Arrondissement of Besançon

The arrondissement of Besançon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Doubs "département" in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Besançon.
History.
When the "arrondissements" of Doubs were created in 1800, Besançon was one of them in the Doubs department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Besançon is in the western part of the Doubs department and it has an area of , and a population of 248,199 inhabitants; its population density is of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Besançon is bordered to the west and north by the Haute-Saône department, to the northeast by the "arrondissement" Montbéliard, to the east by the "arrondissement" Pontarlier and to the south by the Jura 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 Besançon, there are only three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Bavans, Ornans and Valdahon. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Besançon has 260 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: