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.

Pontarlier
Arrondissement
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentDoubs
No. of communes149
SubprefecturePontarlier
Area
2,050.5 km2 (791.7 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
116,287
INSEE code253

History

When the arrondissements of Doubs were created in 1800, Pontarlier was one of them in the Doubs department.[2]

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 2,034.7 square kilometres (786 square miles).[3] It has a population of 109,841 inhabitants, the arrondissement of the department with fewest inhabitants, and a population density of 54.0 inhabitants/km².[4]

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,[5] 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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Pontarlier
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
BesançonMontbéliardPontarlier
2511Frasne46 + part of Levier46 + part of Levier
2514Morteau2525
2515Ornans4121 + parts of Étalans and Levier62 + parts of Étalans and Levier
2516Pontarlier1010
2518Valdahon21045+ part of Étalans57 + part of Étalans

Communes

The arrondissement of Pontarlier has 149 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Adam-lès-Vercel (25007)
  2. Les Alliés (25012)
  3. Arçon (25024)
  4. Arc-sous-Cicon (25025)
  5. Arc-sous-Montenot (25026)
  6. Aubonne (25029)
  7. Avoudrey (25039)
  8. Bannans (25041)
  9. Le Barboux (25042)
  10. Le Bélieu (25050)
  11. Belmont (25052)
  12. Bians-les-Usiers (25060)
  13. Le Bizot (25062)
  14. Bonnétage (25074)
  15. Bonnevaux (25075)
  16. La Bosse (25077)
  17. Boujailles (25079)
  18. Bouverans (25085)
  19. Bremondans (25089)
  20. Bretonvillers (25095)
  21. Brey-et-Maison-du-Bois (25096)
  22. Bugny (25099)
  23. Bulle (25100)
  24. Chaffois (25110)
  25. Chamesey (25113)
  26. Chapelle-des-Bois (25121)
  27. Chapelle-d'Huin (25122)
  28. Châtelblanc (25131)
  29. La Chaux (25139)
  30. Chaux-lès-Passavant (25141)
  31. Chaux-Neuve (25142)
  32. La Chenalotte (25148)
  33. Chevigney-lès-Vercel (25151)
  34. La Cluse-et-Mijoux (25157)
  35. Les Combes (25160)
  36. Consolation-Maisonnettes (25161)
  37. Courtetain-et-Salans (25175)
  38. Courvières (25176)
  39. Le Crouzet (25179)
  40. Dommartin (25201)
  41. Dompierre-les-Tilleuls (25202)
  42. Domprel (25203)
  43. Doubs (25204)
  44. Épenouse (25218)
  45. Épenoy (25219)
  46. Étalans (25222)
  47. Étray (25227)
  48. Évillers (25229)
  49. Eysson (25231)
  50. Fallerans (25233)
  51. Les Fins (25240)
  52. Flangebouche (25243)
  53. Les Fontenelles (25248)
  54. Fourcatier-et-Maison-Neuve (25252)
  55. Les Fourgs (25254)
  56. Fournets-Luisans (25288)
  57. Frasne (25259)
  58. Fuans (25262)
  59. Gellin (25263)
  60. Germéfontaine (25268)
  61. Gilley (25271)
  62. Goux-les-Usiers (25282)
  63. Grand'Combe-Châteleu (25285)
  64. Grand'Combe-des-Bois (25286)
  65. Grandfontaine-sur-Creuse (25289)
  66. Granges-Narboz (25293)
  67. Les Grangettes (25295)
  68. Les Gras (25296)
  69. Guyans-Vennes (25301)
  70. Hauterive-la-Fresse (25303)
  71. Les Hôpitaux-Neufs (25307)
  72. Les Hôpitaux-Vieux (25308)
  73. Houtaud (25309)
  74. Jougne (25318)
  75. Labergement-Sainte-Marie (25320)
  76. Landresse (25325)
  77. Laval-le-Prieuré (25329)
  78. Laviron (25333)
  79. Levier (25334)
  80. Longechaux (25342)
  81. Longemaison (25343)
  82. Longevelle-lès-Russey (25344)
  83. La Longeville (25347)
  84. Longevilles-Mont-d'Or (25348)
  85. Loray (25349)
  86. Le Luhier (25351)
  87. Magny-Châtelard (25355)
  88. Maisons-du-Bois-Lièvremont (25357)
  89. Malbuisson (25361)
  90. Malpas (25362)
  91. Le Mémont (25373)
  92. Métabief (25380)
  93. Montbéliardot (25389)
  94. Montbenoît (25390)
  95. Mont-de-Laval (25391)
  96. Montflovin (25398)
  97. Montlebon (25403)
  98. Montperreux (25405)
  99. Morteau (25411)
  100. Mouthe (25413)
  101. Narbief (25421)
  102. Noël-Cerneux (25425)
  103. Orchamps-Vennes (25432)
  104. Orsans (25435)
  105. Ouhans (25440)
  106. Ouvans (25441)
  107. Oye-et-Pallet (25442)
  108. Passonfontaine (25447)
  109. Petite-Chaux (25451)
  110. Pierrefontaine-les-Varans (25453)
  111. Plaimbois-du-Miroir (25456)
  112. Plaimbois-Vennes (25457)
  113. La Planée (25459)
  114. Pontarlier (25462)
  115. Les Pontets (25464)
  116. Les Premiers-Sapins (25424)
  117. Reculfoz (25483)
  118. Remoray-Boujeons (25486)
  119. Renédale (25487)
  120. La Rivière-Drugeon (25493)
  121. Rochejean (25494)
  122. Rondefontaine (25501)
  123. Rosureux (25504)
  124. Le Russey (25512)
  125. Saint-Antoine (25514)
  126. Sainte-Colombe (25515)
  127. Saint-Gorgon-Main (25517)
  128. Saint-Julien-lès-Russey (25522)
  129. Saint-Point-Lac (25525)
  130. Sarrageois (25534)
  131. Septfontaines (25541)
  132. Sombacour (25549)
  133. La Sommette (25550)
  134. Touillon-et-Loutelet (25565)
  135. Valdahon (25578)
  136. Vaux-et-Chantegrue (25592)
  137. Vellerot-lès-Vercel (25596)
  138. Vennes (25600)
  139. Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp (25601)
  140. Vernierfontaine (25605)
  141. Verrières-de-Joux (25609)
  142. Les Villedieu (25619)
  143. Ville-du-Pont (25620)
  144. Villeneuve-d'Amont (25621)
  145. Villers-Chief (25623)
  146. Villers-la-Combe (25625)
  147. Villers-le-Lac (25321)
  148. Villers-sous-Chalamont (25627)
  149. Vuillecin (25634)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
25462Pontarlier17,413PontarlierLe Grand Pontarlier
25411Morteau6,827MorteauLe Val de Morteau
25578Valdahon5,344ValdahonLe Pays de Pierrefontaine - Vercel
25321Villers-le-Lac4,750MorteauLe Val de Morteau
25240Les Fins3,035MorteauLe Val de Morteau
25204Doubs2,808PontarlierLe Grand Pontarlier
25512Le Russey2,256MorteauLe Plateau de Russey
25432Orchamps-Vennes2,047ValdahonLe Pays de Pierrefontaine - Vercel
25334Levier2,035Frasne and OrnansAltitude 800
25403Montlebon2,010MorteauLe Val de Morteau

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique du Doubs". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Arrondissement de Pontarlier (253)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. "Décret n° 2014-240 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Doubs" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. "Arrondissement de Pontarlier (253)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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