The arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges was created in 1800.[4] At the January 2019 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Vosges, it lost seven communes to and gained 15 communes from the arrondissement of Épinal.[5]
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France 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 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges were, as of January 2015:[6]