Arrondissement of Pontarlier

The arrondissement of Pontarlier 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 Pontarlier.
History.
When the "arrondissements" of Doubs were created in 1800, Pontarlier was one of them in the Doubs department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Pontarlier is in the most southern of the "arrondissements" of the Doubs department; it is the largest with an area of . It has a population of 109,841 inhabitants, the "arrondissement" of the department with fewest inhabitants, and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Pontarlier is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" Montbéliard, to the east and south by Switzerland, to the southeast by the Jura department 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 Pontarlier, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Ornans and Valdahon. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Pontarlier has 149 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: