Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein

The **arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein** is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Sélestat.

## History

When the Bas-Rhin department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Sélestat (or Sélestat-Erstein) was part of that original department. The subprefecture of Barr was moved to Schlestadt (Sélestat) in 1806.

In 1974, the _arrondissements_ of Sélestat and Erstein were combined to form the new _arrondissement_ of Sélestat-Erstein.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Sélestat-Erstein is the most southern of the Bas-Rhin department. It is bordered to the west and north by the Molsheim _arrondissement_, to the northeast by the Strasbourg _arrondissement_, to the east by Germany, to the south by the Haut-Rhin department and to the soutwest by the Vosges department.

The _arrondissement_ of Sélestat-Erstein has an area of  and a population of 155,916 inhabitants for 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 Sélestat-Erstein:
1. Erstein <small>(6704)</small>
1. Molsheim <small>(6710)</small> (partly)
1. Mutzig <small>(6711)</small> (partly)
1. Obernai <small>(6712)</small>
1. Sélestat <small>(6716)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Sélestat-Erstein has 101 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Albé <small>(67003)</small>
1. Andlau <small>(67010)</small>
1. Artolsheim <small>(67011)</small>
1. Baldenheim <small>(67019)</small>
1. Barr <small>(67021)</small>
1. Bassemberg <small>(67022)</small>
1. Benfeld <small>(67028)</small>
1. Bernardswiller <small>(67031)</small>
1. Bernardvillé <small>(67032)</small>
1. Bindernheim <small>(67040)</small>
1. Blienschwiller <small>(67051)</small>
1. Bœsenbiesen <small>(67053)</small>
1. Bolsenheim <small>(67054)</small>
1. Boofzheim <small>(67055)</small>
1. Bootzheim <small>(67056)</small>
1. Bourgheim <small>(67060)</small>
1. Breitenau <small>(67062)</small>
1. Breitenbach <small>(67063)</small>
1. Châtenois <small>(67073)</small>
1. Dambach-la-Ville <small>(67084)</small>
1. Daubensand <small>(67086)</small>
1. Diebolsheim <small>(67090)</small>
1. Dieffenbach-au-Val <small>(67092)</small>
1. Dieffenthal <small>(67094)</small>
1. Ebersheim <small>(67115)</small>
1. Ebersmunster <small>(67116)</small>
1. Eichhoffen <small>(67120)</small>
1. Elsenheim <small>(67121)</small>
1. Epfig <small>(67125)</small>
1. Erstein <small>(67130)</small>
1. Fouchy <small>(67143)</small>
1. Friesenheim <small>(67146)</small>
1. Gerstheim <small>(67154)</small>
1. Gertwiller <small>(67155)</small>
1. Goxwiller <small>(67164)</small>
1. Heidolsheim <small>(67187)</small>
1. Heiligenstein <small>(67189)</small>
1. Herbsheim <small>(67192)</small>
1. Hessenheim <small>(67195)</small>
1. Hilsenheim <small>(67196)</small>
1. Hindisheim <small>(67197)</small>
1. Hipsheim <small>(67200)</small>
1. Huttenheim <small>(67216)</small>
1. Ichtratzheim <small>(67217)</small>
1. Innenheim <small>(67223)</small>
1. Itterswiller <small>(67227)</small>
1. Kertzfeld <small>(67233)</small>
1. Kintzheim <small>(67239)</small>
1. Kogenheim <small>(67246)</small>
1. Krautergersheim <small>(67248)</small>
1. La Vancelle <small>(67505)</small>
1. Lalaye <small>(67255)</small>
1. Le Hohwald <small>(67210)</small>
1. Limersheim <small>(67266)</small>
1. Mackenheim <small>(67277)</small>
1. Maisonsgoutte <small>(67280)</small>
1. Marckolsheim <small>(67281)</small>
1. Matzenheim <small>(67285)</small>
1. Meistratzheim <small>(67286)</small>
1. Mittelbergheim <small>(67295)</small>
1. Mussig <small>(67310)</small>
1. Muttersholtz <small>(67311)</small>
1. Neubois <small>(67317)</small>
1. Neuve-Église <small>(67320)</small>
1. Niedernai <small>(67329)</small>
1. Nordhouse <small>(67336)</small>
1. Nothalten <small>(67337)</small>
1. Obenheim <small>(67338)</small>
1. Obernai <small>(67348)</small>
1. Ohnenheim <small>(67360)</small>
1. Orschwiller <small>(67362)</small>
1. Osthouse <small>(67364)</small>
1. Reichsfeld <small>(67387)</small>
1. Rhinau <small>(67397)</small>
1. Richtolsheim <small>(67398)</small>
1. Rossfeld <small>(67412)</small>
1. Saasenheim <small>(67422)</small>
1. Saint-Martin <small>(67426)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice <small>(67427)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre <small>(67429)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-Bois <small>(67430)</small>
1. Sand <small>(67433)</small>
1. Schaeffersheim <small>(67438)</small>
1. Scherwiller <small>(67445)</small>
1. Schœnau <small>(67453)</small>
1. Schwobsheim <small>(67461)</small>
1. Sermersheim <small>(67464)</small>
1. Steige <small>(67477)</small>
1. Stotzheim <small>(67481)</small>
1. Sundhouse <small>(67486)</small>
1. Sélestat <small>(67462)</small>
1. Thanvillé <small>(67490)</small>
1. Triembach-au-Val <small>(67493)</small>
1. Urbeis <small>(67499)</small>
1. Uttenheim <small>(67501)</small>
1. Valff <small>(67504)</small>
1. Villé <small>(67507)</small>
1. Westhouse <small>(67526)</small>
1. Witternheim <small>(67545)</small>
1. Wittisheim <small>(67547)</small>
1. Zellwiller <small>(67557)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|67462|Sélestat|19,546|Sélestat|Sélestat|
|67130|Erstein|10,987|Erstein|Canton d'Erstein|
|67348|Obernai|10,822|Obernai|Pays de Sainte-Odile|
|67021|Barr|7,192|Obernai|Pays de Barr|
|67028|Benfeld|5,708|Erstein|Canton d'Erstein|
|67281|Marckolsheim|4,165|Sélestat|Ried de Marckolsheim|
|67073|Châtenois|4,098|Sélestat|Sélestat|
|67154|Gerstheim|3,339|Erstein|Canton d'Erstein|
|67445|Scherwiller|3,144|Sélestat|Sélestat|
|67397|Rhinau|2,756|Erstein|Canton d'Erstein|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Sélestat-Erstein
- **insee**: 675
- **nbcomm**: 101
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Sélestat
- **pop**: 156463
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 980.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est