Arrondissement of Altkirch explained

Type:	arr
Altkirch
Insee:	681
Nbcomm:	108
Prefecture:	n
Seat:	Altkirch
Area:	663.1

The arrondissement of Altkirch is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 108 communes. Its population is 69,793 (2016), and its area is 663.1km2.^[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Altkirch, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Altenach (68002)
2. Altkirch (68004)
3. Aspach (68010)
4. Ballersdorf (68017)
5. Balschwiller (68018)
6. Bellemagny (68024)
7. Bendorf (68025)
8. Berentzwiller (68027)
9. Bernwiller (68006)
10. Bettendorf (68033)
11. Bettlach (68034)
12. Biederthal (68035)
13. Bisel (68039)
14. Bouxwiller (68049)
15. Bréchaumont (68050)
16. Bretten (68052)
17. Buethwiller (68057)
18. Carspach (68062)
19. Chavannes-sur-l'Étang (68065)
20. Courtavon (68067)
21. Dannemarie (68068)
22. Diefmatten (68071)
23. Durlinsdorf (68074)
24. Durmenach (68075)
25. Eglingen (68077)
26. Elbach (68079)
27. Emlingen (68080)
28. Eteimbes (68085)
29. Falkwiller (68086)
30. Feldbach (68087)
31. Ferrette (68090)
32. Fislis (68092)
33. Franken (68096)
34. Friesen (68098)
35. Frœningen (68099)
36. Fulleren (68100)
37. Gildwiller (68105)
38. Gommersdorf (68107)
39. Guevenatten (68114)
40. Hagenbach (68119)
41. Hausgauen (68124)
42. Hecken (68125)
43. Heidwiller (68127)
44. Heimersdorf (68128)
45. Heiwiller (68131)
46. Hindlingen (68137)
47. Hirsingue (68138)
48. Hirtzbach (68139)
49. Hochstatt (68141)
50. Hundsbach (68148)
51. Illfurth (68152)
52. Illtal (68240)
53. Jettingen (68158)
54. Kiffis (68165)
55. Kœstlach (68169)
56. Largitzen (68176)
57. Levoncourt (68181)
58. Liebsdorf (68184)
59. Ligsdorf (68186)
60. Linsdorf (68187)
61. Lucelle (68190)
62. Luemschwiller (68191)
63. Lutter (68194)
64. Magny (68196)
65. Manspach (68200)
66. Mertzen (68202)
67. Mœrnach (68212)
68. Montreux-Jeune (68214)
69. Montreux-Vieux (68215)
70. Mooslargue (68216)
71. Muespach (68221)
72. Muespach-le-Haut (68222)
73. Oberlarg (68243)
74. Obermorschwiller (68245)
75. Oltingue (68248)
76. Pfetterhouse (68257)
77. Raedersdorf (68259)
78. Retzwiller (68268)
79. Riespach (68273)
80. Romagny (68282)
81. Roppentzwiller (68284)
82. Ruederbach (68288)
83. Saint-Bernard (68081)
84. Saint-Cosme (68293)
85. Saint-Ulrich (68299)
86. Schwoben (68303)
87. Seppois-le-Bas (68305)
88. Seppois-le-Haut (68306)
89. Sondersdorf (68312)
90. Spechbach (68320)
91. Steinsoultz (68325)
92. Sternenberg (68326)
93. Strueth (68330)
94. Tagolsheim (68332)
95. Tagsdorf (68333)
96. Traubach-le-Bas (68336)
97. Traubach-le-Haut (68337)
98. Ueberstrass (68340)
99. Valdieu-Lutran (68192)
100. Vieux-Ferrette (68347)
101. Waldighofen (68355)
102. Walheim (68356)
103. Werentzhouse (68363)
104. Willer (68371)
105. Winkel (68373)
106. Wittersdorf (68377)
107. Wolfersdorf (68378)
108. Wolschwiller (68380)

History

The arrondissement of Altkirch was created in 1800. In 1857 the subprefecture was moved to Mulhouse. The arrondissement of Altkirch was restored in 1919.^[3] In January 2015 it absorbed the commune of Bernwiller from the former arrondissement of Thann.^[4]

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 Altkirch were, as of January 2015:^[5]

1. Altkirch
2. Dannemarie
3. Ferrette
4. Hirsingue

References

47.6167°N 21°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-03. INSEE.
2. Web site: Arrondissement d'Altkirch (681). 2019-10-03. INSEE.
3. http://splaf.free.fr/68his.html Historique du Haut-Rhin
4. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2014/12/29/2014-1720/jo/texte Décret n° 2014-1720 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Guebwiller et de Ribeauvillé (département du Haut-Rhin)
5. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep68.pdf Populations légales 2012: 68 Haut-Rhin