The arrondissement of Altkirch is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

of France in the

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...

department in the

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. It has 108

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. Its population is 69,793 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Altkirch, and their

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Altenach Altenach (; gsw-als, Àltanàch) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace 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-Rh ...

(68002) #

Altkirch Altkirch (, ; gsw, label= Alsatian, Àltkìrech) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The town is traditionally regarded as the capital of Sundgau. Etymology The name of the commune means ''old churc ...

(68004) # Aspach (68010) # Ballersdorf (68017) # Balschwiller (68018) # Bellemagny (68024) #

Bendorf Bendorf () is a town in the district of Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. north of Koblenz. Structure of the town The town consists of the following districts: *Bendorf *Sayn *Mülhofen *St ...

(68025) # Berentzwiller (68027) # Bernwiller (68006) # Bettendorf (68033) # Bettlach (68034) #

Biederthal Biederthal ( gsw, Bierthel) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is located on the border with Switzerland, next to the Swiss villages of Rodersdorf and Metzerlen-Mariastein. See also *Communes of the H ...

(68035) # Bisel (68039) # Bouxwiller (68049) # Bréchaumont (68050) #

Bretten Bretten (; South Franconian: ''Bredde'') is a town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Geography Bretten lies in the centre of a rectangle that is formed by Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Heilbronn ...

(68052) # Buethwiller (68057) #

Carspach Carspach (; german: Karspach) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Etymology Carspach has historically been attested as ''Charoltespach'' in 877 and ''Karolspach'' ...

(68062) # Chavannes-sur-l'Étang (68065) # Courtavon (68067) # Dannemarie (68068) # Diefmatten (68071) # Durlinsdorf (68074) # Durmenach (68075) # Eglingen (68077) # Elbach (68079) # Emlingen (68080) # Eteimbes (68085) # Falkwiller (68086) # Feldbach (68087) #

Ferrette Ferrette (; german: Pfirt ; gsw-FR, Pfìrt) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is situated close to the Swiss border. Its main attraction is the Château de Ferrette. County of Ferrette The County ...

(68090) # Fislis (68092) # Franken (68096) #

Friesen Friesen (; gsw-FR, Friese) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin département The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. T ...

(68098) # Frœningen (68099) # Fulleren (68100) # Gildwiller (68105) # Gommersdorf (68107) # Guevenatten (68114) #

Hagenbach Hagenbach () is a town in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km west of Karlsruhe. Hagenbach is the seat of the ''Verbandsgem ...

(68119) # Hausgauen (68124) #

Hecken Hecken is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kirchb ...

(68125) # Heidwiller (68127) # Heimersdorf (68128) # Heiwiller (68131) # Hindlingen (68137) # Hirsingue (68138) # Hirtzbach (68139) # Hochstatt (68141) # Hundsbach (68148) #

Illfurth Illfurth (; german: Illfurt) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Alsace in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin département References

Communes of Haut-Rhin ...

(68152) # Illtal (68240) # Jettingen (68158) # Kiffis (68165) # Kœstlach (68169) # Largitzen (68176) # Levoncourt (68181) # Liebsdorf (68184) # Ligsdorf (68186) #

Linsdorf Linsdorf () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin département The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. The communes coope ...

(68187) # Lucelle (68190) # Luemschwiller (68191) # Lutter (68194) # Magny (68196) # Manspach (68200) # Mertzen (68202) # Mœrnach (68212) # Montreux-Jeune (68214) #

Montreux-Vieux Montreux-Vieux (; german: Altmünsterol; gsw-als, Àltmìnschtràl) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. People * Hans Paetsch, German actor and speaker, born here See also * Communes of the ...

(68215) #

Mooslargue Mooslargue (; german: Mooslarg; gsw-FR, Moos-Neederlàrg) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, in Alsace in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin département The following is a list of the 366 communes of the Fre ...

(68216) # Muespach (68221) # Muespach-le-Haut (68222) #

Oberlarg Oberlarg is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Population 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 commu ...

(68243) # Obermorschwiller (68245) # Oltingue (68248) # Pfetterhouse (68257) # Raedersdorf (68259) #

Retzwiller Retzwiller (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overs ...

(68268) # Riespach (68273) # Romagny (68282) # Roppentzwiller (68284) # Ruederbach (68288) # Saint-Bernard (68081) # Saint-Cosme (68293) # Saint-Ulrich (68299) # Schwoben (68303) # Seppois-le-Bas (68305) # Seppois-le-Haut (68306) # Sondersdorf (68312) # Spechbach (68320) # Steinsoultz (68325) # Sternenberg (68326) # Strueth (68330) # Tagolsheim (68332) # Tagsdorf (68333) # Traubach-le-Bas (68336) # Traubach-le-Haut (68337) # Ueberstrass (68340) # Valdieu-Lutran (68192) # Vieux-Ferrette (68347) # Waldighofen (68355) #

Walheim Walheim is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with a considerable viticulture. Besides the village Walheim there are no other places belonging to the municipal area of Walheim. Geography and climate Walheim is s ...

(68356) # Werentzhouse (68363) # Willer (68371) # Winkel (68373) # Wittersdorf (68377) #

Wolfersdorf Wolfersdorf is a municipality in the district of Freising in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, ...

(68378) # Wolschwiller (68380)

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.Historique du Haut-Rhin
/ref> In January 2015 it absorbed the commune of Bernwiller from the former arrondissement of Thann.Décret n° 2014-1720 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Guebwiller et de Ribeauvillé (département du Haut-Rhin)
/ref> As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, ...

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:Populations légales 2012: 68 Haut-Rhin
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# Dannemarie # Ferrette # Hirsingue

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