Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé

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.

### 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:

1. Colmar-1 <small>(6804)</small>
1. Colmar-2 <small>(6805)</small>
1. Ensisheim <small>(6806)</small> (partly)
1. Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines <small>(6815)</small>
1. Wintzenheim <small>(6816)</small> (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Colmar-Ribeauvillé has 98 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|68066|Colmar|68,784|Colmar-1, Colmar-2|CA Colmar|
|68374|Wintzenheim|7,536|Wintzenheim|CA Colmar|
|68145|Horbourg-Wihr|5,473|Colmar-2|CA Colmar|
|68298|Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines|5,129|Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines|Val d'Argent|
|68269|Ribeauvillé|4,740|Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines|Pays de Ribeauvillé|
|68162|Kaysersberg-Vignoble|4,660|Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines|Vallée de Kaysersberg|
|68226|Munster|4,645|Wintzenheim|Vallée de Munster|
|68155|Ingersheim|4,624|Colmar-1|CA Colmar|
|68338|Turckheim|3,750|Wintzenheim|CA Colmar|
|68249|Orbey|3,612|Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines|Vallée de Kaysersberg|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Colmar-Ribeauvillé
- **insee**: 682
- **nbcomm**: 98
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Colmar
- **area**: 1247.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Colmar-Ribeauvillé 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est