The arrondissement of Mulhouse 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 t ...

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 It superseded three former administr ...

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 79 communes. Its population is 351,012 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Mulhouse are: # Attenschwiller # Baldersheim #

Bantzenheim Bantzenheim () 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 department References

Communes of Haut-Rhin {{HautRhin-geo- ...

# Bartenheim # Battenheim # Berrwiller #

Blotzheim Blotzheim (; gsw-FR, Blohze) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, northeastern 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 co ...

# Bollwiller # Brinckheim # Bruebach # Brunstatt-Didenheim # Buschwiller # Chalampé # Dietwiller # Eschentzwiller # Feldkirch #

Flaxlanden Flaxlanden is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. See also * Communes of the Hau ...

Folgensbourg Folgensbourg (; german: Volkensberg; gsw-FR, Folgeschburg) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, in Alsace in north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin département The following is a list of the 366 commun ...

# Galfingue # Geispitzen #

Habsheim Habsheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. History The Thalbahn Habsheim wa ...

# Hagenthal-le-Bas # Hagenthal-le-Haut # Hégenheim # Heimsbrunn # Helfrantzkirch # Hésingue #

Hombourg Hombourg (; german: Homburg) 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 ...

Huningue Huningue (; german: Hüningen; gsw-FR, Hinige) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace in north-eastern France. Huningue is a northern suburb of the Swiss city of Basel. It also borders Germany (Weil am Rhein, a suburb of Basel loca ...

Illzach Illzach () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is located in the north side of the Mulhouse metropolitan area, and forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local governm ...

Kappelen Kappelen (french: Chapelle) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Kappelen is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Capella''. The Roman road between Aventicum and Petinesca ran along t ...

# Kembs # Kingersheim # Knœringue # Kœtzingue # Landser # Leymen #

Liebenswiller Liebenswiller (; gsw, Liebedswìller; german: Liebensweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is located close to the border with Switzerland, near the Swiss village of Rodersdorf. See also * Co ...

Lutterbach Lutterbach () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Lutterbach is served by the , ...

# Magstatt-le-Bas # Magstatt-le-Haut #

Michelbach-le-Bas Michelbach-le-Bas () 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 commun ...

# Michelbach-le-Haut #

Morschwiller-le-Bas Morschwiller-le-Bas (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the ...

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...

Neuwiller Neuwiller (, Alsatian language, Alsatian and Basel German: ''Näiwil'', german: Neuweiler) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is surrounded to the north, east ...

# Niffer # Ottmarsheim # Petit-Landau # Pfastatt # Pulversheim # Ranspach-le-Bas # Ranspach-le-Haut # Rantzwiller # Reiningue # Richwiller #

Riedisheim Riedisheim (; ; Alsatian: http://elsasser.free.fr/ElsNamme/ecrantot.html - with diacritic added) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, th ...

Rixheim Rixheim (; Alsatian: ''Rixe'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Geography ...

# Rosenau # Ruelisheim # Saint-Louis #

Sausheim Sausheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Population See also * Communes of ...

# Schlierbach #

Sierentz Sierentz (; Alsatian: ''Siarez''; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is located roughly halfway between Mulhouse and Basel. Both cities can be accessed by train from Sierentz station Sierentz st ...

# Staffelfelden # Steinbrunn-le-Bas # Steinbrunn-le-Haut # Stetten # Uffheim # Ungersheim #

Village-Neuf Village-Neuf (; german: Neudorf; gsw-FR, Neidorf; literally ''New Village'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Climate Village-Neuf features a continentalized oceanic climate (''Cfb'') under the Köpp ...

# Wahlbach # Waltenheim # Wentzwiller #

Wittelsheim Wittelsheim 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 Department may ref ...

# Wittenheim #

Zaessingue Zaessingue (; gsw, Zäsige; german: Zässingen) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

# Zillisheim # Zimmersheim

History

The arrondissement of Altkirch was created in 1800. In 1857 the subprefecture was moved to Mulhouse. In 1871 it was disbanded when the area was ceded to Germany. The arrondissement of Mulhouse was restored in 1919.Historique du Haut-Rhin
/ref> In January 2015 it absorbed five communes of the former

arrondissement of Guebwiller The arrondissement of Guebwiller is a former arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was disbanded, and most of its communes were assigned to the new arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller, some to the a ...

and two communes of the former

arrondissement of Thann The arrondissement of Thann is a former arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was disbanded, and most of its communes were assigned to the new arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller, some to the arrondi ...

.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, the ...

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 Mulhouse were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 68 Haut-Rhin
INSEE # Habsheim # Huningue # Illzach # Mulhouse-Est # Mulhouse-Nord # Mulhouse-Ouest # Mulhouse-Sud # Sierentz # Wittenheim

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