Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Colmar.
Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Grand Est | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| No. of communes | 98 |
| Prefecture | Colmar |
| Area | 1,247.9 km2 (481.8 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 211,650 |
| INSEE code | 682 |
History
changeWhen the Haut-Rhin department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Colmar was part of that original department.[2]
In 1871, the Haut-Rhin department became part of Germany. In 1919, Haut-Rhin is again an department when the territory became part of France with 7 arrondissements, including the new arrondissements of Colmar-Ville, Colmar-Campagne and Ribeauvillé. The arrondissements Colmar-Ville and Colmar-Campagne were combined in 1934 to form the arrondissement of Colmar.[2]
In 2015, the arrondissement of Ribeauvillé was eliminated and the name of the arrondissement of Colmar was changed to Colmar-Ribeauvillé.
Geography
changeThe arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north by the Bas-Rhin department, to the east by Germany, to the southeast by the Mulhouse arrondissement, to the south by the Thann-Guebwiller arrondissement and to the west by the Vosges department.
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is the largest of the arrondissements of the department with an area of 1,127.3 km2 (435.3 sq mi). It has a population of 200,243 inhabitants and a population density of 177.6 inhabitants/km².[3]
Composition
changeCantons
changeAfter the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] 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 Colmar-Ribeauvillé:
- Colmar-1 (6804)
- Colmar-2 (6805)
- Ensisheim (6806) (partly)
- Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (6815)
- Wintzenheim (6816) (partly)
Communes
changeThe arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé has 98 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[5]
- Algolsheim (68001)
- Ammerschwihr (68005)
- Andolsheim (68007)
- Appenwihr (68008)
- Artzenheim (68009)
- Aubure (68014)
- Balgau (68016)
- Baltzenheim (68019)
- Beblenheim (68023)
- Bennwihr (68026)
- Bergheim (68028)
- Biesheim (68036)
- Bischwihr (68038)
- Blodelsheim (68041)
- Le Bonhomme (68044)
- Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin (68051)
- Colmar (68066)
- Dessenheim (68069)
- Durrenentzen (68076)
- Eguisheim (68078)
- Eschbach-au-Val (68083)
- Fessenheim (68091)
- Fortschwihr (68095)
- Fréland (68097)
- Geiswasser (68104)
- Griesbach-au-Val (68109)
- Grussenheim (68110)
- Guémar (68113)
- Gunsbach (68117)
- Heiteren (68130)
- Herrlisheim-près-Colmar (68134)
- Hettenschlag (68136)
- Hirtzfelden (68140)
- Hohrod (68142)
- Porte-du-Ried (68143)
- Horbourg-Wihr (68145)
- Houssen (68146)
- Hunawihr (68147)
- Husseren-les-Châteaux (68150)
- Illhaeusern (68153)
- Ingersheim (68155)
- Jebsheim (68157)
- Katzenthal (68161)
- Kaysersberg-Vignoble (68162)
- Kunheim (68172)
- Labaroche (68173)
- Lapoutroie (68175)
- Lièpvre (68185)
- Logelheim (68189)
- Luttenbach-près-Munster (68193)
- Metzeral (68204)
- Mittelwihr (68209)
- Mittlach (68210)
- Muhlbach-sur-Munster (68223)
- Munchhouse (68225)
- Munster (68226)
- Muntzenheim (68227)
- Nambsheim (68230)
- Neuf-Brisach (68231)
- Niedermorschwihr (68237)
- Obermorschwihr (68244)
- Obersaasheim (68246)
- Orbey (68249)
- Ostheim (68252)
- Ribeauvillé (68269)
- Riquewihr (68277)
- Rodern (68280)
- Roggenhouse (68281)
- Rombach-le-Franc (68283)
- Rorschwihr (68285)
- Rustenhart (68290)
- Rumersheim-le-Haut (68291)
- Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (68294)
- Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine (68295)
- Saint-Hippolyte (68296)
- Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (68298)
- Sondernach (68311)
- Soultzbach-les-Bains (68316)
- Soultzeren (68317)
- Stosswihr (68329)
- Sundhoffen (68331)
- Thannenkirch (68335)
- Turckheim (68338)
- Urschenheim (68345)
- Vœgtlinshoffen (68350)
- Vogelgrun (68351)
- Volgelsheim (68352)
- Walbach (68354)
- Wasserbourg (68358)
- Weckolsheim (68360)
- Wettolsheim (68365)
- Wickerschwihr (68366)
- Widensolen (68367)
- Wihr-au-Val (68368)
- Wintzenheim (68374)
- Wolfgantzen (68379)
- Zellenberg (68383)
- Zimmerbach (68385)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68066 | Colmar | 68,784 | Colmar-1, Colmar-2 | CA Colmar |
| 68374 | Wintzenheim | 7,536 | Wintzenheim | CA Colmar |
| 68145 | Horbourg-Wihr | 5,473 | Colmar-2 | CA Colmar |
| 68298 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | 5,129 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Val d'Argent |
| 68269 | Ribeauvillé | 4,740 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Pays de Ribeauvillé |
| 68162 | Kaysersberg-Vignoble | 4,660 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Vallée de Kaysersberg |
| 68226 | Munster | 4,645 | Wintzenheim | Vallée de Munster |
| 68155 | Ingersheim | 4,624 | Colmar-1 | CA Colmar |
| 68338 | Turckheim | 3,750 | Wintzenheim | CA Colmar |
| 68249 | Orbey | 3,612 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Vallée de Kaysersberg |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Historique du Haut-Rhin". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-207 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Haut-Rhin" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Colmar-Ribeauvillé (682)". Géographie administrative et d’étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 December 2017.