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*:

### 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:

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

## References