Colmar Agglomération is the '' communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

of Colmar. It is located in the Haut-Rhin department, in the

Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

, northeastern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. It was created in November 2003. Its seat is in Colmar.Fiche signalétique CA Colmar Agglomération
BANATIC Its area is 244.4 km². Its population was 113,654 in 2017, of which 69,105 in Colmar proper.Comparateur de territoire
Insee. Accessed 19 April 2021.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 20 communes: #

Andolsheim Andolsheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin department The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. The communes co ...

Bischwihr Bischwihr (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Haut-Rhin department The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. The commune ...

# Colmar # Fortschwihr # Herrlisheim-près-Colmar # Horbourg-Wihr # Houssen # Ingersheim #

Jebsheim Jebsheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. During WWII in fighting over the Colmar Pocket, which included Jebsheim, Audie Murphy was awarded the Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the Uni ...

# Muntzenheim # Niedermorschwihr # Porte-du-Ried # Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine # Sundhoffen # Turckheim # Walbach # Wettolsheim # Wickerschwihr # Wintzenheim # Zimmerbach

References

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