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The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Colmar.
Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
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![]() Location within the region Grand Est | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Haut-Rhin |
No. of communes | 98 |
Prefecture | Colmar |
Area | 1,247.9 km2 (481.8 sq mi) |
Population | 211,650 |
INSEE code | 682 |
When the Haut-Rhin department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Colmar was part of that original department.[2]
In 1871, the Haut-Rhin department became part of Germany. In 1919, Haut-Rhin is again an department when the territory became part of France with 7 arrondissements, including the new arrondissements of Colmar-Ville, Colmar-Campagne and Ribeauvillé. The arrondissements Colmar-Ville and Colmar-Campagne were combined in 1934 to form the arrondissement of Colmar.[2]
In 2015, the arrondissement of Ribeauvillé was eliminated and the name of the arrondissement of Colmar was changed to Colmar-Ribeauvillé.
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north by the Bas-Rhin department, to the east by Germany, to the southeast by the Mulhouse arrondissement, to the south by the Thann-Guebwiller arrondissement and to the west by the Vosges department.
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is the largest of the arrondissements of the department with an area of 1,127.3 km2 (435.3 sq mi). It has a population of 200,243 inhabitants and a population density of 177.6 inhabitants/km².[3]
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] 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 Colmar-Ribeauvillé:
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé has 98 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[5]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population[3] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
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68066 | Colmar | 68,784 | Colmar-1, Colmar-2 | CA Colmar |
68374 | Wintzenheim | 7,536 | Wintzenheim | CA Colmar |
68145 | Horbourg-Wihr | 5,473 | Colmar-2 | CA Colmar |
68298 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | 5,129 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Val d'Argent |
68269 | Ribeauvillé | 4,740 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Pays de Ribeauvillé |
68162 | Kaysersberg-Vignoble | 4,660 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Vallée de Kaysersberg |
68226 | Munster | 4,645 | Wintzenheim | Vallée de Munster |
68155 | Ingersheim | 4,624 | Colmar-1 | CA Colmar |
68338 | Turckheim | 3,750 | Wintzenheim | CA Colmar |
68249 | Orbey | 3,612 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Vallée de Kaysersberg |
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