Haut-Rhin

**Haut-Rhin** is a department in the Grand Est region of France. Its name means *Upper Rhine*. The Rhine river is Haut-Rhin's eastern border.  The prefecture (capital) of Haut-Rhin is Colmar.

## History
Haut-Rhin is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It has three districts: Altkirch, Belfort and Colmar, with Colmar as is capital.

In 1800, with the creation of the *arrondissements* in France, the three districts were changed into five *arrondissements*: Colmar, Altkirch, Belfort, Delémont and Porrentruy. The *arrondissements* Delémont and Porrentruy were eliminated in 1814 and transferred to Switzerland. The lowest point is  high along the Rhine river.

The main river in the department is the Rhine that forms the eastern border of the department, and of France.

### Climate
The area around Colmar, at an altitude of about , few extremes of temperature. The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Strasbourg is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "**Cfb**".

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Strasbourg is . The month with the most precipitation on average is June with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of .

The average temperature for the year in Strasbourg is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

## Administration
Haut-Rhin is managed by the *Departmental Council of Haut-Rhin* in Colmar. The department is part of the Grand Est region.

### Administrative divisions
There are 4 *arrondissements* (districts), 17 *cantons* and 366 *communes* (municipalities) in Haut-Rhin.

The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Haut-Rhin department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

# Altkirch (6801)
# Brunstatt (6802)
# Cernay (6803)
# Colmar-1 (6804)
# Colmar-2 (6805)
# Ensisheim (6806)
# Guebwiller (6807)
# Kingersheim (6808)
# Masevaux (6809)
# Mulhouse-1 (6810)
# Mulhouse-2 (6811)
# Mulhouse-3 (6812)
# Rixheim (6813)
# Saint-Louis (6814)
# Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (6815)
# Wintzenheim (6816)
# Wittenheim (6817)

## People
The people in the Haut-Rhin department are known, in French, as *Haut-Rhinois* or (women: *Haut-Rhinoises*),

Haut-Rhin had a population, in 2014, of 760,134, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The *arrondissement* of Mulhouse, with 350,032 inhabitants, is the *arrondissement* with more inhabitants.

**Evolution of the population in Haut-Rhin**

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The 10 *communes* with more inhabitants in the Haut-Rhin department are:

## Gallery

File:Mulhouse - Town hall.jpg|Mulhouse, old town hall.
File:Colmar - Alsace.jpg|Colmar's old town.
File:Altkirch1.jpg|Historic centre of Altkirch.
File:Grandballonsud.jpg|The *Grand Ballon*, southern side.
File:Hunawihr1P7.jpg|Hunawihr and its vineyards.

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Haut-Rhin department
* Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

## References
## Other websites
* Departmental Council website  
* Prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department