Arrondissement of Thann
Thann | |
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Former arrondissement | |
Location within the former region Alsace | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Haut-Rhin |
No. of communes | 52 |
Disbanded | 2015 |
Subprefecture | Thann |
Area | 525 km2 (203 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | 81,614 |
• Density | 155/km2 (400/sq mi) |
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 arrondissements of Mulhouse and Altkirch.[1] It had 52 communes, and its population was 81,614 (2012).[2]
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Thann, and their INSEE codes, were:[2]
1. Aspach-le-Bas (68011) | 2. Aspach-le-Haut (68012) | 3. Bernwiller (68031) | 4. Bitschwiller-lès-Thann (68040) |
5. Bourbach-le-Bas (68045) | 6. Bourbach-le-Haut (68046) | 7. Burnhaupt-le-Bas (68059) | 8. Burnhaupt-le-Haut (68060) |
9. Cernay (68063) | 10. Dolleren (68073) | 11. Fellering (68089) | 12. Geishouse (68102) |
13. Goldbach-Altenbach (68106) | 14. Guewenheim (68115) | 15. Husseren-Wesserling (68151) | 16. Kirchberg (68167) |
17. Kruth (68171) | 18. Lauw (68179) | 19. Leimbach (68180) | 20. Malmerspach (68199) |
21. Masevaux (68201) | 22. Michelbach (68206) | 23. Mitzach (68211) | 24. Mollau (68213) |
25. Moosch (68217) | 26. Mortzwiller (68219) | 27. Niederbruck (68233) | 28. Oberbruck (68239) |
29. Oderen (68247) | 30. Rammersmatt (68261) | 31. Ranspach (68262) | 32. Rimbach-près-Masevaux (68275) |
33. Roderen (68279) | 34. Saint-Amarin (68292) | 35. Schweighouse-Thann (68302) | 36. Sentheim (68304) |
37. Sewen (68307) | 38. Sickert (68308) | 39. Soppe-le-Bas (68313) | 40. Soppe-le-Haut (68314) |
41. Staffelfelden (68321) | 42. Steinbach (68322) | 43. Storckensohn (68328) | 44. Thann (68334) |
45. Uffholtz (68342) | 46. Urbès (68344) | 47. Vieux-Thann (68348) | 48. Wattwiller (68359) |
49. Wegscheid (68361) | 50. Wildenstein (68370) | 51. Willer-sur-Thur (68372) | 52. Wittelsheim (68375) |
History
The arrondissement of Thann was created in 1919.[3] It was disbanded in 2015.[1] 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 Thann were, as of January 2015:[2]
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- Kelsch
- Musée alsacien
- Hagenau
- Strasbourg
- Regional council of Alsace (1982–2015)
- Alsace independence movement
- Grand Est (since 2016)
- European Collectivity of Alsace (since 2021)
- Assembly of Alsace (since 2021)
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- Germania Superior (Pagus Alsatiae) (83–475)
- Alemanni (circa 213–496)
- Alamannia (3rd-century–911)
- Duchy of Alsace (circa 630–699)
- Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (982–1803)
- County of Ferrette (11th-century–14th-century)
- Salm (1165−1793)
- Landgraviate of Alsace (1186–1646)
- Further Austria (13th-century–1648)
- Décapole (1354–1679)
- County of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1456–1736)
- Upper Rhenish Circle (1500-1679)
- Left Bank of the Rhine (1814-1871)
- Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)
- Gau Baden-Elsaß (1940–1945)
- Alsace (1945–2016)
- Grand Est (2016–)
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