Unterelsaß capital Strasbourg
Administrative and political organization
According to the census 1886 the district of Lower Alsace comprised:8 subdistricts ("Kreise")
31 cantons
560 municipalities
area  4.774 square kilometres (1.843 sq mi)
612.078 inhabitants (Males 299.456 Females 312.622)
Catholics 381.748  Protestants 209.199  Jews 19.848  Other faiths 1.220Capital and subdistricts
The capital of the district was Straßburg. 
There were the 8 subdistricts ("Kreise") ofErstein
Hagenau (Haguenau)
Molsheim
Schlettstadt (Sélestat)
Straßburg, Land (county of Straßburg) (Strasbourg)
Weißenburg (Wissembourg)
Zabern (Saverne)
Stadtkreis Straßburg
seat of government administrative center headquarters main city principal city