Arrondissement of Besançon

The district Besançon is an administrative unit of the French Doubs department in the Franche -Comté. Capital ( seat of the prefecture ) is Besançon.

It consists of 15 cantons and 268 municipalities. On 1 January 2009, the date this arrondissement attributed cantons Vercel - Villedieu -le-Camp and Pierre Fontaine- les- Varans were transferred to the district Pontarlier.

Cantons

  • Amancey
  • Audeux
  • Besançon -Est
  • Besancon Nord-Est
  • Besancon Nord-Ouest
  • Besançon -Ouest
  • Besançon - Planoise
  • Besançon -Sud
  • Boussières
  • Marchaux
  • Ornans
  • Quingey
  • Rougemont
  • Roulans

Communities

The towns of arrondissements Besançon are:

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