Arrondissement of Mulhouse

Mulhouse
Arrondissement
Location of Mulhouse in Haut-Rhin
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Communes	79
Subprefecture	Mulhouse
Area¹
• Total	707 km² (273 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	349,764
• Density	490/km² (1,300/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers.

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Culture Coat of arms Flag Anthem People Language Demographics Musée alsacien (Hagenau \| Strasbourg)
Religion according to Concordat in Alsace-Moselle (1801): (including Lorraine) Catholic Church Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg (Immediately subject to the Holy See) (Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg) (Lorraine: Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz) Protestantism: Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine: Lutheranism: Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine Calvinism: Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine Jewish consistories: Strasbourg Colmar (Lorraine: Metz)
Law Local law in Alsace-Moselle Concordat in Alsace-Moselle
Administrative divisions Capital: Strasbourg Bas-Rhin (Unterelsaß) Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg Arrondissement of Molsheim Arrondissement of Saverne Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein Arrondissement of Strasbourg Haut-Rhin (Oberelsaß) Arrondissement of Altkirch Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé Arrondissement of Mulhouse Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller
Politics Alsace Regional Council (1982–2015) Alsace independence movement
Alsace in the European Union European Parliament elections Constituency
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The arrondissement of Mulhouse is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. At the 2015 arrondissements reform it was expanded with several communes from the arrondissements of Guebwiller and Thann. It has 79 communes.^[1]

Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Mulhouse are:

The communes of the arrondissement of Mulhouse are:^[2]

References

↑ Décret n° 2014-1720 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Guebwiller et de Ribeauvillé (département du Haut-Rhin)
↑ INSEE Communes de l'arrondissement de Mulhouse

External links

Mulhouse on French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies site (INSEE, in French)

Coordinates: 47°45′N 7°20′E / 47.750°N 7.333°E / 47.750; 7.333

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