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.

Composition
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:

 Altkirch (6801)
 Masevaux (6809) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Altkirch has 108 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

Altkirch