The arrondissement of Altkirch is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Altkirch.
When the Haut-Rhin department was created on 1790, the "arrondissement" of Altkirch was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Altkirch is in the southwest of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Thann-Guebwiller "arrondissement", to the north and west by the Mulhouse "arrondissement", to the south by Switzerland and to the west by the Territoire de Belfort department.
The "arrondissement" of Altkirch is the smallest of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , and it is also with fewest people living in it with a population of 69,645 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
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 only 2 cantons in the arrondissement of Altkirch:
The "arrondissement" of Altkirch has 108 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
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