The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is an
arrondissement
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Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissem ...
of France in the
Haut-Rhin
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department in the
Grand Est
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region
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. It has 98
communes.
Its population is 211,178 (2021), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé are:
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Algolsheim
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Ammerschwihr
Ammerschwihr (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Ammerschwihriens''.
Geography
Ammerschwihr is a small town located on the W ...
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Andolsheim
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Appenwihr
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Artzenheim
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Aubure
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Balgau
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Baltzenheim
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Beblenheim
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Bennwihr
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Bergheim
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Biesheim
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Bischwihr
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Blodelsheim
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Le Bonhomme
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Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin
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Colmar
Colmar (; ; or ) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Alsace region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department ...
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Dessenheim
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Durrenentzen
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Eguisheim
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Eschbach-au-Val
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Fessenheim
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Fortschwihr
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Fréland
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Geiswasser
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Griesbach-au-Val
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Grussenheim
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Guémar
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Gunsbach
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Heiteren
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Herrlisheim-près-Colmar
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Hettenschlag
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Hirtzfelden
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Hohrod
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Horbourg-Wihr
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Houssen
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Hunawihr
Hunawihr (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
The village is a member of the ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
(, ) is an independent association created in 1982 for the promotion of the t ...
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Husseren-les-Châteaux
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Illhaeusern
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Ingersheim
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Jebsheim
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Katzenthal
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Kaysersberg Vignoble
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Kunheim
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Labaroche
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Lapoutroie
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Lièpvre
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Logelheim
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Luttenbach-près-Munster
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Metzeral
Metzeral () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune is located in the historical and cultural region of Alsace.
History
Founded in 817 it is the oldes ...
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Mittelwihr
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Mittlach
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Muhlbach-sur-Munster
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Munchhouse
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Munster
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Muntzenheim
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Nambsheim
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Neuf-Brisach
Neuf-Brisach ( or , ; , , in contrast to " Old Breisach"; ) is a fortified town and commune of the department of Haut-Rhin in the French region of Alsace. The fortified town was intended to guard the border between France and the Holy Roman E ...
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Niedermorschwihr
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Obermorschwihr
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Obersaasheim
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Orbey
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Ostheim
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Porte-du-Ried
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Ribeauvillé
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Riquewihr
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Rodern
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Roggenhouse
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Rombach-le-Franc
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Rorschwihr
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Rumersheim-le-Haut
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Rustenhart
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Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines
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Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine
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Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
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Saint-Hippolyte
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Sondernach
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Soultzbach-les-Bains
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Soultzeren
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Stosswihr
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Sundhoffen
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Thannenkirch
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Turckheim
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Urschenheim
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Vœgtlinshoffen
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Vogelgrun
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Volgelsheim
Volgelsheim (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
History
Volgelsheim was first mentioned in 739 under the name Folcoaldeshaim. The name has changed several times over the centuries to the present ...
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Walbach
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Wasserbourg
Wasserbourg (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Geography
Wasserbourg is situated in the Vosges Mountains, in the valley of the small river Krebsbach (Fec ...
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Weckolsheim
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Wettolsheim
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Wickerschwihr
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Widensolen
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Wihr-au-Val
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Wintzenheim
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Wolfgantzen
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Zellenberg
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Zimmerbach
History
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé was created in January 2015 by the merger of the former arrondissements of
Colmar
Colmar (; ; or ) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Alsace region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department ...
and
Ribeauvillé. In January 2017 seven communes from the
arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller joined the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé.
References
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Colmar-Ribeauville