The arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg (french: Arrondissement de Hanguenau-Wissembourg; gsw-FR, Arrondissement Hàwenau-Waisseburch) 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

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 It superseded three former administra ...

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 ...

. It has 141

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 240,942 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg are: # Aschbach # Batzendorf # Beinheim # Bernolsheim #

Berstheim Berstheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population 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 c ...

# Betschdorf #

Biblisheim Biblisheim (; gsw-FR, Bíwelse) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin departme ...

Bietlenheim Bietlenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population 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 comm ...

# Bilwisheim # Bischwiller # Bitschhoffen # Brumath # Buhl # Cleebourg # Climbach # Crœttwiller # Dalhunden # Dambach #

Dauendorf Dauendorf is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the site of the remains of Neubourg Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery, destroyed during the French Revolution. See also * Communes of the Bas-R ...

# Dieffenbach-lès-Wœrth # Donnenheim # Drachenbronn-Birlenbach # Drusenheim #

Durrenbach Durrenbach () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est 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 coope ...

# Eberbach-Seltz #

Engwiller Engwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern 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 cooper ...

# Eschbach #

Forstfeld Forstfeld (; gsw-FR, Forschfald) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Between 1975 and 2019 the registered population increased from 456 to 754. Twin towns * Condat-sur-Vienne See also * Communes of t ...

# Forstheim # Fort-Louis # Frœschwiller #

Gambsheim Gambsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France, in the historical region of Alsace. Geography Gambsheim lies adjacent to a river-crossing into Germany that is favoured by southbound traffic on th ...

# Geudertheim #

Gœrsdorf Gœrsdorf () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune merged with Mitschdorf at the start of 1973. Gœrsdorf is part of the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. Notable people Author and prie ...

# Gries # Gumbrechtshoffen # Gundershoffen #

Gunstett Gunstett is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography The village is positioned slightly to the east of the Departmental Road RD27, a short distance north of Haguenau. The surrounding countryside is ...

# Haguenau #

Hatten Hatten is a municipality in Oldenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated southeast of Oldenburg, on the North-West edge of the Wildeshausen Geest Nature Park. Activities Tourism endeavours emphasise the recreational and sporting opport ...

# Hegeney # Herrlisheim #

Hochstett Hochstett is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Hochstett is positioned near to the autoroute that connects Strasbourg with Metz and, eventually, Paris. It is adjacent to the autoroute exit 47 ...

# Hœrdt # Hoffen #

Hunspach Hunspach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. In 2020 it was voted the «Village préféré des Français» (France's favourite village). Geography The commune lies a short distance to the south of Wiss ...

Huttendorf Huttendorf (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Geography Agriculture, including the rearing of livestock, plays an important part in the village's economy. History The first surviving reco ...

# Ingolsheim # Kaltenhouse # Kauffenheim #

Keffenach Keffenach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies a short distance to the south of Wissembourg, within the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve. Population See also * Communes of the ...

# Kesseldorf # Kilstett #

Kindwiller Kindwiller (; german: Kindweiler; gsw-FR, Kendwéler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est, France. Geography The village is positioned some fifteen kilometres (nine miles) to the west-north-west of Haguenau. Most of the hous ...

Krautwiller Krautwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Krautwiller is positioned close to Brumath. History In a transaction document dating from 742, the settlement is named as "Chrodoltesvillar ...

Kriegsheim Kriegsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Kriegsheim lies to the north of Strasbourg and to the southwest of Haguenau, in the Brumath hills on the western edge of the Upper Rhine vall ...

# Kurtzenhouse # Kutzenhausen # Lampertsloch # Langensoultzbach #

Laubach Laubach is a town of approximately 10,000 people in the Gießen region of Hesse, Germany. Laubach is known as a ', a climatic health resort. It is situated east of Gießen. Surrounding Laubach are the towns of Hungen, Grünberg, Schotten and ...

Lauterbourg Lauterbourg ( or ; ) (historically in English: Lauterburgh) is a commune and Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. Situated on the German border and not far from the German city of Karlsruhe, it i ...

# Lembach # Leutenheim #

Lobsann Lobsann is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est 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 cooperate ...

# Memmelshoffen #

Merkwiller-Pechelbronn Merkwiller-Pechelbronn () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is notable as the original home of oil sands mining. Oil sands were mined from 1745 in Merkwiller-Pechelbronn, initially under the direc ...

