Arrondissement of Wissembourg


The arrondissement of Wissembourg is a former arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg. It had 68 communes, and its population was 68,299.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Wissembourg, and their INSEE codes, were:
1. Aschbach 2. Beinheim 3. Betschdorf
4. Biblisheim 5. Buhl 6. Cleebourg
7. Climbach 8. Crœttwiller 9. Dieffenbach-lès-Wœrth
10. Drachenbronn-Birlenbach 11. Durrenbach 12. Eberbach-Seltz
13. Eschbach 14. Forstheim 15. Frœschwiller
16. Gœrsdorf 17. Gunstett 18. Hatten
19. Hegeney 20. Hoffen 21. Hunspach
22. Ingolsheim 23. Keffenach 24. Kesseldorf
25. Kutzenhausen 26. Lampertsloch 27. Langensoultzbach
28. Laubach 29. Lauterbourg 30. Lembach
31. Lobsann 32. Memmelshoffen 33. Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
34. Morsbronn-les-Bains 35. Mothern 36. Munchhausen
37. Neewiller-près-Lauterbourg 38. Niederlauterbach 39. Niederrœdern
40. Niedersteinbach 41. Oberdorf-Spachbach 42. Oberhoffen-lès-Wissembourg
43. Oberlauterbach 44. Oberrœdern 45. Obersteinbach
46. Preuschdorf 47. Retschwiller 48. Riedseltz
49. Rittershoffen 50. Rott 51. Salmbach
52. Schaffhouse-près-Seltz 53. Scheibenhard 54. Schleithal
55. Schœnenbourg 56. Seebach 57. Seltz
58. Siegen 59. Soultz-sous-Forêts 60. Steinseltz
61. Stundwiller 62. Surbourg 63. Trimbach
64. Walbourg 65. Wingen 66. Wintzenbach
67. Wissembourg 68. Wœrth

History

The arrondissement of Wissembourg was created in 1800, disbanded in 1871 and restored 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 Wissembourg were, as of January 2015:
  1. Lauterbourg
  2. Seltz
  3. Soultz-sous-Forêts
  4. Wissembourg
  5. Wœrth