Arrondissement of Altkirch

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.

## History

When the Haut-Rhin department was created on 1790, the _arrondissement_ of Altkirch was part of that original department.

## Geography

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.

### 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 only 2 cantons in the arrondissement of Altkirch:

1. Altkirch <small>(6801)</small>
1. Masevaux <small>(6809)</small> (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Altkirch has 108 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Altenach <small>(68002)</small>
1. Altkirch <small>(68004)</small>
1. Aspach <small>(68010)</small>
1. Ballersdorf <small>(68017)</small>
1. Balschwiller <small>(68018)</small>
1. Bellemagny <small>(68024)</small>
1. Bendorf <small>(68025)</small>
1. Berentzwiller <small>(68027)</small>
1. Bernwiller <small>(68006)</small>
1. Bettendorf <small>(68033)</small>
1. Bettlach <small>(68034)</small>
1. Biederthal <small>(68035)</small>
1. Bisel <small>(68039)</small>
1. Bouxwiller <small>(68049)</small>
1. Bréchaumont <small>(68050)</small>
1. Bretten <small>(68052)</small>
1. Buethwiller <small>(68057)</small>
1. Carspach <small>(68062)</small>
1. Chavannes-sur-l'Étang <small>(68065)</small>
1. Courtavon <small>(68067)</small>
1. Dannemarie <small>(68068)</small>
1. Diefmatten <small>(68071)</small>
1. Durlinsdorf <small>(68074)</small>
1. Durmenach <small>(68075)</small>
1. Eglingen <small>(68077)</small>
1. Elbach <small>(68079)</small>
1. Emlingen <small>(68080)</small>
1. Eteimbes <small>(68085)</small>
1. Falkwiller <small>(68086)</small>
1. Feldbach <small>(68087)</small>
1. Ferrette <small>(68090)</small>
1. Fislis <small>(68092)</small>
1. Franken <small>(68096)</small>
1. Friesen <small>(68098)</small>
1. Frœningen <small>(68099)</small>
1. Fulleren <small>(68100)</small>
1. Gildwiller <small>(68105)</small>
1. Gommersdorf <small>(68107)</small>
1. Guevenatten <small>(68114)</small>
1. Hagenbach <small>(68119)</small>
1. Hausgauen <small>(68124)</small>
1. Hecken <small>(68125)</small>
1. Heidwiller <small>(68127)</small>
1. Heimersdorf <small>(68128)</small>
1. Heiwiller <small>(68131)</small>
1. Hindlingen <small>(68137)</small>
1. Hirsingue <small>(68138)</small>
1. Hirtzbach <small>(68139)</small>
1. Hochstatt <small>(68141)</small>
1. Hundsbach <small>(68148)</small>
1. Illfurth <small>(68152)</small>
1. Illtal <small>(68240)</small>
1. Jettingen <small>(68158)</small>
1. Kiffis <small>(68165)</small>
1. Kœstlach <small>(68169)</small>
1. Largitzen <small>(68176)</small>
1. Levoncourt <small>(68181)</small>
1. Liebsdorf <small>(68184)</small>
1. Ligsdorf <small>(68186)</small>
1. Linsdorf <small>(68187)</small>
1. Lucelle <small>(68190)</small>
1. Luemschwiller <small>(68191)</small>
1. Lutter <small>(68194)</small>
1. Magny <small>(68196)</small>
1. Manspach <small>(68200)</small>
1. Mertzen <small>(68202)</small>
1. Mœrnach <small>(68212)</small>
1. Montreux-Jeune <small>(68214)</small>
1. Montreux-Vieux <small>(68215)</small>
1. Mooslargue <small>(68216)</small>
1. Muespach <small>(68221)</small>
1. Muespach-le-Haut <small>(68222)</small>
1. Oberlarg <small>(68243)</small>
1. Obermorschwiller <small>(68245)</small>
1. Oltingue <small>(68248)</small>
1. Pfetterhouse <small>(68257)</small>
1. Raedersdorf <small>(68259)</small>
1. Retzwiller <small>(68268)</small>
1. Riespach <small>(68273)</small>
1. Romagny <small>(68282)</small>
1. Roppentzwiller <small>(68284)</small>
1. Ruederbach <small>(68288)</small>
1. Saint-Bernard <small>(68081)</small>
1. Saint-Cosme <small>(68293)</small>
1. Saint-Ulrich <small>(68299)</small>
1. Schwoben <small>(68303)</small>
1. Seppois-le-Bas <small>(68305)</small>
1. Seppois-le-Haut <small>(68306)</small>
1. Sondersdorf <small>(68312)</small>
1. Spechbach <small>(68320)</small>
1. Steinsoultz <small>(68325)</small>
1. Sternenberg <small>(68326)</small>
1. Strueth <small>(68330)</small>
1. Tagolsheim <small>(68332)</small>
1. Tagsdorf <small>(68333)</small>
1. Traubach-le-Bas <small>(68336)</small>
1. Traubach-le-Haut <small>(68337)</small>
1. Ueberstrass <small>(68340)</small>
1. Valdieu-Lutran <small>(68192)</small>
1. Vieux-Ferrette <small>(68347)</small>
1. Waldighofen <small>(68355)</small>
1. Walheim <small>(68356)</small>
1. Werentzhouse <small>(68363)</small>
1. Willer <small>(68371)</small>
1. Winkel <small>(68373)</small>
1. Wittersdorf <small>(68377)</small>
1. Wolfersdorf <small>(68378)</small>
1. Wolschwiller <small>(68380)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|68004|Altkirch|5,738|Altkirch|Altkirch et Environs|
|68152|Illfurth|2,513|Altkirch|Altkirch et Environs|
|68068|Dannemarie|2,272|Masevaux|Porte d'Alsace - Largue|
|68138|Hirsingue|2,170|Altkirch|Altkirch et Environs|
|68141|Hochstatt|2,071|Altkirch|Altkirch et Environs|
|68062|Carspach|2,044|Altkirch|Altkirch et Environs|
|68355|Waldighofen|1,535|Altkirch|Altkirch et Environs|
|68139|Hirtzbach|1,403|Altkirch|Altkirch et Environs|
|68240|Illtal|1,373|Altkirch|Altkirch et Environs|
|68305|Seppois-le-Bas|1,318|Masevaux|Porte d'Alsace - Largue|
|68320|Spechbach|1,313|Altkirch|Altkirch et Environs|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Altkirch
- **insee**: 681
- **nbcomm**: 108
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Altkirch
- **area**: 663.1
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Altkirch 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est