Canton of Rixheim

Canton of Rixheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
main place	Rixheim
Residents	48,696 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	268 inhabitants / km²
surface	181.88 km²
Communities	12
INSEE code	6813
Location of the canton of Rixheim in the Haut-Rhin department

The canton of Rixheim is a French constituency in the arrondissement of Mulhouse, in the arrondissement of Mulhouse, in the Haut-Rhin department and in the Grand Est region .

history

The canton was reorganized on the occasion of a constituency reform that came into force on March 22, 2015. The 12 communities belonged to the cantons Illzach (9 of the 11 communities) and Habsheim (3 of the 5 communities) until 2015 .

geography

The canton of Rixheim borders in the north on the canton Ensisheim , in the south on the canton Brunstatt and in the west on the cantons Mulhouse-3 and Wittenheim .

Communities

The canton consists of twelve municipalities with 48,696 inhabitants (as of 2017) on an area of ​​181.88 km ² :

local community	Alsatian	German	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Baldersheim	Bàldersche	Baldersheim	2,616	12.76	68390	68015
Bantzenheim	Bànzene	Banzenheim	1,608	21.22	68490	68020
Battenheim	Bàttene	Battenheim	1,587	16.88	68390	68022
Chalampé	Schàlàmpi	Eichwald	950	4.77	68490	68064
Habsheim	Hàbse	Habsheim	4,894	15.63	68440	68118
Hombourg	Humburg	Homburg	1,334	15.32	68490	68144
Niffer	Nifer	Niffer	946	8.72	68680	68238
Ottmarsheim	Ottmer	Ottmarsheim	1,885	25.67	68490	68253
Petit Landau	Làndài	Landau	828	17.51	68490	68254
Riedisheim	Riedese	Riedisheim	12,645	6.96	68400	68271
Rixheim	Rìxa	Rixheim	13,902	19.53	68170	68278
Sausheim	Sàise	Sausheim	5,501	16.91	68390	68300
Canton of Rixheim	Rìxa	Rixheim	48,696	181.88	-	6813

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the five candidate pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the team Olivier Becht / Patricia Fuchs (both UD) won against Aurore Bohrer / Sylvain Schaub (both FN ) with a share of the vote of 71.27% (turnout: 46.98%). Olivier Becht became a MP in Paris in 2017. Marc Munck replaced him in the 2017 by-election.

Since 2015, the canton has the following members of the Council of the Département:

Representative in the Council of the Département
Term of office	Surname	Political party
2015-2017	Olivier Becht Patricia Fuchs	Union de la droite
2017–	Patricia Bohn (formerly Fuchs) Marc Munck	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, Article 14
2. ↑ Location of the canton of Rixheim in the Haut-Rhin department
3. ↑ Results of the two ballots