Arrondissement of Colmar

Former arrondissement in Grand Est, France

Colmar
Former arrondissement
Location within the former region Alsace
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
No. of communes	62
Disbanded	2015
Prefecture	Colmar
Area	666 km² (257 sq mi)
Population (2012)	148,444
• Density	223/km² (580/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Colmar is a former arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé.^[1] It had 62 communes, and its population was 148,444 (2012).^[2]

Composition

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

1. Algolsheim (68001)	2. Andolsheim (68007)	3. Appenwihr (68008)
4. Artzenheim (68009)	5. Balgau (68016)	6. Baltzenheim (68019)
7. Biesheim (68036)	8. Bischwihr (68038)	9. Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin (68051)
10. Colmar (68066)	11. Dessenheim (68069)	12. Durrenentzen (68076)
13. Eguisheim (68078)	14. Eschbach-au-Val (68083)	15. Fortschwihr (68095)
16. Geiswasser (68104)	17. Griesbach-au-Val (68109)	18. Grussenheim (68110)
19. Gunsbach (68117)	20. Heiteren (68130)	21. Herrlisheim-près-Colmar (68134)
22. Hettenschlag (68136)	23. Hohrod (68142)	24. Holtzwihr (68143)
25. Horbourg-Wihr (68145)	26. Houssen (68146)	27. Husseren-les-Châteaux (68150)
28. Jebsheim (68157)	29. Kunheim (68172)	30. Logelheim (68189)
31. Luttenbach-près-Munster (68193)	32. Metzeral (68204)	33. Mittlach (68210)
34. Muhlbach-sur-Munster (68223)	35. Munster (68226)	36. Muntzenheim (68227)
37. Nambsheim (68230)	38. Neuf-Brisach (68231)	39. Obermorschwihr (68244)
40. Obersaasheim (68246)	41. Riedwihr (68272)	42. Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine (68295)
43. Sondernach (68311)	44. Soultzbach-les-Bains (68316)	45. Soultzeren (68317)
46. Stosswihr (68329)	47. Sundhoffen (68331)	48. Turckheim (68338)
49. Urschenheim (68345)	50. Vœgtlinshoffen (68350)	51. Vogelgrun (68351)
52. Volgelsheim (68352)	53. Walbach (68354)	54. Wasserbourg (68358)
55. Weckolsheim (68360)	56. Wettolsheim (68365)	57. Wickerschwihr (68366)
58. Widensolen (68367)	59. Wihr-au-Val (68368)	60. Wintzenheim (68374)
61. Wolfgantzen (68379)	62. Zimmerbach (68385)

History

The arrondissement of Colmar was created in 1800, disbanded in 1871 (ceded to Germany) and restored in 1934.^[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 Colmar were, as of January 2015:^[2]

Andolsheim
Colmar-Nord
Colmar-Sud
Munster
Neuf-Brisach
Wintzenheim

References

^ ^a ^b Décret n° 2014-1720 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Guebwiller et de Ribeauvillé (département du Haut-Rhin)
^ ^a ^b ^c Populations légales 2012: 68 Haut-Rhin, INSEE
^ Historique du Haut-Rhin

Alsace topics

Administrative
divisions

Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg) (Unterelsaß)	Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg Arrondissement of Molsheim Arrondissement of Saverne Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein Arrondissement of Strasbourg
Haut-Rhin (Colmar) (Oberelsaß)	Arrondissement of Altkirch Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé Arrondissement of Mulhouse Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller

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