Canton of Soultz-Haut-Rhin

Location of the canton of Soultz-Haut-Rhin in the arrondissement of Guebwiller and in the department of Haut-Rhin

The Canton Soultz-Haut-Rhin was 2015 a French constituency in the Arrondissement Guebwiller in Haut-Rhin in 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 the area was part of what was then the "Gebweiler District", in 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 dissolved.

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

geography

The canton bordered the cantons of Guebwiller and Rouffach to the north, the canton Ensisheim to the east, the canton Cernay in the Thann arrondissement to the south and the cantons of Thann and Saint-Amarin , both in the Thann arrondissement, to the west .

Communities

• Berrwiller
• Bollwiller
• Feldkirch
• Hartmannswiller
• Issenheim
• Jungholtz
• Merxheim
• Raedersheim
• Soultz-Haut-Rhin
• Ungersheim
• Wuenheim

Individual evidence

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