Arrondissement of Montbéliard

The arrondissement of Montbeliard is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Doubs departement in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Montbeliard.
History
When the arrondissements of Doubs were created in 1800, Montbeliard was one of them in the Doubs department, as Saint-Hippolyte. In 1816, the subprefecture was moved from Saint-Hippolyte to Montbeliard.
Geography
The arrondissement of Montbeliard 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 Montbeliard is bordered to the north by the Haute-Saone 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 Besancon.
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 Montbeliard, 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 Montbeliard has 169 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Abbevillers (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 Breseux (25091)
Bretigney (25093)
Brognard (25097)
Burnevillers (25102)
Cernay-l'Eglise (25108)
Chamesol (25114)
Charmauvillers (25124)
Charmoille (25125)
Charquemont (25127)
Chaux-les-Clerval (25140)
Chazot (25145)
Colombier-Fontaine (25159)
Courcelles-les-Montbeliard (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)
Desandans (25198)
Dung (25207)
Echenans (25210)
Les Ecorces (25213)
Ecot (25214)
Ecurcey (25216)
Etouvans (25224)
Etrappe (25226)
Etupes (25228)
Exincourt (25230)
Faimbe (25232)
Ferrieres-le-Lac (25234)
Fesches-le-Chatel (25237)
Fessevillers (25238)
Feule (25239)
Fleurey (25244)
Fontaine-les-Clerval (25246)
Fournet-Blancheroche (25255)
Frambouhans (25256)
Froidevaux (25261)
Gemonval (25264)
Geney (25266)
Glay (25274)
Glere (25275)
Goumois (25280)
Goux-les-Dambelin (25281)
Grand-Charmont (25284)
La Grange (25290)
Herimoncourt (25304)
L'Hopital-Saint-Lieffroy (25306)
Hyemondans (25311)
Indevillers (25314)
L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs (25315)
Issans (25316)
Laire (25322)
Lanthenans (25327)
Liebvillers (25335)
Longevelle-sur-Doubs (25345)
Lougres (25350)
Maiche (25356)
Mancenans (25365)
Mancenans-Lizerne (25366)
Mandeure (25367)
Marvelise (25369)
Mathay (25370)
Mediere (25372)
Meslieres (25378)
Montancy (25386)
Montandon (25387)
Montbeliard (25388)
Mont-de-Vougney (25392)
Montecheroux (25393)
Montenois (25394)
Montjoie-le-Chateau (25402)
Neuchatel-Urtiere (25422)
Noirefontaine (25426)
Nommay (25428)
Onans (25431)
Orgeans-Blanchefontaine (25433)
Orve (25436)
Pays-de-Clerval (25156)
Peseux (25449)
Pierrefontaine-les-Blamont (25452)
Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts (25458)
Pompierre-sur-Doubs (25461)
Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans (25463)
Presentevillers (25469)
La Pretiere (25470)
Provenchere (25471)
Rahon (25476)
Randevillers (25478)
Rang (25479)
Raynans (25481)
Remondans-Vaivre (25485)
Roche-les-Clerval (25496)
Roches-les-Blamont (25497)
Rosieres-sur-Barbeche (25503)
Sainte-Marie (25523)
Sainte-Suzanne (25526)
Saint-Georges-Armont (25516)
Saint-Hippolyte (25519)
Saint-Julien-les-Montbeliard (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)
Thiebouhans (25559)
Thulay (25562)
Trevillers (25571)
Urtiere (25573)
Valentigney (25580)
Valonne (25583)
Valoreille (25584)
Vandoncourt (25586)
Vaucluse (25588)
Vauclusotte (25589)
Vaufrey (25591)
Vellerot-les-Belvoir (25595)
Vellevans (25597)
Vernois-les-Belvoir (25607)
Le Vernoy (25608)
Vieux-Charmont (25614)
Villars-les-Blamont (25615)
Villars-sous-Dampjoux (25617)
Villars-sous-Ecot (25618)
Voujeaucourt (25632)
Vyt-les-Belvoir (25635)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Doubs department
Communes of the Doubs department
References
Montbeliard