Arrondissement of Beaune

The arrondissement of Beaune is an arrondissement of France, in the Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Beaune.
History.
When the Côte-d'Or department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Beaune was part of that original department.
Geography.
It is the southernmost and the smallest of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , but it is the second in population, after the "arrondissement" of Dijon, with 97,107 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Beaune is bordered to the north by the "arrondissements" of Montbard and Dijon, to the east by the Jura department, to the south by the Saône-et-Loire department and to the northwest by the Nièvre 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 Beaune, 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 Beaune has 223 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: