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*:

### 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:

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

## References