Canton of Wittenheim

Canton of Wittenheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
main place	Wittenheim
Residents	42,438 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	425 inhabitants / km²
surface	99.90 km²
Communities	9
INSEE code	6817
Location of the canton of Wittenheim in the Haut-Rhin department

The Canton Wittenheim is a canton in the Arrondissement Mulhouse in the Haut-Rhin department in the region of Grand Est in France .

history

The canton of Wittenheim was created on February 26, 1958 when the cantons of Mulhouse-Nord and Mulhouse-Sud were divided into five cantons. On March 22, 2015, the canton was completely restructured. With the exception of the canton capital, no municipality remained in the canton. Eight communities from the neighborhood were assigned to this. These 8 communes belonged to the cantons of Cernay (Staffelfelden and Wittelsheim), Ensisheim (Pulversheim), Illzach (Ruelisheim) and Soultz-Haut-Rhin (Berrwiller, Bollwiller, Feldkirch and Ungersheim) until 2015 .

geography

The canton of Wittenheim borders in the northwest and north on the canton Guebwiller , in the east and southeast on the canton Rixheim , in the south on the cantons Kingersheim and Mulhouse-3 and in the west on the canton Cernay .

Communities

The canton consists of nine municipalities with a total of 42,438 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​99.90 km ² :

local community	Alsatian	German	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Berrwiller	Barrwiller	Berrweiler	1,192	7.66	68500	68032
Bollwiller	Bollwiller	Bollweiler	4.027	8.63	68540	68043
Feldkirch	Faldkìrech	Feldkirch	990	4.21	68540	68088
Pulversheim	Bulwersche	Pulversheim	2,960	8.56	68840	68258
Ruelisheim	Rüelese	Rülisheim	2,297	7.27	68270	68289
Relay fields	Stàffelfalde	Relay fields	3,959	7.42	68850	68321
Ungersheim	Ungersche	Ungersheim	2,341	13.51	68190	68343
Wittelsheim	Wittelse	Wittelsheim	10,355	23.63	68310	68375
Wittenheim	Wittene	Wittenheim	14,317	19.01	68270	68376
Canton of Wittenheim	Wittene	Wittenheim	42,438	99.90	-	6817

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Wittenheim included the six communities Kingersheim , Lutterbach , Pfastatt , Reiningue , Richwiller and Wittenheim . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​63.59 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 6827.

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the six candidate pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the pairing of Marie-France Vallat / Pierre Vogt (both DVG) won against Ludwig Deleersnyder / Évelyne Fuchs (both FN ) with a share of the vote of 51.38% (turnout: 47.58%).

Since 1958 the canton has (had) the following members in the council of the department:

Representative in the Council of the Département
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1958-1970	Arsène Sutter	MRP , then Center démocrate (CD)
1970-1988	Antoine Gissinger	Union des démocrates pour la République (UDR), then RPR
1988-2015	Joseph Spiegel	PS
2015–	Marie-France Vallat Pierre Vogt	DVG

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Decree No. 2014-207 of the French Interior Ministry on the redistribution of the cantons in the Haut-Rhin department
2. ↑ Location of the canton Wittenheim in the Haut-Rhin department
3. ↑ Results of the two ballots