Canton of Guebwiller

Canton of Guebwiller
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Thann-Guebwiller
main place	Guebwiller
Residents	35,759 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	211 inhabitants / km²
surface	169.87 km²
Communities	18th
INSEE code	6807
Location of the canton of Guebwiller in the Haut-Rhin department

The canton of Guebwiller is a French constituency in the Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller , in the Haut-Rhin department and in the Grand Est region .

history

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

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

From 1871 to 1919 the area was part of what was then the Gebweiler district , to which there was no further subdivision.

On June 28, 1919, the canton became part of the Arrondissement of Guebwiller.

On March 22, 2015, the canton was changed in its layout and significantly enlarged.

See also History of the Haut-Rhin and History of the Arrondissement of Guebwiller .

geography

Until 2014, the canton bordered in the north with the canton Munster in the arrondissement of Colmar , in the northeast with the canton Rouffach , in the southeast and south with the canton Soultz-Haut-Rhin and in the west with the canton Saint-Amarin in the arrondissement Thann .

Today's canton Guebwiller borders in the north-west and north on the canton Wintzenheim , in the east on the canton Ensisheim , in the south-east on the canton Wittenheim and in the south-west on the canton Cernay .

None of the previous municipalities in the canton switched to other cantons. There were also seven municipalities from the canton of Soultz-Haut-Rhin (7 of the 11 municipalities).

Communities

The canton consists of 18 municipalities with 35,759 inhabitants (as of 2017) on an area of ​​169.87 km ² :

local community	Alsatian	German	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Bergholtz	Bargwood	Mountain wood	1,078	4.24	68500	68029
Bergholtzzell	Bargholzzàll	Bergholzzell	433	2.29	68500	68030
Buhl	Beel	Buhl	3,310	8.80	68530	68058
Guebwiller	Gawiller	Gebweiler	11.094	9.68	68500	68112
Hartmannswiller	Hàrtmànnswiller	Hartmannsweiler	638	4.78	68500	68122
Issenheim	Ìsene	Isenheim	3,416	8.18	68500	68156
Jungholtz	Young wood	Young wood	898	4.00	68500	68159
Lautenbach	Lütebàch	Lautenbach	1,511	13.02	68610	68177
Lautenbachzell	Lütebàchzall	Lautenbachzell	955	23.14	68610	68178
Linthal	Líntel	Linthal	599	20.84	68610	68188
Merxheim	Marxe	Merxheim	1,261	9.10	68500	68203
Murbach	Müerbe	Murbach	159	6.66	68530	68229
Orschwihr	Orschwihr	Orschweier	1,043	7.09	68500	68250
Raedersheim	Radersche	Rädersheim	1.108	5.69	68190	68260
Rimbach-près-Guebwiller	Rímbàch	Rimbach	187	4.84	68500	68274
Rimbachzell	Rímbàchzall	Rimbachzell	198	1.79	68500	68276
Soultz-Haut-Rhin	Sulz	Sulz	7,072	29.56	68360	68315
Wuenheim	Wüene	Wünheim	799	6.17	68500	68381
Canton of Guebwiller	Gawiller	Gebweiler	35,759	169.87	-	6807

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Guebwiller included the eleven municipalities Bergholtz , Bergholtzzell , Buhl , Guebwiller , Lautenbach , Lautenbachzell , Linthal , Murbach , Orschwihr , Rimbach-près-Guebwiller and Rimbachzell . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​102.38 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 6808.

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the five voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Alain Grappe / Karine Pagliarulo (both UD) won against Sylvain Marcelli / Carine Zoller-Abraham (both FN ) with 58.35% of the votes (turnout: 50.37%).

Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1945–1961	Alfred Haedrich	MRP
1961-1976	François Throo	MRP , then Center démocrate (CD)
1976-1998	Charles Haby	Union des démocrates pour la République (UDR), then RPR and then DVD
1998-2011	Daniel Weber	RPR , then UMP
2011-2015	Alain Grappe	UMP
2015–	Alain Grappe Karine Pagliarulo	Union de la droite

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Decree No. 2014-207 of the French Interior Ministry on the redistribution of the cantons in the Haut-Rhin department
2. ↑ Location of the canton of Guebwiller in the Haut-Rhin department
3. ↑ Results of the two ballots