Hôpital-Saint-Lieffroy <small>(25306)</small>
1. Hyémondans <small>(25311)</small>
1. Indevillers <small>(25314)</small>
1. L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs <small>(25315)</small>
1. Issans <small>(25316)</small>
1. Laire <small>(25322)</small>
1. Lanthenans <small>(25327)</small>
1. Liebvillers <small>(25335)</small>
1. Longevelle-sur-Doubs <small>(25345)</small>
1. Lougres <small>(25350)</small>
1. Maîche <small>(25356)</small>
1. Mancenans <small>(25365)</small>
1. Mancenans-Lizerne <small>(25366)</small>
1. Mandeure <small>(25367)</small>
1. Marvelise <small>(25369)</small>
1. Mathay <small>(25370)</small>
1. Médière <small>(25372)</small>
1. Meslières <small>(25378)</small>
1. Montancy <small>(25386)</small>
1. Montandon <small>(25387)</small>
1. Montbéliard <small>(25388)</small>
1. Mont-de-Vougney <small>(25392)</small>
1. Montécheroux <small>(25393)</small>
1. Montenois <small>(25394)</small>
1. Montjoie-le-Château <small>(25402)</small>
1. Neuchâtel-Urtière <small>(25422)</small>
1. Noirefontaine <small>(25426)</small>
1. Nommay <small>(25428)</small>
1. Onans <small>(25431)</small>
1. Orgeans-Blanchefontaine <small>(25433)</small>
1. Orve <small>(25436)</small>
1. Pays-de-Clerval <small>(25156)</small>
1. Péseux <small>(25449)</small>
1. Pierrefontaine-lès-Blamont <small>(25452)</small>
1. Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts <small>(25458)</small>
1. Pompierre-sur-Doubs <small>(25461)</small>
1. Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans <small>(25463)</small>
1. Présentevillers <small>(25469)</small>
1. La Prétière <small>(25470)</small>
1. Provenchère <small>(25471)</small>
1. Rahon <small>(25476)</small>
1. Randevillers <small>(25478)</small>
1. Rang <small>(25479)</small>
1. Raynans <small>(25481)</small>
1. Rémondans-Vaivre <small>(25485)</small>
1. Roche-lès-Clerval <small>(25496)</small>
1. Roches-lès-Blamont <small>(25497)</small>
1. Rosières-sur-Barbèche <small>(25503)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie <small>(25523)</small>
1. Sainte-Suzanne <small>(25526)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-Armont <small>(25516)</small>
1. Saint-Hippolyte <small>(25519)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-lès-Montbéliard <small>(25521)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-Colombier <small>(25524)</small>
1. Sancey <small>(25529)</small>
1. Seloncourt <small>(25539)</small>
1. Semondans <small>(25540)</small>
1. Sochaux <small>(25547)</small>
1. Solemont <small>(25548)</small>
1. Soulce-Cernay <small>(25551)</small>
1. Sourans <small>(25552)</small>
1. Soye <small>(25553)</small>
1. Surmont <small>(25554)</small>
1. Taillecourt <small>(25555)</small>
1. Les Terres-de-Chaux <small>(25138)</small>
1. Thiébouhans <small>(25559)</small>
1. Thulay <small>(25562)</small>
1. Trévillers <small>(25571)</small>
1. Urtière <small>(25573)</small>
1. Valentigney <small>(25580)</small>
1. Valonne <small>(25583)</small>
1. Valoreille <small>(25584)</small>
1. Vandoncourt <small>(25586)</small>
1. Vaucluse <small>(25588)</small>
1. Vauclusotte <small>(25589)</small>
1. Vaufrey <small>(25591)</small>
1. Vellerot-lès-Belvoir <small>(25595)</small>
1. Vellevans <small>(25597)</small>
1. Vernois-lès-Belvoir <small>(25607)</small>
1. Le Vernoy <small>(25608)</small>
1. Vieux-Charmont <small>(25614)</small>
1. Villars-lès-Blamont <small>(25615)</small>
1. Villars-sous-Dampjoux <small>(25617)</small>
1. Villars-sous-Écot <small>(25618)</small>
1. Voujeaucourt <small>(25632)</small>
1. Vyt-lès-Belvoir <small>(25635)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25056|Montbéliard|25,521|Montbéliard|Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération|
|25031|Audincourt|14,131|Audincourt|Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération|
|25580|Valentigney|9,970|Valentigney|Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération|
|25539|Seloncourt|5,906|Audincourt|Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération|
|25057|Bethoncourt|5,729|Bethoncourt|Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération|
|25284|Grand-Charmont|5,535|Bethoncourt|Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération|
|25367|Mandeure|4,870|Valentigney|Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération|
|25356|Maîche|4,233|Maîche|Le Pays de Maîche|
|25463|Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans|4,230|Valentigney|Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération|
|25547|Sochaux|3,948|Bethoncourt|Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Doubs department
- Communes of the Doubs department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Montbéliard
- **insee**: 252
- **nbcomm**: 168
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Montbéliard
- **area**: 1255.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Montbéliard 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté