Arrondissement of Saint-Claude

The arrondissement of Saint-Claude is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Jura "département" in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Claude.
History.
When the "arrondissements" of Jura were created in 1800, Saint-Claude was one of them in the Jura department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Claude is in the southwest of the Jura department; it is the smaller "arrondissement" with an area of . It has a population of 50,909 inhabitants, the "arrondissement" with fewest people living in it, and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Claude is bordered to the north and west by the "arrondissement" Lons-le-Saunier, to the east by Switzerland and to the south by the Ain 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 Saint-Claude, there are five cantons and three of them have all their "communes" in the "arrondissement":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Claude has 60 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: