The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein (french: Arrondissement de Sélestat-Erstein; gsw-FR, Arrondissement Schlettstàdt-Eerstain) is an

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of France in the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

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 It superseded three former administra ...

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. It has 101

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

. Its population is 156,463 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein, and their

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s, are: # Albé (67003) #

Andlau Andlau ( or ; Alsatian: ''Àndlöi'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace, Grand Est region of northeastern France. The village owes its origin to Andlau Abbey which was founded in 880 by Richardis, the empress of Charles the Fa ...

(67010) # Artolsheim (67011) # Baldenheim (67019) #

Barr Barr may refer to: Places * Barr (placename element), element of place names meaning 'wooded hill', 'natural barrier' * Barr, Ayrshire, a village in Scotland * Barr Building (Washington, DC), listed on the US National Register of Historic Places ...

(67021) # Bassemberg (67022) # Benfeld (67028) # Bernardswiller (67031) # Bernardvillé (67032) # Bindernheim (67040) # Blienschwiller (67051) # Bœsenbiesen (67053) # Bolsenheim (67054) # Boofzheim (67055) # Bootzheim (67056) # Bourgheim (67060) # Breitenau (67062) # Breitenbach (67063) # Châtenois (67073) # Dambach-la-Ville (67084) # Daubensand (67086) # Diebolsheim (67090) # Dieffenbach-au-Val (67092) # Dieffenthal (67094) # Ebersheim (67115) #

Ebersmunster Ebersmunster (german: Ebersmünster) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is famous for its 1727 baroque church, a work by Vorarlberg architect Peter Thumb. Population See also *Communes of the Bas- ...

(67116) #

Eichhoffen Eichhoffen (german: Eichhofen im Elsaß) is a commune, in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Eichhoffen station has rail connections to Strasbourg and Sélestat. Politics and government Elected in 2014 and re-elected ...

(67120) # Elsenheim (67121) #

Epfig Epfig is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. On the outskirts of the village is the 11th century Chapel of Saint Margaret. Epfig station has rail connections to Strasbourg and Sélestat. See also * Communes ...

(67125) #

Erstein Erstein (, ; gsw, label= Alemannic, Eerstain) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, in the region of Grand Est, France. History An important necropolis from the Merovingian era (6th-7th century) has been excavated near Erstein in 1999– ...

(67130) # Fouchy (67143) # Friesenheim (67146) # Gerstheim (67154) # Gertwiller (67155) # Goxwiller (67164) # Heidolsheim (67187) # Heiligenstein (67189) # Herbsheim (67192) # Hessenheim (67195) # Hilsenheim (67196) # Hindisheim (67197) # Hipsheim (67200) # Le Hohwald (67210) # Huttenheim (67216) # Ichtratzheim (67217) # Innenheim (67223) # Itterswiller (67227) # Kertzfeld (67233) # Kintzheim (67239) # Kogenheim (67246) # Krautergersheim (67248) # Lalaye (67255) # Limersheim (67266) # Mackenheim (67277) # Maisonsgoutte (67280) # Marckolsheim (67281) # Matzenheim (67285) # Meistratzheim (67286) # Mittelbergheim (67295) # Mussig (67310) # Muttersholtz (67311) # Neubois (67317) # Neuve-Église (67320) # Niedernai (67329) # Nordhouse (67336) # Nothalten (67337) # Obenheim (67338) #

Obernai Obernai ( Alsatian: ''Owernah''; german: Oberehnheim) commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. Obernai is a rapidly growing city, its number of inhabitants hav ...

(67348) #

Ohnenheim Ohnenheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes coopera ...

(67360) # Orschwiller (67362) #

Osthouse Osthouse (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The sole remaining wall of the 1865 synagogue, destroyed by the Nazis, makes a dramatic standing ruin. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department ...

(67364) # Reichsfeld (67387) # Rhinau (67397) # Richtolsheim (67398) # Rossfeld (67412) # Saasenheim (67422) # Saint-Martin (67426) # Saint-Maurice (67427) # Saint-Pierre (67429) #

Saint-Pierre-Bois Saint-Pierre-Bois (; ; gsw-als, Sàm Peterschulz) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin dep ...

(67430) #

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(67433) # Schaeffersheim (67438) # Scherwiller (67445) # Schœnau (67453) # Schwobsheim (67461) #

Sélestat Sélestat (; Alsatian: ''Schlettstàdt''; German: ''Schlettstadt'') is a commune in the Grand Est region of France. An administrative division (sous-préfecture) of the Bas-Rhin department, the town lies on the Ill river, from the Rhine and th ...

(67462) # Sermersheim (67464) # Steige (67477) # Stotzheim (67481) # Sundhouse (67486) # Thanvillé (67490) # Triembach-au-Val (67493) # Urbeis (67499) # Uttenheim (67501) # Valff (67504) # La Vancelle (67505) #

Villé Villé (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas re ...

(67507) # Westhouse (67526) # Witternheim (67545) # Wittisheim (67547) # Zellwiller (67557)

History

The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein was created in 1974 by the merger of the former arrondissements of Erstein and Sélestat.Historique du Bas-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 Sélestat-Erstein were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 67 Bas-Rhin
INSEE # Barr # Benfeld #

# Marckolsheim #

# Villé

References

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