Arrondissement of Thann


The arrondissement of Thann is a former arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was disbanded, and most of its communes were assigned to the new arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller, some to the arrondissements of Mulhouse and Altkirch. It had 52 communes, and its population was 81,614.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Thann, and their INSEE codes, were:
1. Aspach-le-Bas 2. Aspach-le-Haut 3. Bernwiller 4. Bitschwiller-lès-Thann
5. Bourbach-le-Bas 6. Bourbach-le-Haut 7. Burnhaupt-le-Bas 8. Burnhaupt-le-Haut
9. Cernay 10. Dolleren 11. Fellering 12. Geishouse
13. Goldbach-Altenbach 14. Guewenheim 15. Husseren-Wesserling 16. Kirchberg
17. Kruth 18. Lauw 19. Leimbach 20. Malmerspach
21. Masevaux 22. Michelbach 23. Mitzach 24. Mollau
25. Moosch 26. Mortzwiller 27. Niederbruck 28. Oberbruck
29. Oderen 30. Rammersmatt 31. Ranspach 32. Rimbach-près-Masevaux
33. Roderen 34. Saint-Amarin 35. Schweighouse-Thann 36. Sentheim
37. Sewen 38. Sickert 39. Soppe-le-Bas 40. Soppe-le-Haut
41. Staffelfelden 42. Steinbach 43. Storckensohn 44. Thann
45. Uffholtz 46. Urbès 47. Vieux-Thann 48. Wattwiller
49. Wegscheid 50. Wildenstein 51. Willer-sur-Thur 52. Wittelsheim

History

The arrondissement of Thann was created in 1919. It was disbanded in 2015. As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Thann were, as of January 2015:
  1. Cernay
  2. Masevaux
  3. Saint-Amarin
  4. Thann