Arrondissement of Montbéliard

The arrondissement of Montbéliard 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 Montbéliard.
History.
When the "arrondissements" of Doubs were created in 1800, Montbéliard was one of them in the Doubs department, as Saint-Hippolyte. In 1816, the subprefecture was moved from Saint-Hippolyte to Montbéliard.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Montbéliard is in the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the Doubs department; it is the smallest with an area of . It has a population of 176,670 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Montbéliard is bordered to the north by the Haute-Saône department, to the northeast by the Territoire de Belfort department, to the east by Switzerland, to the south by the "arrondissement" Pontarlier 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 Montbéliard, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Bavans and Valdahon. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Montbéliard has 169 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: