Arrondissement of Mulhouse

The **arrondissement of Mulhouse** is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Mulhouse.

## History

Mulhouse is an _arrondissement_ of the Haut-Rhin department since 1857.

At the 2015 _arrondissements_ changes, the _arrondissement_ of Mulhouse was expanded with several _communes_ from the new _arrondissement_ of Thann-Guebwiller.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Mulhouse is in the southeast of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Colmar-Ribeauvillé _arrondissement_, to the east by Germany, to the south by the Altkirch _arrondissement_ and to the west and north by the Thann-Guebwiller _arrondissement_.

The _arrondissement_ of Mulhouse is the second smallest of the _arrondissements_ of the department, after the Altkirch _arrondissement_, with an area of . It has a population of 350,032 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 8 cantons in the arrondissement of Mulhouse:

1. Brunstatt <small>(6802)</small>
1. Kingersheim <small>(6808)</small>
1. Mulhouse-1 <small>(6810)</small>
1. Mulhouse-2 <small>(6811)</small>
1. Mulhouse-3 <small>(6812)</small>
1. Rixheim <small>(6813)</small>
1. Saint-Louis <small>(6814)</small>
1. Wittenheim <small>(6817)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Mulhouse has 79 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Attenschwiller <small>(68013)</small>
1. Baldersheim <small>(68015)</small>
1. Bantzenheim <small>(68020)</small>
1. Bartenheim <small>(68021)</small>
1. Battenheim <small>(68022)</small>
1. Berrwiller <small>(68032)</small>
1. Blotzheim <small>(68042)</small>
1. Bollwiller <small>(68043)</small>
1. Brinckheim <small>(68054)</small>
1. Bruebach <small>(68055)</small>
1. Brunstatt-Didenheim <small>(68056)</small>
1. Buschwiller <small>(68061)</small>
1. Chalampé <small>(68064)</small>
1. Dietwiller <small>(68072)</small>
1. Eschentzwiller <small>(68084)</small>
1. Feldkirch <small>(68088)</small>
1. Flaxlanden <small>(68093)</small>
1. Folgensbourg <small>(68094)</small>
1. Galfingue <small>(68101)</small>
1. Geispitzen <small>(68103)</small>
1. Habsheim <small>(68118)</small>
1. Hagenthal-le-Bas <small>(68120)</small>
1. Hagenthal-le-Haut <small>(68121)</small>
1. Hégenheim <small>(68126)</small>
1. Heimsbrunn <small>(68129)</small>
1. Helfrantzkirch <small>(68132)</small>
1. Hésingue <small>(68135)</small>
1. Hombourg <small>(68144)</small>
1. Huningue <small>(68149)</small>
1. Illzach <small>(68154)</small>
1. Kappelen <small>(68160)</small>
1. Kembs <small>(68163)</small>
1. Kingersheim <small>(68166)</small>
1. Knœringue <small>(68168)</small>
1. Kœtzingue <small>(68170)</small>
1. Landser <small>(68174)</small>
1. Leymen <small>(68182)</small>
1. Liebenswiller <small>(68183)</small>
1. Lutterbach <small>(68195)</small>
1. Magstatt-le-Bas <small>(68197)</small>
1. Magstatt-le-Haut <small>(68198)</small>
1. Michelbach-le-Bas <small>(68207)</small>
1. Michelbach-le-Haut <small>(68208)</small>
1. Morschwiller-le-Bas <small>(68218)</small>
1. Mulhouse <small>(68224)</small>
1. Neuwiller <small>(68232)</small>
1. Niffer <small>(68238)</small>
1. Ottmarsheim <small>(68253)</small>
1. Petit-Landau <small>(68254)</small>
1. Pfastatt <small>(68256)</small>
1. Pulversheim <small>(68258)</small>
1. Ranspach-le-Bas <small>(68263)</small>
1. Ranspach-le-Haut <small>(68264)</small>
1. Rantzwiller <small>(68265)</small>
1. Reiningue <small>(68267)</small>
1. Richwiller <small>(68270)</small>
1. Riedisheim <small>(68271)</small>
1. Rixheim <small>(68278)</small>
1. Rosenau <small>(68286)</small>
1. Ruelisheim <small>(68289)</small>
1. Saint-Louis <small>(68297)</small>
1. Sausheim <small>(68300)</small>
1. Schlierbach <small>(68301)</small>
1. Sierentz <small>(68309)</small>
1. Staffelfelden <small>(68321)</small>
1. Steinbrunn-le-Bas <small>(68323)</small>
1. Steinbrunn-le-Haut <small>(68324)</small>
1. Stetten <small>(68327)</small>
1. Uffheim <small>(68341)</small>
1. Ungersheim <small>(68343)</small>
1. Village-Neuf <small>(68349)</small>
1. Wahlbach <small>(68353)</small>
1. Waltenheim <small>(68357)</small>
1. Wentzwiller <small>(68362)</small>
1. Wittelsheim <small>(68375)</small>
1. Wittenheim <small>(68376)</small>
1. Zaessingue <small>(68382)</small>
1. Zillisheim <small>(68384)</small>
1. Zimmersheim <small>(68386)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|68224|Mulhouse|111,167|Mulhouse-1, Mulhouse-2, Mulhouse-3|Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération|
|68297|Saint-Louis|20,228|Saint-Louis|CA Saint-Louis|
|68376|Wittenheim|14,713|Wittenheim|Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération|
|68154|Illzach|14,448|Mulhouse-3|Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération|
|68278|Rixheim|13,773|Rixheim|Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération|
|68166|Kingersheim|12,918|Kingersheim|Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération|
|68271|Riedisheim|12,102|Rixheim|Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération|
|68375|Wittelsheim|10,341|Wittenheim|Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération|
|68256|Pfastatt|9,427|Kingersheim|Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération|
|68056|Brunstatt-Didenheim|7,899|Brunstatt|Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Mulhouse
- **insee**: 684
- **nbcomm**: 79
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Mulhouse
- **area**: 707.1
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Mulhouse 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est