The arrondissement of Montbéliard is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissem ...

of France in the

Doubs Doubs (, ; ; ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.department in the

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

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. It has 168

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. Its population is 175,505 (2021), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Montbéliard, and their

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s, are: # Abbévillers (25004) # Accolans (25005) # Aibre (25008) #

Allenjoie Allenjoie () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Doubs department of Fr ...

(25011) # Allondans (25013) # Anteuil (25018) # Appenans (25019) # Arbouans (25020) # Arcey (25022) # Audincourt (25031) # Autechaux-Roide (25033) # Badevel (25040) #

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(25043) # Battenans-Varin (25046) # Bavans (25048) # Belfays (25049) # Belleherbe (25051) # Belvoir (25053) # Berche (25054) # Bethoncourt (25057) # Beutal (25059) # Bief (25061) #

Blamont Blamont () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Doubs department of Fra ...

(25063) # Blussangeaux (25066) # Blussans (25067) # Bondeval (25071) # Bourguignon (25082) # Bournois (25083) # Branne (25087) # Les Bréseux (25091) # Bretigney (25093) # Brognard (25097) # Burnevillers (25102) #

Cernay-l'Église Cernay-l'Église () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Doubs departme ...

(25108) # Chamesol (25114) # Charmauvillers (25124) # Charmoille (25125) # Charquemont (25127) # Chazot (25145) #

Colombier-Fontaine Colombier-Fontaine () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Doubs depart ...

(25159) # Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard (25170) # Cour-Saint-Maurice (25173) # Courtefontaine (25174) # Crosey-le-Grand (25177) # Crosey-le-Petit (25178) #

Dambelin Dambelin (, before 1995: ''Mambelin'')Décret du 6 novembre ...

(25187) # Dambenois (25188) # Dampierre-les-Bois (25190) # Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs (25191) # Dampjoux (25192) # Damprichard (25193) # Dannemarie (25194) # Dasle (25196) #

Désandans Désandans () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population Notable natives * André Parrot (1901–1980), archaeologist See also * Communes of the Doubs department The follow ...

(25198) # Dung (25207) # Échenans (25210) # Les Écorces (25213) #

Écot Écot () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Doubs department of Franc ...

(25214) # Écurcey (25216) # Étouvans (25224) # Étrappe (25226) #

Étupes Étupes () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Doubs department of Fran ...

(25228) # Exincourt (25230) # Faimbe (25232) # Ferrières-le-Lac (25234) # Fesches-le-Châtel (25237) # Fessevillers (25238) # Feule (25239) # Fleurey (25244) # Fontaine-lès-Clerval (25246) # Fournet-Blancheroche (25255) # Frambouhans (25256) # Froidevaux (25261) #

Gémonval Gémonval () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Coal mines were operated in the village between 1826 and 1944. 2015-02 Puits Elisabeth 01.jpg, Mine shaft of Elisabeth. 2015-04 - Puit ...

(25264) # Geney (25266) #

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(25274) # Glère (25275) # Goumois (25280) # Goux-lès-Dambelin (25281) # Grand-Charmont (25284) # La Grange (25290) # Hérimoncourt (25304) # L'Hôpital-Saint-Lieffroy (25306) # Hyémondans (25311) # Indevillers (25314) #

L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography The communes is situated northeast of Besançon and southwest of Montbéliard. The town lies at the foot of a cl ...

(25315) # Issans (25316) # Laire (25322) # Lanthenans (25327) # Liebvillers (25335) # Longevelle-sur-Doubs (25345) # Lougres (25350) # Maîche (25356) # Mancenans (25365) # Mancenans-Lizerne (25366) #

Mandeure Mandeure () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. History Mandeure was a Roman town called Epamanduodurum. It reached its apogee in the 2nd century. The Roman theater was one of the lar ...

(25367) # Marvelise (25369) # Mathay (25370) # Médière (25372) # Meslières (25378) # Montancy (25386) # Montandon (25387) #

Montbéliard Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department. History Montbéliard is ...

(25388) # Mont-de-Vougney (25392) # Montécheroux (25393) # Montenois (25394) # Montjoie-le-Château (25402) #

Neuchâtel-Urtière Neuchâtel-Urtière () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography The commune lies from Pont-de-Roide. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following ...

(25422) # Noirefontaine (25426) # Nommay (25428) # Onans (25431) # Orgeans-Blanchefontaine (25433) # Orve (25436) # Pays-de-Clerval (25156) # Péseux (25449) # Pierrefontaine-lès-Blamont (25452) # Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts (25458) # Pompierre-sur-Doubs (25461) # Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans (25463) # Présentevillers (25469) # La Prétière (25470) # Provenchère (25471) # Rahon (25476) # Randevillers (25478) #

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(25479) # Raynans (25481) # Rémondans-Vaivre (25485) # Roche-lès-Clerval (25496) # Roches-lès-Blamont (25497) # Rosières-sur-Barbèche (25503) # Sainte-Marie (25523) # Sainte-Suzanne (25526) # Saint-Georges-Armont (25516) # Saint-Hippolyte (25519) # Saint-Julien-lès-Montbéliard (25521) #

Saint-Maurice-Colombier Saint-Maurice-Colombier () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography The commune lies north of L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs. History The commune was formed by merging the former communes ...

(25524) # Sancey (25529) # Seloncourt (25539) # Semondans (25540) #

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy ...

(25547) # Solemont (25548) # Soulce-Cernay (25551) # Sourans (25552) # Soye (25553) # Surmont (25554) # Taillecourt (25555) # Les Terres-de-Chaux (25138) # Thiébouhans (25559) # Thulay (25562) # Trévillers (25571) # Urtière (25573) #

Valentigney Valentigney () is a Communes of France, commune in the Doubs Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France. Valentigney is best known as the place where Peugeot began operations; se ...

(25580) # Valonne (25583) # Valoreille (25584) # Vandoncourt (25586) #

Vaucluse Vaucluse (; or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.

(25588) # Vauclusotte (25589) # Vaufrey (25591) # Vellerot-lès-Belvoir (25595) # Vellevans (25597) # Vernois-lès-Belvoir (25607) # Le Vernoy (25608) # Vieux-Charmont (25614) # Villars-lès-Blamont (25615) #

Villars-sous-Dampjoux Villars-sous-Dampjoux (, literally ''Villars under Dampjoux'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Doubs Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France. Population See also ...

(25617) #

Villars-sous-Écot Villars-sous-Écot (, literally ''Villars under Écot'') is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Écot *Communes of the Doubs department The following is a ...

(25618) # Voujeaucourt (25632) # Vyt-lès-Belvoir (25635)

History

The arrondissement of Saint-Hippolyte was created in 1800. The subprefecture was moved to Montbéliard in 1816.Historique du Doubs
/ref> In 2009 the canton of Le Russey that previously belonged to the arrondissement of Montbéliard was added to the arrondissement of Pontarlier.INSEE
Modifications territoriales As a result of the reorganisation of the

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which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Montbéliard were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 25 Doubs
INSEE # Audincourt # Clerval # Étupes # Hérimoncourt # L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs # Maîche # Montbéliard-Est # Montbéliard-Ouest # Pont-de-Roide # Saint-Hippolyte # Sochaux-Grand-Charmont #

Sub-prefects

* Robert Miguet 1974-1978 : sub-prefect of Montbéliard

References

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