Canton of Huningue
The Canton Huningue was 2015 a French constituency in Arrondissement of Mulhouse , in Haut-Rhin and the region Alsace .
history
The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the départements as part of the then Altkirch district .
With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of what was then the Altkirch arrondissement. From 1857 it became the arrondissement of Mulhouse.
From 1871 to 1919 the area was part of what was then the district of Mulhouse , to which there was no further subdivision.
On June 28, 1919, the canton became part of the (new) arrondissement of Mulhouse.
On March 22, 2015, the canton was dissolved.
geography
The canton bordered in the northwest on the canton of Sierentz , in the northeast on the district of Lörrach in the administrative region of Freiburg ( Baden-Württemberg ), in the east, southeast and south on the cantons of Basel-Stadt , Basel-Landschaft and Solothurn , all three in Switzerland , in the southwest to the canton of Ferrette and to the west to the canton of Altkirch , both in the arrondissement of Altkirch .
Communities
The largest municipalities in the canton were:
- Saint-Louis (19,907)
- Huningue (6,970)
The 19 other parishes were
- Attenschwiller
- Blotzheim
- Buschwiller
- Folgensbourg
- Hagenthal-le-Bas
- Hagenthal-le-Haut
- Hégenheim
- Hésingue
- Knœringue
- Leymen
- Love will
- Michelbach-le-Bas
- Michelbach-le-Haut
- Neuwiller
- Ranspach-le-Bas
- Ranspach-le-Haut
- Rosenau
- Village-Neuf
- Wentzwiller