Arrondissement of Dijon

The arrondissement of Dijon is an arrondissement of France, in the Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and the Prefecture of the department, is the city of Dijon.
History.
Dijon was one the "arrondissement" of Côte-d'Or when the "arrondissements" were created on 17 February 1800.
Geography.
It is in the northeast of the department and has an area of . It is the "arrondissement" of the Côte-d'Or department where more people lives, with 373,574 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Dijon is bordered to the north by the Haute-Marne department, to the northeast by the Haute-Saône department, to the southeast by the Jura department, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Beaune and to the west by the "arrondissement" of Montbard.
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 is only one canton where not all its "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Nuits-Saint-Georges. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Dijon has 228 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: