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Arrondissement of Montbéliard
Arrondissement of France
Location of Montbéliard in Doubs
Location of Montbéliard in Doubs
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Communes 169
Subprefecture Montbéliard
INSEE code 252
Area
 • Total 1,255.7 km2 (484.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total 176,670
 • Density 140.694/km2 (364.397/sq mi)

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 1,255.7 km2 (485 sq mi). It has a population of 176,670 inhabitants and a population density of 140.7 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
INSEE
Code		 Canton Arrondissements Total
Besançon Montbéliard Pontarlier
2501 Audincourt 9 9
2503 Bavans 3 69 72
2510 Bethoncourt 11 11
2512 Maîche 51 51
2513 Montbéliard 4 4
2518 Valdahon 2 10 45+ part of Étalans 57 + part of Étalans
2519 Valentigney 15 15

Communes

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

  1. Abbévillers (25004)
  2. Accolans (25005)
  3. Aibre (25008)
  4. Allenjoie (25011)
  5. Allondans (25013)
  6. Anteuil (25018)
  7. Appenans (25019)
  8. Arbouans (25020)
  9. Arcey (25022)
  10. Audincourt (25031)
  11. Autechaux-Roide (25033)
  12. Badevel (25040)
  13. Bart (25043)
  14. Battenans-Varin (25046)
  15. Bavans (25048)
  16. Belfays (25049)
  17. Belleherbe (25051)
  18. Belvoir (25053)
  19. Berche (25054)
  20. Bethoncourt (25057)
  21. Beutal (25059)
  22. Bief (25061)
  23. Blamont (25063)
  24. Blussangeaux (25066)
  25. Blussans (25067)
  26. Bondeval (25071)
  27. Bourguignon (25082)
  28. Bournois (25083)
  29. Branne (25087)
  30. Les Bréseux (25091)
  31. Bretigney (25093)
  32. Brognard (25097)
  33. Burnevillers (25102)
  34. Cernay-l'Église (25108)
  35. Chamesol (25114)
  36. Charmauvillers (25124)
  37. Charmoille (25125)
  38. Charquemont (25127)
  39. Chaux-lès-Clerval (25140)
  40. Chazot (25145)
  41. Colombier-Fontaine (25159)
  42. Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard (25170)
  43. Cour-Saint-Maurice (25173)
  44. Courtefontaine (25174)
  45. Crosey-le-Grand (25177)
  46. Crosey-le-Petit (25178)
  47. Dambelin (25187)
  48. Dambenois (25188)
  49. Dampierre-les-Bois (25190)
  50. Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs (25191)
  51. Dampjoux (25192)
  52. Damprichard (25193)
  53. Dannemarie (25194)
  54. Dasle (25196)
  55. Désandans (25198)
  56. Dung (25207)
  57. Échenans (25210)
  58. Les Écorces (25213)
  59. Écot (25214)
  60. Écurcey (25216)
  61. Étouvans (25224)
  62. Étrappe (25226)
  63. Étupes (25228)
  64. Exincourt (25230)
  65. Faimbe (25232)
  66. Ferrières-le-Lac (25234)
  67. Fesches-le-Châtel (25237)
  68. Fessevillers (25238)
  69. Feule (25239)
  70. Fleurey (25244)
  71. Fontaine-lès-Clerval (25246)
  72. Fournet-Blancheroche (25255)
  73. Frambouhans (25256)
  74. Froidevaux (25261)
  75. Gémonval (25264)
  76. Geney (25266)
  77. Glay (25274)
  78. Glère (25275)
  79. Goumois (25280)
  80. Goux-lès-Dambelin (25281)
  81. Grand-Charmont (25284)
  82. La Grange (25290)
  83. Hérimoncourt (25304)
  84. L'Hôpital-Saint-Lieffroy (25306)
  85. Hyémondans (25311)
  86. Indevillers (25314)
  87. L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs (25315)
  88. Issans (25316)
  89. Laire (25322)
  90. Lanthenans (25327)
  91. Liebvillers (25335)
  92. Longevelle-sur-Doubs (25345)
  93. Lougres (25350)
  94. Maîche (25356)
  95. Mancenans (25365)
  96. Mancenans-Lizerne (25366)
  97. Mandeure (25367)
  98. Marvelise (25369)
  99. Mathay (25370)
  100. Médière (25372)
  101. Meslières (25378)
  102. Montancy (25386)
  103. Montandon (25387)
  104. Montbéliard (25388)
  105. Mont-de-Vougney (25392)
  106. Montécheroux (25393)
  107. Montenois (25394)
  108. Montjoie-le-Château (25402)
  109. Neuchâtel-Urtière (25422)
  110. Noirefontaine (25426)
  111. Nommay (25428)
  112. Onans (25431)
  113. Orgeans-Blanchefontaine (25433)
  114. Orve (25436)
  115. Pays de Clerval (25156)
  116. Péseux (25449)
  117. Pierrefontaine-lès-Blamont (25452)
  118. Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts (25458)
  119. Pompierre-sur-Doubs (25461)
  120. Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans (25463)
  121. Présentevillers (25469)
  122. La Prétière (25470)
  123. Provenchère (25471)
  124. Rahon (25476)
  125. Randevillers (25478)
  126. Rang (25479)
  127. Raynans (25481)
  128. Rémondans-Vaivre (25485)
  129. Roche-lès-Clerval (25496)
  130. Roches-lès-Blamont (25497)
  131. Rosières-sur-Barbèche (25503)
  132. Sainte-Marie (25523)
  133. Sainte-Suzanne (25526)
  134. Saint-Georges-Armont (25516)
  135. Saint-Hippolyte (25519)
  136. Saint-Julien-lès-Montbéliard (25521)
  137. Saint-Maurice-Colombier (25524)
  138. Sancey (25529)
  139. Seloncourt (25539)
  140. Semondans (25540)
  141. Sochaux (25547)
  142. Solemont (25548)
  143. Soulce-Cernay (25551)
  144. Sourans (25552)
  145. Soye (25553)
  146. Surmont (25554)
  147. Taillecourt (25555)
  148. Les Terres-de-Chaux (25138)
  149. Thiébouhans (25559)
  150. Thulay (25562)
  151. Trévillers (25571)
  152. Urtière (25573)
  153. Valentigney (25580)
  154. Valonne (25583)
  155. Valoreille (25584)
  156. Vandoncourt (25586)
  157. Vaucluse (25588)
  158. Vauclusotte (25589)
  159. Vaufrey (25591)
  160. Vellerot-lès-Belvoir (25595)
  161. Vellevans (25597)
  162. Vernois-lès-Belvoir (25607)
  163. Le Vernoy (25608)
  164. Vieux-Charmont (25614)
  165. Villars-lès-Blamont (25615)
  166. Villars-sous-Dampjoux (25617)
  167. Villars-sous-Écot (25618)
  168. Voujeaucourt (25632)
  169. Vyt-lès-Belvoir (25635)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		 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

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