Arrondissement of Molsheim
The Arrondissement of Molsheim is an administrative district in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region of France.
Geography
The district is bordered to the north by the district Saverne, on the east by the Arrondissement Strasbourg- Campagne, on the south by the district Sélestat - Erstein, on the southwest by the Arrondissement of Saint- Dié -des-Vosges in the department of Vosges (Lorraine ) and on the northwest by the district Sarrebourg in Moselle, also in Lorraine.
History
On 4 March 1790, associated with the establishment of the department of Bas- Rhin the present territory of the former arrondissements " districts " Strasbourg and Schlettstadt. It was (as of February 10, 1806 Schlettstadt ) and Saint- Dié in the Vosges integrated with the founding of the arrondissement on 17 February 1800, the new arrondissements Strasbourg, Barr.
Since May 18, 1871, the area was established as a county in the district of Bas-Rhin Molsheim in Alsace-Lorraine Reich country for the first time. The group comprised 740 km ² and at that time had 69 328 inhabitants in 1885.
The district was established as part of the reintegration of Alsace to France on 28 June 1919 ( Treaty of Versailles).
Management
The district is subdivided into five cantons:
- Molsheim
- Rosheim
- Hall
- Schirmeck
- Wasselonne
Communities
The largest municipalities are the arrondissement ( > 5,000 inhabitants (1999)):
- Molsheim ( 9,335 )
- Mutzig ( 5584 )
- Wasselonne ( 5542 )
Altkirch | Colmar | Guebwiller | Haguenau | Molsheim | Mulhouse | Ribeauvillé | Saverne | Sélestat - Erstein | Strasbourg -Campagne | Strasbourg -Ville | Thann | Wissembourg
- Arrondissement in Alsace
- The Bas -Rhin