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.

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 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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Montbéliard INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Besançon  Montbéliard  Pontarlier2501 Audincourt992503 Bavans369722510 Bethoncourt11112512 Maîche51512513 Montbéliard442518 Valdahon21045+ part of Étalans57 + part of Étalans2519 Valentigney1515

Communes
The arrondissement of Montbéliard has 169 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

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