Canton of Molsheim

Canton of Molsheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Molsheim Sélestat-Erstein
Centralisateur bureau	Molsheim
Residents	55,434 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	210 inhabitants / km²
surface	264.48 km²
Communities	31
INSEE code	6710
Location of the canton of Molsheim in the Bas-Rhin department

The canton of Molsheim is a French constituency in the Bas-Rhin department .

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".

From 1871 to 1919 there was no further subdivision of the then Molsheim district .

Since June 28, 1919, the canton has been part of the newly founded arrondissement of Molsheim.

In the course of the reorganization of the cantons in France, the area and the size of the canton changed. Previously there were 20 communities, now 31 communities. Some municipalities in the old canton were assigned to other cantons, while the newly added municipalities previously belonged to other cantons.

See also : History of the Bas-Rhin department  and History of the Molsheim arrondissement

Communities

The canton consists of 31 municipalities with a total of 55,434 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​264.48 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code	Arrondissement
Altorf	1,293	10.19	127	67008	67120	Molsheim
Avolsheim	713	1.83	390	67016	67120	Molsheim
Mountain areas	704	4.24	166	67030	67310	Molsheim
Bischoffsheim	3,330	12.33	270	67045	67870	Molsheim
Bœrsch	2,437	23.35	104	67052	67530	Molsheim
Dachstein	1,802	7.46	242	67080	67120	Molsheim
Dahlenheim	765	5.35	143	67081	67310	Molsheim
Dangolsheim	723	4.47	162	67085	67310	Molsheim
Dorlisheim	2,647	11.53	230	67101	67120	Molsheim
Duppigheim	1,597	7.38	216	67108	67120	Molsheim
Duttlenheim	2,890	8.60	336	67112	67120	Molsheim
Ergersheim	1,358	6.51	209	67127	67120	Molsheim
Ernolsheim-Bruche	1,875	6.59	285	67128	67120	Molsheim
Flexbourg	457	1.70	269	67139	67310	Molsheim
Grendelbruch	1,201	14.63	82	67167	67190	Molsheim
Griesheim-près-Molsheim	2,188	4.62	474	67172	67870	Molsheim
Inner home	1,188	6.24	190	67223	67880	Sélestat-Erstein
Kirchheim	706	2.30	307	67240	67520	Molsheim
Marlenheim	4,250	14.59	291	67282	67520	Molsheim
Mollkirch	923	12.47	74	67299	67190	Molsheim
Molsheim	9,312	10.85	858	67300	67120	Molsheim
Nordheim	887	6.32	140	67335	67520	Molsheim
Odratzheim	499	1.54	324	67354	67520	Molsheim
Ottrott	1,546	28.89	54	67368	67530	Molsheim
Rosenwiller	686	5.50	125	67410	67560	Molsheim
Rosheim	5,149	29.55	174	67411	67560	Molsheim
Saint-Nabor	485	1.89	257	67428	67530	Molsheim
Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett	1,215	3.22	377	67442	67310	Molsheim
Soultz-les-Bains	947	3.55	267	67473	67120	Molsheim
Cheeks	698	3.87	180	67517	67520	Molsheim
Wolxheim	963	2.92	330	67554	67120	Molsheim
Canton of Molsheim	55,434	264.48	210	6710	-	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Molsheim included the 20 communities of Altorf , Avolsheim , Dachstein , Dinsheim-sur-Bruche , Dorlisheim , Duttlenheim , Ergersheim , Ernolsheim-Bruche , Gresswiller , Heiligenberg , Lutzelhouse , Molsheim , Muhlbach-sur -Bruche , Mutzig , Niederhaslach , Oberhaslach , Soultz-les-Bains , Still , Urmatt and Wolxheim . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​203.60 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 6714.

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