Canton of Bischwiller

Canton of Bischwiller
region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Centralisateur bureau	Bischwiller
Residents	52,146 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	284 inhabitants / km²
surface	183.85 km²
Communities	21st
INSEE code	6701
Location of the canton of Bischwiller in the Bas-Rhin department

The canton of Bischwiller is a French constituency in the arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

history

The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the départements as part of what was then the "Strasbourg District".

With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of what was then the arrondissement of Strasbourg.

From 1871 to 1919 there was no further subdivision of the Hagenau district at that time .

Since June 28, 1919, the canton has been part of the newly founded Arrondissement Haguenau.

On March 22, 2015, the municipality of Kaltenhouse , which until then belonged to the canton of Haguenau, was reclassified to the canton of Bischwiller.

See also : History of the Bas-Rhin Department  and History of the Haguenau Arrondissement

geography

Until 2014, the canton bordered in the north on the cantons Soultz-sous-Forêts and Seltz in the arrondissement Wissembourg , in the east on Germany with the district Rastatt in the administrative district Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg , in the south on the canton Brumath in the arrondissement Strasbourg-Campagne and in West to the canton of Haguenau .

Communities

The canton consists of 21 municipalities with a total of 52,146 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​183.85 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Bischwiller	12,538	17.25	727	67046	67240
Dalhounds	1,171	7.45	157	67082	67770
Drusenheim	5,154	15.73	328	67106	67410
Forest field	737	4.90	150	67140	67480
Fort Louis	296	12.31	24	67142	67480
Herrlisheim	4,861	14.38	338	67194	67850
Kaltenhouse	2,333	3.72	627	67230	67240
Kauffenheim	215	2.24	96	67231	67480
People's home	837	10.39	81	67264	67480
Neuhaeusel	351	3.05	115	67319	67480
Oberhoffen-sur-Moder	3,486	14.25	245	67345	67240
Offendorf	2,476	14.22	174	67356	67850
Rœschwoog	2,285	9.75	234	67405	67480
Rohrwiller	1,634	2.95	554	67407	67410
Roppenheim	1.003	6.88	146	67409	67480
Rountzenheim-Auenheim	1.937	10.91	178	67418	67480
Schirrhein	2,227	6.49	343	67449	67240
Schirrhoffen	694	0.63	1.102	67450	67240
Sessenheim	2,315	9.18	252	67465	67770
Soufflenheim	4,889	13.24	369	67472	67620
Instead of mats	707	3.93	180	67476	67770
Canton of Bischwiller	52,146	183.85	284	6701	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Bischwiller included the 21 municipalities of Auenheim , Bischwiller , Dalhunden , Drusenheim , Forstfeld , Fort-Louis , Herrlisheim , Leutenheim , Kauffenheim , Neuhaeusel , Oberhoffen-sur-Moder , Offendorf , Rœschwoog , Rohrwiller , Roppenheim , Rountzenheim , Schirrhein , Schirrhoffen , Sessenheim , Soufflenheim and Stattmatten . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​180.13 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 6703.

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2019: Merger of Auenheim and Rountzenheim → Rountzenheim-Auenheim

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Decree No. 2014-185 of the French Interior Ministry on the redistribution of the cantons in the Bas-Rhin department