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: