Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller

arrondissement of France

The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Thann.

Thann-Guebwiller
Location within the region Grand Est
Location within the region Grand Est
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
No. of communes81
SubprefectureThann
Area
907.1 km2 (350.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
130,270
INSEE code686

History

The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller was created in 2015 with the arrondissements reform when the arrondissements of Thann and of Guebwiller were combined to form the new arrondissement.[1]

Geography

The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller is in the western part of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north and northeast by the Colmar-Ribeauvillé arrondissement, to the east by the Mulhouse arrondissement, to the south by the Altkirch arrondissement, to the southwest by the Territoire de Belfort and to the west by the Vosges department.

The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller is the second largest of the arrondissements of the department, after the Colmar-Ribeauvillé arrondissement, with an area of 1,027.7 km2 (396.8 sq mi). It has a population of 140,214 inhabitants and a population density of 136.4 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 Thann-Guebwiller:

  1. Cernay (6803)
  2. Ensisheim (6806) (partly)
  3. Guebwiller (6807)
  4. Masevaux (6809) (partly)
  5. Wintzenheim (6816) (partly)

Communes

The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller has 81 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes[4]

  1. Aspach-le-Bas (68011)
  2. Aspach-Michelbach (68012)
  3. Bergholtz (68029)
  4. Bergholtzzell (68030)
  5. Biltzheim (68037)
  6. Bitschwiller-lès-Thann (68040)
  7. Bourbach-le-Bas (68045)
  8. Bourbach-le-Haut (68046)
  9. Buhl (68058)
  10. Burnhaupt-le-Bas (68059)
  11. Burnhaupt-le-Haut (68060)
  12. Cernay (68063)
  13. Dolleren (68073)
  14. Ensisheim (68082)
  15. Fellering (68089)
  16. Geishouse (68102)
  17. Goldbach-Altenbach (68106)
  18. Gueberschwihr (68111)
  19. Guebwiller (68112)
  20. Guewenheim (68115)
  21. Gundolsheim (68116)
  22. Hartmannswiller (68122)
  23. Hattstatt (68123)
  24. Husseren-Wesserling (68151)
  25. Issenheim (68156)
  26. Jungholtz (68159)
  27. Kirchberg (68167)
  28. Kruth (68171)
  29. Lautenbach (68177)
  30. Lautenbachzell (68178)
  31. Lauw (68179)
  32. Le Haut-Soultzbach (68219)
  33. Leimbach (68180)
  34. Linthal (68188)
  35. Malmerspach (68199)
  36. Masevaux-Niederbruck (68201)
  37. Merxheim (68203)
  38. Meyenheim (68205)
  39. Mitzach (68211)
  40. Mollau (68213)
  41. Moosch (68217)
  42. Munwiller (68228)
  43. Murbach (68229)
  44. Niederentzen (68234)
  45. Niederhergheim (68235)
  46. Oberbruck (68239)
  47. Oberentzen (68241)
  48. Oberhergheim (68242)
  49. Oderen (68247)
  50. Orschwihr (68250)
  51. Osenbach (68251)
  52. Pfaffenheim (68255)
  53. Raedersheim (68260)
  54. Rammersmatt (68261)
  55. Ranspach (68262)
  56. Réguisheim (68266)
  57. Rimbach-près-Guebwiller (68274)
  58. Rimbach-près-Masevaux (68275)
  59. Rimbachzell (68276)
  60. Roderen (68279)
  61. Rouffach (68287)
  62. Saint-Amarin (68292)
  63. Schweighouse-Thann (68302)
  64. Sentheim (68304)
  65. Sewen (68307)
  66. Sickert (68308)
  67. Soppe-le-Bas (68313)
  68. Soultz-Haut-Rhin (68315)
  69. Soultzmatt (68318)
  70. Steinbach (68322)
  71. Storckensohn (68328)
  72. Thann (68334)
  73. Uffholtz (68342)
  74. Urbès (68344)
  75. Vieux-Thann (68348)
  76. Wattwiller (68359)
  77. Wegscheid (68361)
  78. Westhalten (68364)
  79. Wildenstein (68370)
  80. Willer-sur-Thur (68372)
  81. Wuenheim (68381)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code
CommunePopulation[2]
(2014)
CantonIntercommunality
68063Cernay11,723CernayThann-Cernay
68112Guebwiller11,297GuebwillerRégion de Guebwiller
68334Thann7,915CernayThann-Cernay
68082Ensisheim7,369EnsisheimCentre Haut-Rhin
68315Soultz-Haut-Rhin7,190GuebwillerRégion de Guebwiller
68287Rouffach4,517WintzenheimPays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux
68201Masevaux-Niederbruck3,796MasevauxVallée de la Dollar et du Soultzbach
68156Issenheim3,438GuebwillerRégion de Guebwiller
68058Buhl3,277GuebwillerRégion de Guebwiller
68348Vieux-Thann2,938CernayThann-Cernay

References

47°50′N 7°10′E / 47.83°N 7.17°E / 47.83; 7.17