Arrondissement of Molsheim

The arrondissement of Molsheim is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Molsheim.

Molsheim
Arrondissement
Location within the region Grand Est
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
No. of communes	77
Subprefecture	Molsheim
Area	771.2 km2 (297.8 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	103,948
INSEE code	673

History

At the 2015 arrondissements reform, the arrondissement of Molsheim was expanded with several communes from the arrondissements of Strasbourg-Campagne and Saverne.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Molsheim is in the west of the Bas-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north by the Saverne arrondissement, to the east by the Strasbourg arrondissement, to the southeast by the Sélestat-Erstein arrondissement, to the southwest by the Vosges department, to the west by the Meurthe-et-Moselle department and to the northwest by the Moselle department.

The arrondissement of Molsheim has an area of 771.2 km² (297.8 sq mi) and a population of 103,068 inhabitants for a population density of 133.6 inhabitants/km².^[3]

Composition

Cantons

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 3 cantons in the arrondissement of Molsheim:

1. Molsheim (6710) (partly)
2. Mutzig (6711) (partly)
3. Saverne (6714) (partly)

Communes

The arrondissement of Molsheim has 77 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː^[5]

1. Altorf (67008)
2. Avolsheim (67016)
3. Balbronn (67018)
4. Barembach (67020)
5. Bellefosse (67026)
6. Belmont (67027)
7. Bergbieten (67030)
8. Bischoffsheim (67045)
9. Blancherupt (67050)
10. Bœrsch (67052)
11. Bourg-Bruche (67059)
12. La Broque (67066)
13. Colroy-la-Roche (67076)
14. Cosswiller (67077)
15. Crastatt (67078)
16. Dachstein (67080)
17. Dahlenheim (67081)
18. Dangolsheim (67085)
19. Dinsheim-sur-Bruche (67098)
20. Dorlisheim (67101)
21. Duppigheim (67108)
22. Duttlenheim (67112)
23. Ergersheim (67127)
24. Ernolsheim-Bruche (67128)
25. Flexbourg (67139)
26. Fouday (67144)
27. Grandfontaine (67165)
28. Grendelbruch (67167)
29. Gresswiller (67168)
30. Griesheim-près-Molsheim (67172)
31. Heiligenberg (67188)
32. Hohengœft (67208)
33. Jetterswiller (67229)
34. Kirchheim (67240)
35. Knœrsheim (67245)
36. Lutzelhouse (67276)
37. Marlenheim (67282)
38. Mollkirch (67299)
39. Molsheim (67300)
40. Muhlbach-sur-Bruche (67306)
41. Mutzig (67313)
42. Natzwiller (67314)
43. Neuviller-la-Roche (67321)
44. Niederhaslach (67325)
45. Nordheim (67335)
46. Oberhaslach (67342)
47. Odratzheim (67354)
48. Ottrott (67368)
49. Plaine (67377)
50. Rangen (67383)
51. Ranrupt (67384)
52. Romanswiller (67408)
53. Rosenwiller (67410)
54. Rosheim (67411)
55. Rothau (67414)
56. Russ (67420)
57. Saales (67421)
58. Saint-Blaise-la-Roche (67424)
59. Saint-Nabor (67428)
60. Saulxures (67436)
61. Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett (67442)
62. Schirmeck (67448)
63. Solbach (67470)
64. Soultz-les-Bains (67473)
65. Still (67480)
66. Traenheim (67492)
67. Urmatt (67500)
68. Waldersbach (67513)
69. Wangen (67517)
70. Wangenbourg-Engenthal (67122)
71. Wasselonne (67520)
72. Westhoffen (67525)
73. Wildersbach (67531)
74. Wisches (67543)
75. Wolxheim (67554)
76. Zehnacker (67555)
77. Zeinheim (67556)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[3] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
67300	Molsheim	9,263	Molsheim	Région de Molsheim-Mutzig
67313	Mutzig	5,895	Mutzig	Région de Molsheim-Mutzig
67520	Wasselonne	5,616	Saverne	La Mossig et du Vignoble
67411	Rosheim	4,956	Molsheim	Portes de Rosheim
67282	Marlenheim	4,090	Molsheim	La Mossig et du Vignoble
67045	Bischoffsheim	3,347	Molsheim	Portes de Rosheim
67112	Duttlenheim	2,879	Molsheim	Région de Molsheim-Mutzig
67066	La Broque	2,716	Mutzig	Vallée de la Bruche
67101	Dorlisheim	2,559	Molsheim	Région de Molsheim-Mutzig
67052	Bœrsch	2,442	Molsheim	Portes de Rosheim

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Bas-Rhin department
• List of arrondissements of France

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
2. "Décret n° 2014-1722 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Strasbourg-Campagne et de Wissembourg (département du Bas-Rhin)" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
3. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
4. "Décret n° 2014-185 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Bas-Rhin" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
5. "Arrondissement de Molsheim (673)". Géographie administrative et d’étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

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