Mertzwiller Mertzwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Notable people * Sam Marx, father of the Marx Brothers * Joseph-Paul Strebler, missionary and bishop in Togo See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin d ...

# Mietesheim # Mittelschaeffolsheim # Mommenheim #

Morsbronn-les-Bains Morsbronn-les-Bains (; german: Morsbronn; gsw-FR, Morschbrunn) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department * Battle of Wörth The Battle of Wörth, also know ...

# Morschwiller # Mothern # Munchhausen # Neewiller-près-Lauterbourg # Neuhaeusel # Niederbronn-les-Bains # Niederlauterbach # Niedermodern # Niederrœdern # Niederschaeffolsheim #

Niedersteinbach Niedersteinbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin ''département'' in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Sites and monuments * Château du Wasigenstein - 13th-century castle See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of ...

Oberbronn Oberbronn is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. There is a signposted, historic, circular walk through the village. From an observation tower on the nearby Wasenkoepfel (526m) there are views of the Upp ...

# Oberdorf-Spachbach #

Oberhoffen-lès-Wissembourg Oberhoffen-lès-Wissembourg () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin departmen ...

Oberhoffen-sur-Moder Oberhoffen-sur-Moder (german: Oberhofen an der Moder) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population Notable people * Sébastien Loeb, French rally and racing driver * Charles Miller, born Oberhoffen ...

# Oberlauterbach # Oberrœdern # Obersteinbach # Offendorf # Offwiller # Ohlungen # Olwisheim # Preuschdorf # Reichshoffen # Retschwiller # Riedseltz # Rittershoffen # Rœschwoog # Rohrwiller # Roppenheim # Rothbach # Rott # Rottelsheim # Rountzenheim-Auenheim # Salmbach # Schaffhouse-près-Seltz # Scheibenhard # Schirrhein # Schirrhoffen # Schleithal # Schœnenbourg # Schweighouse-sur-Moder # Seebach #

Seltz Seltz (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. It is located on the Sauer river near its confluence with the Rhine, opposite the German town of Rastatt. History The former Celtic settlemen ...

Sessenheim Sessenheim (; gsw-FR, Sähsem) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Culture Sessemheim was the setting for Johann Wolfgang Goethe's first love affair with Friederike Brion, a priest's daughter, which he ...

Siegen Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region. The university town (nearly 20,000 students in the 2018–2019 winter semest ...

Soufflenheim Soufflenheim (; german: Sufflenheim; gsw-FR, Süfflum), is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is known for its pottery, being known as the ''Cité des Potiers''. History The forested area of Norther ...

Soultz-sous-Forêts Soultz-sous-Forêts () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the site of the European Hot Dry Rocks energy research project. Notable people * George Abert, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly ...

# Stattmatten # Steinseltz # Stundwiller # Surbourg # Trimbach # Uhlwiller # Uhrwiller #

Uttenhoffen Uttenhoffen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. History Finds from the Neolithic Age and the Hallstatt culture period are as attested as the settlement in Roman times. After introduction of the Refor ...

# Val-de-Moder # Wahlenheim # Walbourg # Weitbruch #

Weyersheim Weyersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population Twin towns Weyersheim is twinned with: * Rot am See, Germany, since 2000 See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following i ...

# Windstein # Wingen # Wintershouse # Wintzenbach #

Wissembourg Wissembourg (; South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is situated on the little river Lauter close to the border between France and Germany a ...

# Wittersheim #

Wœrth Wœrth or Woerth (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department and Grand Est Regions of France, region of north-eastern France. The town, which lies some north of Strasbourg, is known for being the si ...

# Zinswiller

History

The arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg was created in January 2015 by the merger of the former arrondissements of Haguenau and

. At the same time, it absorbed two communes from the

arrondissement of Saverne The arrondissement of Saverne (french: Arrondissement de Saverne; gsw-FR, Arrondissement Zàwra) is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 162 communes. Its population is 128,960 (2016), and its ar ...

and 18 communes from the former

arrondissement of Strasbourg-Campagne The arrondissement of Strasbourg-Campagne is a former arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace region. It was disbanded at the 2015 arrondissements reform, and its communes were assigned to the arrondissements of Saverne, ...

.Décret n° 2014-1722 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Strasbourg-Campagne et de Wissembourg (département du Bas-Rhin)
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