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.

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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Pontarlier INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Besançon  Montbéliard  Pontarlier2511 Frasne46 + part of Levier 46 + part of Levier2514 Morteau25252515 Ornans4121 + parts of Étalans and Levier 62 + parts of Étalans and Levier2516 Pontarlier10102518 Valdahon21045+ part of Étalans57 + part of Étalans

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:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

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