Arrondissement of Colmar


The arrondissement of Colmar is a former arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé. It had 62 communes, and its population was 148,444.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Colmar, and their INSEE codes, were:
1. Algolsheim 2. Andolsheim 3. Appenwihr
4. Artzenheim 5. Balgau 6. Baltzenheim
7. Biesheim 8. Bischwihr 9. Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin
10. Colmar 11. Dessenheim 12. Durrenentzen
13. Eguisheim 14. Eschbach-au-Val 15. Fortschwihr
16. Geiswasser 17. Griesbach-au-Val 18. Grussenheim
19. Gunsbach 20. Heiteren 21. Herrlisheim-près-Colmar
22. Hettenschlag 23. Hohrod 24. Holtzwihr
25. Horbourg-Wihr 26. Houssen 27. Husseren-les-Châteaux
28. Jebsheim 29. Kunheim 30. Logelheim
31. Luttenbach-près-Munster 32. Metzeral 33. Mittlach
34. Muhlbach-sur-Munster 35. Munster 36. Muntzenheim
37. Nambsheim 38. Neuf-Brisach 39. Obermorschwihr
40. Obersaasheim 41. Riedwihr 42. Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine
43. Sondernach 44. Soultzbach-les-Bains 45. Soultzeren
46. Stosswihr 47. Sundhoffen 48. Turckheim
49. Urschenheim 50. Vœgtlinshoffen 51. Vogelgrun
52. Volgelsheim 53. Walbach 54. Wasserbourg
55. Weckolsheim 56. Wettolsheim 57. Wickerschwihr
58. Widensolen 59. Wihr-au-Val 60. Wintzenheim
61. Wolfgantzen 62. Zimmerbach

History

The arrondissement of Colmar was created in 1800, disbanded in 1871 and restored in 1934. It was disbanded in 2015. 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 Colmar were, as of January 2015:
  1. Andolsheim
  2. Colmar-Nord
  3. Colmar-Sud
  4. Munster
  5. Neuf-Brisach
  6. Wintzenheim