Canton of Soultz-sous-Forêts

Map of the arrondissement and canton of Wissembourg in the Bas-Rhin department

The Canton Soultz-sous-Forêts was 2015 a French constituency in the Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg , in Bas-Rhin region and in the region of Alsace ; its main town was Soultz-sous-Forêts , and from 2001 Jean-Laurent Vonau was the representative in the General Council of the Département.

The canton of Soultz-sous-Forêts was 150.56 km² and had 19,486 inhabitants (2006), which corresponds to a population density of 129 inhabitants per km².

history

The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the départements as part of what was then the "Wissembourg District". With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of the Wissembourg arrondissement. From 1871 to 1919 there was no further subdivision of the then "Weißenburg District". On June 28, 1919, the canton again became part of the Wissembourg arrondissement. On March 22, 2015, the canton was dissolved.

See also : History of the Bas-Rhin department  and History of the Wissembourg district

Population of the municipalities on January 1, 2012 and whereabouts from January 1, 2015

The following 19 cities and municipalities belonged to the canton:

local community	Residents 2012	Canton from 2015
Aschbach	677	Wissembourg
Betschdorf	4100	Wissembourg
Drachenbronn-Birlenbach	919	Wissembourg
Had	1939	Wissembourg
To hope	1163	Wissembourg
Hunspach	661	Wissembourg
Ingolsheim	285	Wissembourg
Keffenach	203	Wissembourg
Kutzenhausen	899	Reichshoffen
Lobsann	627	Reichshoffen
Memmelshoffen	326	Wissembourg
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn	970	Reichshoffen
Oberrœdern	543	Wissembourg
Retschwiller	273	Wissembourg
Rittershoffen	894	Wissembourg
Schœnenbourg	674	Wissembourg
Soultz-sous-Forêts	3011	Wissembourg
Stundwiller	474	Wissembourg
Surbourg	1634	Wissembourg

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
15,834	16,323	16.003	16.604	17,273	18,295	19,486

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Decree No. 2014-185 of the French Interior Ministry on the redistribution of the cantons in the Bas-Rhin department