Molsheim | |
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![]() Location within the region Grand Est | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Bas-Rhin |
No. of communes | 77 |
Subprefecture | Molsheim |
Area | 771.2 km2 (297.8 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 103,948 |
INSEE code | 673 |
The arrondissement of Molsheim is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Molsheim.
At the 2015 arrondissements reform, the arrondissement of Molsheim was expanded with several communes from the arrondissements of Strasbourg-Campagne and Saverne.[2]
The arrondissement of Molsheim is in the west of the Bas-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north by the Saverne arrondissement, to the east by the Strasbourg arrondissement, to the southeast by the Sélestat-Erstein arrondissement, to the southwest by the Vosges department, to the west by the Meurthe-et-Moselle department and to the northwest by the Moselle department.
The arrondissement of Molsheim has an area of 771.2 km2 (297.8 sq mi) and a population of 103,068 inhabitants for a population density of 133.6 inhabitants/km².[3]
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are 3 cantons in the arrondissement of Molsheim:
The arrondissement of Molsheim has 77 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[5]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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67300 | Molsheim | 9,263 | Molsheim | Région de Molsheim-Mutzig |
67313 | Mutzig | 5,895 | Mutzig | Région de Molsheim-Mutzig |
67520 | Wasselonne | 5,616 | Saverne | La Mossig et du Vignoble |
67411 | Rosheim | 4,956 | Molsheim | Portes de Rosheim |
67282 | Marlenheim | 4,090 | Molsheim | La Mossig et du Vignoble |
67045 | Bischoffsheim | 3,347 | Molsheim | Portes de Rosheim |
67112 | Duttlenheim | 2,879 | Molsheim | Région de Molsheim-Mutzig |
67066 | La Broque | 2,716 | Mutzig | Vallée de la Bruche |
67101 | Dorlisheim | 2,559 | Molsheim | Région de Molsheim-Mutzig |
67052 | Bœrsch | 2,442 | Molsheim | Portes de Rosheim |