Arrondissement of Pontarlier

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.

### 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_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2511|Frasne|||46 + part of Levier|**46** + part of Levier|
|2514|Morteau|||25|**25**|
|2515|Ornans|41||21 + parts of Étalans and Levier|**62** + parts of Étalans and Levier|
|2516|Pontarlier|||10|**10**|
|2518|Valdahon|2|10|45+ part of Étalans|**57** + part of Étalans|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Pontarlier has 149 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25462|Pontarlier|17,413|Pontarlier|Le Grand Pontarlier|
|25411|Morteau|6,827|Morteau|Le Val de Morteau|
|25578|Valdahon|5,344|Valdahon|Le Pays de Pierrefontaine - Vercel|
|25321|Villers-le-Lac|4,750|Morteau|Le Val de Morteau|
|25240|Les Fins|3,035|Morteau|Le Val de Morteau|
|25204|Doubs|2,808|Pontarlier|Le Grand Pontarlier|
|25512|Le Russey|2,256|Morteau|Le Plateau de Russey|
|25432|Orchamps-Vennes|2,047|Valdahon|Le Pays de Pierrefontaine - Vercel|
|25334|Levier|2,035|Frasne and Ornans|Altitude 800|
|25403|Montlebon|2,010|Morteau|Le Val de Morteau|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Pontarlier
- **insee**: 253
- **nbcomm**: 149
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Pontarlier
- **area**: 2050.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Pontarlier 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté