Arrondissement of Saverne

The district Saverne is an administrative district in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region of France.

History

On March 4, 1790, with the establishment of the department of Bas- Rhin, the area was probably part of the " District of Strasbourg ".

Some time later, the " District of Sarre- Union " was founded, which coincided essentially with the present arrondissement.

With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800 was the new district Saverne.

Since May 18, 1871, the area as a circle Saverne (French Saverne) was in the district of Bas-Rhin Alsace-Lorraine to the kingdom land. The group comprised then 1004 km ² and had 86 558 inhabitants in 1885.

As part of the re- integration of Alsace to France on June 28, 1919 in the wake of the Versailles Treaty, the name was again changed to " Arrondissement Saverne ".

Geography

The district is bordered to the north by the Sarreguemines Arrondissement in the department of Moselle ( Lorraine), to the east by the arrondissements Haguenau and Strasbourg- Campagne, in the south of the arrondissement of Molsheim and to the west by the arrondissements Sarrebourg, Château -Salins and Forbach in Moselle ( Lorraine).

The district forms the crooked Alsace. Popularly widespread, especially in older people, is the opinion that the name " Crooked Alsace " comes from the crooked - humped border between the Catholic and Protestant Alsace Lorraine.

Management

The district is subdivided into six cantons:

  • Bouxwiller
  • Drulingen
  • La Petite- Pierre
  • Marmoutier
  • Sarre- Union
  • Saverne

Communities

The largest municipalities are the arrondissement ( > 5,000 inhabitants ( 2006) ):

  • Saverne ( 11,907 )

Altkirch | Colmar | Guebwiller | Haguenau | Molsheim | Mulhouse | Ribeauvillé | Saverne | Sélestat - Erstein | Strasbourg -Campagne | Strasbourg -Ville | Thann | Wissembourg

  • Arrondissement in Alsace
  • The Bas -Rhin
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