Thann-Guebwiller | |
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Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Haut-Rhin |
No. of communes | 81 |
Subprefecture | Thann |
Area | 907.1 km2 (350.2 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | 130,270 |
INSEE code | 686 |
The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Thann.
The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller was created in 2015 with the arrondissements reform when the arrondissements of Thann and of Guebwiller were combined to form the new arrondissement.[1]
The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller is in the western part of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north and northeast by the Colmar-Ribeauvillé arrondissement, to the east by the Mulhouse arrondissement, to the south by the Altkirch arrondissement, to the southwest by the Territoire de Belfort and to the west by the Vosges department.
The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller is the second largest of the arrondissements of the department, after the Colmar-Ribeauvillé arrondissement, with an area of 1,027.7 km2 (396.8 sq mi). It has a population of 140,214 inhabitants and a population density of 136.4 inhabitants/km².[2]
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are 5 cantons in the arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller:
The arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller has 81 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[2] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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68063 | Cernay | 11,723 | Cernay | Thann-Cernay |
68112 | Guebwiller | 11,297 | Guebwiller | Région de Guebwiller |
68334 | Thann | 7,915 | Cernay | Thann-Cernay |
68082 | Ensisheim | 7,369 | Ensisheim | Centre Haut-Rhin |
68315 | Soultz-Haut-Rhin | 7,190 | Guebwiller | Région de Guebwiller |
68287 | Rouffach | 4,517 | Wintzenheim | Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux |
68201 | Masevaux-Niederbruck | 3,796 | Masevaux | Vallée de la Dollar et du Soultzbach |
68156 | Issenheim | 3,438 | Guebwiller | Région de Guebwiller |
68058 | Buhl | 3,277 | Guebwiller | Région de Guebwiller |
68348 | Vieux-Thann | 2,938 | Cernay | Thann-Cernay |