Arrondissement of Thann explained

Type:arr
Thann
Insee:686
Nbcomm:52
Prefecture:n
Seat:Thann
Pop:81614
Year:2012
Area:525
Disbanded:2015

The arrondissement of Thann is a former arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was disbanded, and most of its communes were assigned to the new arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller, some to the arrondissements of Mulhouse and Altkirch.[1] It had 52 communes, and its population was 81,614 (2012).[2]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Thann, and their INSEE codes, were:[2]

1. Aspach-le-Bas (68011)2. Aspach-le-Haut (68012)3. Bernwiller (68031)4. Bitschwiller-lès-Thann (68040)
5. Bourbach-le-Bas (68045)6. Bourbach-le-Haut (68046)7. Burnhaupt-le-Bas (68059)8. Burnhaupt-le-Haut (68060)
9. Cernay (68063)10. Dolleren (68073)11. Fellering (68089)12. Geishouse (68102)
13. Goldbach-Altenbach (68106)14. Guewenheim (68115)15. Husseren-Wesserling (68151)16. Kirchberg (68167)
17. Kruth (68171)18. Lauw (68179)19. Leimbach (68180)20. Malmerspach (68199)
21. Masevaux (68201)22. Michelbach (68206)23. Mitzach (68211)24. Mollau (68213)
25. Moosch (68217)26. Mortzwiller (68219)27. Niederbruck (68233)28. Oberbruck (68239)
29. Oderen (68247)30. Rammersmatt (68261)31. Ranspach (68262)32. Rimbach-près-Masevaux (68275)
33. Roderen (68279)34. Saint-Amarin (68292)35. Schweighouse-Thann (68302)36. Sentheim (68304)
37. Sewen (68307)38. Sickert (68308)39. Soppe-le-Bas (68313)40. Soppe-le-Haut (68314)
41. Staffelfelden (68321)42. Steinbach (68322)43. Storckensohn (68328)44. Thann (68334)
45. Uffholtz (68342)46. Urbès (68344)47. Vieux-Thann (68348)48. Wattwiller (68359)
49. Wegscheid (68361)50. Wildenstein (68370)51. Willer-sur-Thur (68372)52. Wittelsheim (68375)

History

The arrondissement of Thann was created in 1919.[3] It was disbanded in 2015.[1] 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 Thann were, as of January 2015:[2]

  1. Cernay
  2. Masevaux
  3. Saint-Amarin
  4. Thann

Notes and References

  1. http://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)
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep68.pdf Populations légales 2012: 68 Haut-Rhin
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/68his.html Historique du Haut-Rhin