Canton of Neuf-Brisach

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Location of the canton of Neuf-Brisach in the arrondissement of Colmar and in the department of Haut-Rhin

The canton of Neuf-Brisach was 2015 a French constituency in Arrondissement of Colmar , in the 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 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 there was no further subdivision of the Colmar district at that time .

On June 28, 1919, the canton first became part of what was then the arrondissement of Colmar-Campagne, which from 1934 again belonged to the arrondissement of Colmar.

On March 22, 2015, the canton was dissolved.

geography

The canton bordered in the north on the canton Andolsheim , in the east on Germany with the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the administrative district of Freiburg ( Baden-Württemberg ), in the south on the canton Ensisheim in the arrondissement Guebwiller and in the west on the canton Colmar-Sud .

Communities

Individual evidence

  1. Decree No. 2014-207 of the French Interior Ministry on the redistribution of the cantons in the Haut-Rhin department