Arrondissement of Montbard

The arrondissement of Montbard is an arrondissement of France, in the Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Montbard.
History.
When the Côte-d'Or department was created on 17 February 1800, Montbard was not one of the original "arrondissements" of that department. The "arrondissement" of Montbard was made in 1926 with the merging of the arrondissements of Châtillon-sur-Seine and Semur-en-Auxois.
Geography.
It is the largest in area of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , but the one with the lowest population with 60,699 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Montbard is bordered to the north by the Aube and Haute-Marne departments, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Dijon, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Beaune, to the southwest by the Nièvre department and to the west by the Yonne department.
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 Dijon, there are only three cantons and they have all its "communes" are in the "arrondissement":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Montbard has 253 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: