In 1800 the arrondissements of Lons-le-Saunier, Dole, Poligny and Saint-Claude were established. The arrondissement of Poligny was disbanded in 1926.[5] In May 2006 the arrondissement of Dole absorbed the canton of Villers-Farlay from the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier, and it lost the canton of Chaumergy to the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier.[5]
The borders of the arrondissements of Jura were modified in January 2017:[6]
66 communes from the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier to the arrondissement of Dole
four communes from the arrondissement of Saint-Claude to the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier