Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein

The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Sélestat.

Sélestat-Erstein
Arrondissement
Location within the region Grand Est
Location within the region Grand Est
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
No. of communes101
SubprefectureSélestat
Area
980.5 km2 (378.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
156,463
INSEE code675

History

When the Bas-Rhin department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Sélestat (or Sélestat-Erstein) was part of that original department. The subprefecture of Barr was moved to Schlestadt (Sélestat) in 1806.[1]

In 1974, the arrondissements of Sélestat and Erstein were combined to form the new arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein.

Geography

The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein is the most southern of the Bas-Rhin department. It is bordered to the west and north by the Molsheim arrondissement, to the northeast by the Strasbourg arrondissement, to the east by Germany, to the south by the Haut-Rhin department and to the soutwest by the Vosges department.

The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein has an area of 980.5 km2 (378.6 sq mi) and a population of 155,916 inhabitants for a population density of 159.0 inhabitants/km².[2]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 5 cantons in the arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein:

  1. Erstein (6704)
  2. Molsheim (6710) (partly)
  3. Mutzig (6711) (partly)
  4. Obernai (6712)
  5. Sélestat (6716)

Communes

The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein has 101 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Albé (67003)
  2. Andlau (67010)
  3. Artolsheim (67011)
  4. Baldenheim (67019)
  5. Barr (67021)
  6. Bassemberg (67022)
  7. Benfeld (67028)
  8. Bernardswiller (67031)
  9. Bernardvillé (67032)
  10. Bindernheim (67040)
  11. Blienschwiller (67051)
  12. Bœsenbiesen (67053)
  13. Bolsenheim (67054)
  14. Boofzheim (67055)
  15. Bootzheim (67056)
  16. Bourgheim (67060)
  17. Breitenau (67062)
  18. Breitenbach (67063)
  19. Châtenois (67073)
  20. Dambach-la-Ville (67084)
  21. Daubensand (67086)
  22. Diebolsheim (67090)
  23. Dieffenbach-au-Val (67092)
  24. Dieffenthal (67094)
  25. Ebersheim (67115)
  26. Ebersmunster (67116)
  27. Eichhoffen (67120)
  28. Elsenheim (67121)
  29. Epfig (67125)
  30. Erstein (67130)
  31. Fouchy (67143)
  32. Friesenheim (67146)
  33. Gerstheim (67154)
  34. Gertwiller (67155)
  35. Goxwiller (67164)
  36. Heidolsheim (67187)
  37. Heiligenstein (67189)
  38. Herbsheim (67192)
  39. Hessenheim (67195)
  40. Hilsenheim (67196)
  41. Hindisheim (67197)
  42. Hipsheim (67200)
  43. Huttenheim (67216)
  44. Ichtratzheim (67217)
  45. Innenheim (67223)
  46. Itterswiller (67227)
  47. Kertzfeld (67233)
  48. Kintzheim (67239)
  49. Kogenheim (67246)
  50. Krautergersheim (67248)
  51. La Vancelle (67505)
  52. Lalaye (67255)
  53. Le Hohwald (67210)
  54. Limersheim (67266)
  55. Mackenheim (67277)
  56. Maisonsgoutte (67280)
  57. Marckolsheim (67281)
  58. Matzenheim (67285)
  59. Meistratzheim (67286)
  60. Mittelbergheim (67295)
  61. Mussig (67310)
  62. Muttersholtz (67311)
  63. Neubois (67317)
  64. Neuve-Église (67320)
  65. Niedernai (67329)
  66. Nordhouse (67336)
  67. Nothalten (67337)
  68. Obenheim (67338)
  69. Obernai (67348)
  70. Ohnenheim (67360)
  71. Orschwiller (67362)
  72. Osthouse (67364)
  73. Reichsfeld (67387)
  74. Rhinau (67397)
  75. Richtolsheim (67398)
  76. Rossfeld (67412)
  77. Saasenheim (67422)
  78. Saint-Martin (67426)
  79. Saint-Maurice (67427)
  80. Saint-Pierre (67429)
  81. Saint-Pierre-Bois (67430)
  82. Sand (67433)
  83. Schaeffersheim (67438)
  84. Scherwiller (67445)
  85. Schœnau (67453)
  86. Schwobsheim (67461)
  87. Sermersheim (67464)
  88. Steige (67477)
  89. Stotzheim (67481)
  90. Sundhouse (67486)
  91. Sélestat (67462)
  92. Thanvillé (67490)
  93. Triembach-au-Val (67493)
  94. Urbeis (67499)
  95. Uttenheim (67501)
  96. Valff (67504)
  97. Villé (67507)
  98. Westhouse (67526)
  99. Witternheim (67545)
  100. Wittisheim (67547)
  101. Zellwiller (67557)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[2]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
67462Sélestat19,546SélestatSélestat
67130Erstein10,987ErsteinCanton d'Erstein
67348Obernai10,822ObernaiPays de Sainte-Odile
67021Barr7,192ObernaiPays de Barr
67028Benfeld5,708ErsteinCanton d'Erstein
67281Marckolsheim4,165SélestatRied de Marckolsheim
67073Châtenois4,098SélestatSélestat
67154Gerstheim3,339ErsteinCanton d'Erstein
67445Scherwiller3,144SélestatSélestat
67397Rhinau2,756ErsteinCanton d'Erstein

References
  1. "Historique du Bas-Rhin". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. "Décret n° 2014-185 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Bas-Rhin" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. "Arrondissement de Sélestat-Erstein (675)". Géographie administrative et d’étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

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