The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Sélestat.

History
When the Bas-Rhin department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Sélestat (or Sélestat-Erstein) was part of that original department. The subprefecture of Barr was moved to Schlestadt (Sélestat) in 1806.

In 1974, the arrondissements of Sélestat and Erstein were combined to form the new arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein.

Geography
The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein is the most southern of the Bas-Rhin department. It is bordered to the west and north by the Molsheim arrondissement, to the northeast by the Strasbourg arrondissement, to the east by Germany, to the south by the Haut-Rhin department and to the soutwest by the Vosges department.

The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein has an area of  and a population of 155,916 inhabitants for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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 Sélestat-Erstein:
 Erstein (6704)
 Molsheim (6710) (partly)
 Mutzig (6711) (partly)
 Obernai (6712)
 Sélestat (6716)

Communes
The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein has 101 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

  Albé (67003)
  Andlau (67010)
  Artolsheim (67011)
  Baldenheim (67019)
  Barr (67021)
  Bassemberg (67022)
  Benfeld (67028)
  Bernardswiller (67031)
  Bernardvillé (67032)
  Bindernheim (67040)
  Blienschwiller (67051)
  Bœsenbiesen (67053)
  Bolsenheim (67054)
  Boofzheim (67055)
  Bootzheim (67056)
  Bourgheim (67060)
  Breitenau (67062)
  Breitenbach (67063)
  Châtenois (67073)
  Dambach-la-Ville (67084)
  Daubensand (67086)
  Diebolsheim (67090)
  Dieffenbach-au-Val (67092)
  Dieffenthal (67094)
  Ebersheim (67115)
  Ebersmunster (67116)
  Eichhoffen (67120)
  Elsenheim (67121)
  Epfig (67125)
  Erstein (67130)
  Fouchy (67143)
  Friesenheim (67146)
  Gerstheim (67154)
  Gertwiller (67155)
  Goxwiller (67164)
  Heidolsheim (67187)
  Heiligenstein (67189)
  Herbsheim (67192)
  Hessenheim (67195)
  Hilsenheim (67196)
  Hindisheim (67197)
  Hipsheim (67200)
  Huttenheim (67216)
  Ichtratzheim (67217)
  Innenheim (67223)
  Itterswiller (67227)
  Kertzfeld (67233)
  Kintzheim (67239)
  Kogenheim (67246)
  Krautergersheim (67248)
  La Vancelle (67505)
  Lalaye (67255)
  Le Hohwald (67210)
  Limersheim (67266)
  Mackenheim (67277)
  Maisonsgoutte (67280)
  Marckolsheim (67281)
  Matzenheim (67285)
  Meistratzheim (67286)
  Mittelbergheim (67295)
  Mussig (67310)
  Muttersholtz (67311)
  Neubois (67317)
  Neuve-Église (67320)
  Niedernai (67329)
  Nordhouse (67336)
  Nothalten (67337)
  Obenheim (67338)
  Obernai (67348)
  Ohnenheim (67360)
  Orschwiller (67362)
  Osthouse (67364)
  Reichsfeld (67387)
  Rhinau (67397)
  Richtolsheim (67398)
  Rossfeld (67412)
  Saasenheim (67422)
  Saint-Martin (67426)
  Saint-Maurice (67427)
  Saint-Pierre (67429)
  Saint-Pierre-Bois (67430)
  Sand (67433)
  Schaeffersheim (67438)
  Scherwiller (67445)
  Schœnau (67453)
  Schwobsheim (67461)
  Sermersheim (67464)
  Steige (67477)
  Stotzheim (67481)
  Sundhouse (67486)
  Sélestat (67462)
  Thanvillé (67490)
  Triembach-au-Val (67493)
  Urbeis (67499)
  Uttenheim (67501)
  Valff (67504)
  Villé (67507)
  Westhouse (67526)
  Witternheim (67545)
  Wittisheim (67547)
  Zellwiller (67557) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Bas-Rhin department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Selestat-Erstein
Grand Est