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 the ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
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 It superseded three former administrat ...
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 and t ...
. It has 98
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, religious, ...
. Its population is 211,312 (2017), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé are:
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Algolsheim
Algolsheim (; gsw-FR, Àlgelsa) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Geography
This Alsatian commune is located in the Haut-Rhin (68) several kilometers from Neuf-Brisach.
Situated from the bord ...
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Ammerschwihr
Ammerschwihr (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Ammerschwihriens''.
Geography
Ammerschwihr is a small town located on the Wine Road of Alsace. Its main economical ...
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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 ...
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Appenwihr
Appenwihr (; ) 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 ...
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Artzenheim
Artzenheim (; ; gsw-FR, Aarze) 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-R ...
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Aubure
Aubure (; german: Altweier; gsw-FR, Àltwihr) 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 depart ...
Baltzenheim
Baltzenheim (; ; gsw-FR, Balze) 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-Rhi ...
Bennwihr
Bennwihr (; german: Bennweier) is a commune in Grand Est, in northeastern France.
History
Bennwihr figures in a report from the year 777 by Charlemagne's ''missi dominici.'' They refer to the village as ''Beno Villare'' (Beno's domain), and men ...
Biesheim
Biesheim (; gsw-FR, Biese) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Archaeology
Remains of a Mithraeum have been unearthed in Biesheim in 1977.
See also
* Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
The foll ...
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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 ...
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Blodelsheim
Blodelsheim () 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 c ...
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Le Bonhomme
Le Bonhomme (; ; gsw-FR, Bonom) is a village and commune in the Haut-Rhin ''département'' of north-eastern France. It lies at the eastern foot of the Col du Bonhomme.
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* Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
The following is a list of ...
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Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin
Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin (german: Breitenbach; Alsatian: ''Bräitebàch'' or ''Bräiteba'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Its inhabitants are ''Breitenbachois''. Its official name distinguishes i ...
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Colmar
Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...
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Dessenheim
Dessenheim (; gsw-FR, Dassene) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
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Durrenentzen
Durrenentzen (; german: Dürrenentzen) 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 Ha ...
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Eguisheim
Eguisheim (; german: Egisheim; Alsatian: ''Egsa'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies in the historical region of Alsace (german: Elsass). The village lies on the edge of the Ballons des Vosge ...
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Eschbach-au-Val
Eschbach-au-Val () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est 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 comm ...
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Fessenheim
Fessenheim (; gsw-FR, Fassene) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is known for:
* its hydroelectric power plant on the Grand Canal d'Alsace (built 1953–1956, inaugurated 1957);
* the Fessenhei ...
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Fortschwihr
Fortschwihr (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est 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 commun ...
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Fréland
Fréland (; german: Urbach bei Kaysersberg) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est 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 ...
Gunsbach
Gunsbach () is a village and commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
The first mention of Gunsbach is in 1285, when the land was given Lord Conrad Werner of Hattstatt. In 1434, Gunsbach was sold to the Ribeaup ...
Horbourg-Wihr
Horbourg-Wihr (; german: Horburg-Weier; gsw-als, Horwrig-Wihr) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located near Colmar.
History
The commune was the form ...
Husseren-les-Châteaux
Husseren-les-Châteaux () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The village lies on the edge of the Ballons des Vosges Nature Park, where the Vosges meet the Upper Rhine Plain.
The village is overlooked ...
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Illhaeusern
Illhaeusern (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
The village stands at the confluence of the rivers Ill and Fecht. Its name means "houses near the river Ill".
Illhaeusern is famous for the Auberg ...
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Ingersheim
Ingersheim is a municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, belonging to the Stuttgart Region.
Geography
Geographical location
Ingersheim is located on the western bank of the Neckar about 20 kilometers ...
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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 ...
Kaysersberg Vignoble
Kaysersberg Vignoble () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department of northeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Kaysersberg, Kientzheim a ...
Labaroche
Labaroche (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is located in the Vosges mountains at an average altitude of 750 m. There is a post-office, a bank, several hotels, a little super-market, a salon ...
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Lapoutroie
Lapoutroie (; ; Welche: ''Lè Peutraille'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est 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 ...
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Lièpvre
Lièpvre (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. A monastery was built here in the eighth century by Saint Fulrad, who filled it with relics of Saint Cucuphas and Saint Alexander.
Geography
The mun ...
Luttenbach-près-Munster
Luttenbach-près-Munster () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est 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.
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Mittelwihr
Mittelwihr (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est 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 commune ...
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Mittlach
Mittlach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est 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 cooper ...
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
Neuf-Brisach
Neuf-Brisach ( or ; ; gsw-FR, Nei-Brisach) 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 Empire and, subsequ ...
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Niedermorschwihr
Niedermorschwihr (german: Niedermorschweier) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Notable people
* Christine Ferber, pastry chef and chocolatier
See also
* Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
The fo ...
Orbey
Orbey (; german: Urbeis; gsw-FR, Urwes) 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 ...
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Ostheim
Ostheim vor der Rhön is a town in Northern Bavaria in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Franconia. Though politically part of Bavaria since 1947, it was historically a part of Thuringia, and remains religiously, architecturally, and to some exten ...
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Porte-du-Ried
Porte du Ried (, literally ''Gate of the Ried'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of northeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Holtzwihr and Riedwihr.Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Rappschwihr''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the de ...
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Riquewihr
Riquewihr (; Alsatian: ; german: Reichenweier ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
A popular tourist attraction for its historical architecture, Riquewihr is also known for the Riesling and other win ...
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Rodern
Rodern () 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 cooper ...
Rombach-le-Franc
Rombach-le-Franc (; german: Deutsch-Rumbach) 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 departme ...
Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines
Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (; ; gsw-als, Sànkriz) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé.
Coal mines were operating in the village until 1849.
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Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine
Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine (; ; gsw-als, Heilikriz) 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 depart ...
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Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (; ; Alsatian: ''Màrkìrisch'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
Geography
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines is located in the massif of the Vosges Mountains, where it occupies ...
Soultzbach-les-Bains
Soultzbach-les-Bains () 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 ...
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Soultzeren
Soultzeren () 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 ...
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Stosswihr
Stosswihr () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
References
Communes of Haut-Rhin
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Turckheim
Turckheim (; Alsatian: Tercka; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies west of Colmar, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.
History
Archeological finds indicate the area was already ...
Wasserbourg
Wasserbourg ( gsw, Wàsserburig; german: Wasserburg) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Geography
Wasserbourg is situated in the Vosges Mountains, in the valley of the small river Krebsbach, and at th ...
Wettolsheim
Wettolsheim () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is situated at the eastern margin of the southern Vosges Mountains. The commune is part of the :fr:Parc n ...
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Wickerschwihr
Wickerschwihr () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est 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.
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Wintzenheim
Wintzenheim (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin ''département'' in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Wintzenheimois''.
Geography
Wintzenheim is a town of 7,853 inhabitants (2019)Wolfgantzen
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Zimmerbach
Zimmerbach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est 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 ...
History
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé was created in January 2015 by the merger of the former arrondissements of
Colmar
Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...
and
Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Rappschwihr''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the de ...
. In January 2017 seven communes from the
arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller
The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 81 communes. Its population is 130,270 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of ...