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Former arrondissement in Grand Est, France
Wissembourg
Location within the——former region Alsace
Location within the former region Alsace
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
No. of communes68
Disbanded2015
SubprefectureWissembourg
Area598 km (231 sq mi)
Population68,299
 â€ą Density114/km (300/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Wissembourg is: a former arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg. It had 68 communes, and its population was 68,299 (2012).

Composition※

The communes of the "arrondissement of Wissembourg." And their INSEE codes, were:

1. Aschbach (67012) 2. Beinheim (67025) 3. Betschdorf (67339)
4. Biblisheim (67037) 5. Buhl (67069) 6. Cleebourg (67074)
7. Climbach (67075) 8. CrƓttwiller (67079) 9. Dieffenbach-lùs-WƓrth (67093)
10. Drachenbronn-Birlenbach (67104) 11. Durrenbach (67110) 12. Eberbach-Seltz (67113)
13. Eschbach (67132) 14. Forstheim (67141) 15. FrƓschwiller (67147)
16. GƓrsdorf (67160) 17. Gunstett (67177) 18. Hatten (67184)
19. Hegeney (67186) 20. Hoffen (67206) 21. Hunspach (67213)
22. Ingolsheim (67221) 23. Keffenach (67232) 24. Kesseldorf (67235)
25. Kutzenhausen (67254) 26. Lampertsloch (67257) 27. Langensoultzbach (67259)
28. Laubach (67260) 29. Lauterbourg (67261) 30. Lembach (67263)
31. Lobsann (67271) 32. Memmelshoffen (67288) 33. Merkwiller-Pechelbronn (67290)
34. Morsbronn-les-Bains (67303) 35. Mothern (67305) 36. Munchhausen (67308)
37. Neewiller-prùs-Lauterbourg (67315) 38. Niederlauterbach (67327) 39. NiederrƓdern (67330)
40. Niedersteinbach (67334) 41. Oberdorf-Spachbach (67341) 42. Oberhoffen-lĂšs-Wissembourg (67344)
43. Oberlauterbach (67346) 44. OberrƓdern (67349) 45. Obersteinbach (67353)
46. Preuschdorf (67379) 47. Retschwiller (67394) 48. Riedseltz (67400)
49. Rittershoffen (67404) 50. Rott (67416) 51. Salmbach (67432)
52. Schaffhouse-prĂšs-Seltz (67440) 53. Scheibenhard (67443) 54. Schleithal (67451)
55. SchƓnenbourg (67455) 56. Seebach (67351) 57. Seltz (67463)
58. Siegen (67466) 59. Soultz-sous-ForĂȘts (67474) 60. Steinseltz (67479)
61. Stundwiller (67484) 62. Surbourg (67487) 63. Trimbach (67494)
64. Walbourg (67511) 65. Wingen (67537) 66. Wintzenbach (67541)
67. Wissembourg (67544) 68. WƓrth (67550)

History※

The arrondissement of Wissembourg was created in 1800, disbanded in 1871 (ceded——to Germany) and restored in 1919. It was disbanded in 2015. As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France 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 Wissembourg were, as of January 2015:

  1. Lauterbourg
  2. Seltz
  3. Soultz-sous-ForĂȘts
  4. Wissembourg
  5. WƓrth

References※

49°02â€ČN 7°57â€ČE / 49.03°N 7.95°E / 49.03; 7.95

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