The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Colmar.

History
When the Haut-Rhin department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Colmar was part of that original department.

In 1871, the Haut-Rhin department became part of Germany. In 1919, Haut-Rhin is again an department when the territory became part of France with 7 arrondissements, including the new arrondissements of Colmar-Ville, Colmar-Campagne and Ribeauvillé. The arrondissements Colmar-Ville and Colmar-Campagne were combined in 1934 to form the arrondissement of Colmar.

In 2015, the arrondissement of Ribeauvillé was eliminated and the name of the arrondissement of Colmar was changed to Colmar-Ribeauvillé.

Geography
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north by the Bas-Rhin department, to the east by Germany, to the southeast by the Mulhouse arrondissement, to the south by the Thann-Guebwiller arrondissement and to the west by the Vosges department.

The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is the largest of the arrondissements of the department with an area of . It has a population of 200,243 inhabitants and 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 Colmar-Ribeauvillé:

 Colmar-1 (6804)
 Colmar-2 (6805)
 Ensisheim (6806) (partly)
 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (6815)
 Wintzenheim (6816) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé has 98 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Algolsheim (68001)
 Ammerschwihr (68005)
 Andolsheim (68007)
 Appenwihr (68008)
 Artzenheim (68009)
 Aubure (68014)
 Balgau (68016)
 Baltzenheim (68019)
 Beblenheim (68023)
 Bennwihr (68026)
 Bergheim (68028)
 Biesheim (68036)
 Bischwihr (68038)
 Blodelsheim (68041)
 Le Bonhomme (68044)
 Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin (68051)
 Colmar (68066)
 Dessenheim (68069)
 Durrenentzen (68076)
 Eguisheim (68078)
 Eschbach-au-Val (68083)
 Fessenheim (68091)
 Fortschwihr (68095)
 Fréland (68097)
 Geiswasser (68104)
 Griesbach-au-Val (68109)
 Grussenheim (68110)
 Guémar (68113)
 Gunsbach (68117)
 Heiteren (68130)
 Herrlisheim-près-Colmar (68134)
 Hettenschlag (68136)
 Hirtzfelden (68140)
 Hohrod (68142)
 Porte-du-Ried (68143)
 Horbourg-Wihr (68145)
 Houssen (68146)
 Hunawihr (68147)
 Husseren-les-Châteaux (68150)
 Illhaeusern (68153)
 Ingersheim (68155)
 Jebsheim (68157)
 Katzenthal (68161)
 Kaysersberg-Vignoble (68162)
 Kunheim (68172)
 Labaroche (68173)
 Lapoutroie (68175)
 Lièpvre (68185)
 Logelheim (68189)
 Luttenbach-près-Munster (68193)
 Metzeral (68204)
 Mittelwihr (68209)
 Mittlach (68210)
 Muhlbach-sur-Munster (68223)
 Munchhouse (68225)
 Munster (68226)
 Muntzenheim (68227)
 Nambsheim (68230)
 Neuf-Brisach (68231)
 Niedermorschwihr (68237)
 Obermorschwihr (68244)
 Obersaasheim (68246)
 Orbey (68249)
 Ostheim (68252)
 Ribeauvillé (68269)
 Riquewihr (68277)
 Rodern (68280)
 Roggenhouse (68281)
 Rombach-le-Franc (68283)
 Rorschwihr (68285)
 Rustenhart (68290)
 Rumersheim-le-Haut (68291)
 Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (68294)
 Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine (68295)
 Saint-Hippolyte (68296)
 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (68298)
 Sondernach (68311)
 Soultzbach-les-Bains (68316)
 Soultzeren (68317)
 Stosswihr (68329)
 Sundhoffen (68331)
 Thannenkirch (68335)
 Turckheim (68338)
 Urschenheim (68345)
 Vœgtlinshoffen (68350)
 Vogelgrun (68351)
 Volgelsheim (68352)
 Walbach (68354)
 Wasserbourg (68358)
 Weckolsheim (68360)
 Wettolsheim (68365)
 Wickerschwihr (68366)
 Widensolen (68367)
 Wihr-au-Val (68368)
 Wintzenheim (68374)
 Wolfgantzen (68379)
 Zellenberg (68383)
 Zimmerbach (68385)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

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

References

Colmar-Ribeauville
Grand Est