Arrondissement of Altkirch


The arrondissement of Altkirch is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 108 communes. Its population is 69,793, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Altkirch, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Altenach
  2. Altkirch
  3. Aspach
  4. Ballersdorf
  5. Balschwiller
  6. Bellemagny
  7. Bendorf
  8. Berentzwiller
  9. Bernwiller
  10. Bettendorf
  11. Bettlach
  12. Biederthal
  13. Bisel
  14. Bouxwiller
  15. Bréchaumont
  16. Bretten
  17. Buethwiller
  18. Carspach
  19. Chavannes-sur-l'Étang
  20. Courtavon
  21. Dannemarie
  22. Diefmatten
  23. Durlinsdorf
  24. Durmenach
  25. Eglingen
  26. Elbach
  27. Emlingen
  28. Eteimbes
  29. Falkwiller
  30. Feldbach
  31. Ferrette
  32. Fislis
  33. Franken
  34. Friesen
  35. Frœningen
  36. Fulleren
  37. Gildwiller
  38. Gommersdorf
  39. Guevenatten
  40. Hagenbach
  41. Hausgauen
  42. Hecken
  43. Heidwiller
  44. Heimersdorf
  45. Heiwiller
  46. Hindlingen
  47. Hirsingue
  48. Hirtzbach
  49. Hochstatt
  50. Hundsbach
  51. Illfurth
  52. Illtal
  53. Jettingen
  54. Kiffis
  55. Kœstlach
  56. Largitzen
  57. Levoncourt
  58. Liebsdorf
  59. Ligsdorf
  60. Linsdorf
  61. Lucelle
  62. Luemschwiller
  63. Lutter
  64. Magny
  65. Manspach
  66. Mertzen
  67. Mœrnach
  68. Montreux-Jeune
  69. Montreux-Vieux
  70. Mooslargue
  71. Muespach
  72. Muespach-le-Haut
  73. Oberlarg
  74. Obermorschwiller
  75. Oltingue
  76. Pfetterhouse
  77. Raedersdorf
  78. Retzwiller
  79. Riespach
  80. Romagny
  81. Roppentzwiller
  82. Ruederbach
  83. Saint-Bernard
  84. Saint-Cosme
  85. Saint-Ulrich
  86. Schwoben
  87. Seppois-le-Bas
  88. Seppois-le-Haut
  89. Sondersdorf
  90. Spechbach
  91. Steinsoultz
  92. Sternenberg
  93. Strueth
  94. Tagolsheim
  95. Tagsdorf
  96. Traubach-le-Bas
  97. Traubach-le-Haut
  98. Ueberstrass
  99. Valdieu-Lutran
  100. Vieux-Ferrette
  101. Waldighofen
  102. Walheim
  103. Werentzhouse
  104. Willer
  105. Winkel
  106. Wittersdorf
  107. Wolfersdorf
  108. Wolschwiller

    History

The arrondissement of Altkirch was created in 1800. In 1857 the subprefecture was moved to Mulhouse. The arrondissement of Altkirch was restored in 1919. In January 2015 it absorbed the commune of Bernwiller from the former arrondissement of Thann.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Altkirch were, as of January 2015:
  1. Altkirch
  2. Dannemarie
  3. Ferrette
  4. Hirsingue