Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein

The arrondissement of Selestat-Erstein is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Selestat.
History
When the Bas-Rhin department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Selestat (or Selestat-Erstein) was part of that original department. The subprefecture of Barr was moved to Schlestadt (Selestat) in 1806.
In 1974, the arrondissements of Selestat and Erstein were combined to form the new arrondissement of Selestat-Erstein.
Geography
The arrondissement of Selestat-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 Selestat-Erstein has an area of and a population of 155,916 inhabitants for 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 5 cantons in the arrondissement of Selestat-Erstein:
Erstein (6704)
Molsheim (6710) (partly)
Mutzig (6711) (partly)
Obernai (6712)
Selestat (6716)
Communes
The arrondissement of Selestat-Erstein has 101 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Albe (67003)
Andlau (67010)
Artolsheim (67011)
Baldenheim (67019)
Barr (67021)
Bassemberg (67022)
Benfeld (67028)
Bernardswiller (67031)
Bernardville (67032)
Bindernheim (67040)
Blienschwiller (67051)
Boesenbiesen (67053)
Bolsenheim (67054)
Boofzheim (67055)
Bootzheim (67056)
Bourgheim (67060)
Breitenau (67062)
Breitenbach (67063)
Chatenois (67073)
Dambach-la-Ville (67084)
Daubensand (67086)
Diebolsheim (67090)
Dieffenbach-au-Val (67092)
Dieffenthal (67094)
Ebersheim (67115)
Ebersmunster (67116)
Eichhoffen (67120)
Elsenheim (67121)
Epfig (67125)
Erstein (67130)
Fouchy (67143)
Friesenheim (67146)
Gerstheim (67154)
Gertwiller (67155)
Goxwiller (67164)
Heidolsheim (67187)
Heiligenstein (67189)
Herbsheim (67192)
Hessenheim (67195)
Hilsenheim (67196)
Hindisheim (67197)
Hipsheim (67200)
Huttenheim (67216)
Ichtratzheim (67217)
Innenheim (67223)
Itterswiller (67227)
Kertzfeld (67233)
Kintzheim (67239)
Kogenheim (67246)
Krautergersheim (67248)
La Vancelle (67505)
Lalaye (67255)
Le Hohwald (67210)
Limersheim (67266)
Mackenheim (67277)
Maisonsgoutte (67280)
Marckolsheim (67281)
Matzenheim (67285)
Meistratzheim (67286)
Mittelbergheim (67295)
Mussig (67310)
Muttersholtz (67311)
Neubois (67317)
Neuve-Eglise (67320)
Niedernai (67329)
Nordhouse (67336)
Nothalten (67337)
Obenheim (67338)
Obernai (67348)
Ohnenheim (67360)
Orschwiller (67362)
Osthouse (67364)
Reichsfeld (67387)
Rhinau (67397)
Richtolsheim (67398)
Rossfeld (67412)
Saasenheim (67422)
Saint-Martin (67426)
Saint-Maurice (67427)
Saint-Pierre (67429)
Saint-Pierre-Bois (67430)
Sand (67433)
Schaeffersheim (67438)
Scherwiller (67445)
Schoenau (67453)
Schwobsheim (67461)
Sermersheim (67464)
Steige (67477)
Stotzheim (67481)
Sundhouse (67486)
Selestat (67462)
Thanville (67490)
Triembach-au-Val (67493)
Urbeis (67499)
Uttenheim (67501)
Valff (67504)
Ville (67507)
Westhouse (67526)
Witternheim (67545)
Wittisheim (67547)
Zellwiller (67557)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Bas-Rhin department
List of arrondissements of France
References
Selestat-Erstein