The arrondissement of Molsheim is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Molsheim.
History
At the 2015 arrondissements reform, the arrondissement of Molsheim was expanded with several communes from the arrondissements of Strasbourg-Campagne and Saverne.
Geography
The arrondissement of Molsheim is in the west of the Bas-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north by the Saverne arrondissement, to the east by the Strasbourg arrondissement, to the southeast by the Sélestat-Erstein arrondissement, to the southwest by the Vosges department, to the west by the Meurthe-et-Moselle department and to the northwest by the Moselle department.
The arrondissement of Molsheim has an area of and a population of 103,068 inhabitants for a population density of inhabitants/km².
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are 3 cantons in the arrondissement of Molsheim: Molsheim (6710) (partly) Mutzig (6711) (partly) Saverne (6714) (partly)
Communes
The arrondissement of Molsheim has 77 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
Altorf (67008) Avolsheim (67016) Balbronn (67018) Barembach (67020) Bellefosse (67026) Belmont (67027) Bergbieten (67030) Bischoffsheim (67045) Blancherupt (67050) Bœrsch (67052) Bourg-Bruche (67059) La Broque (67066) Colroy-la-Roche (67076) Cosswiller (67077) Crastatt (67078) Dachstein (67080) Dahlenheim (67081) Dangolsheim (67085) Dinsheim-sur-Bruche (67098) Dorlisheim (67101) Duppigheim (67108) Duttlenheim (67112) Ergersheim (67127) Ernolsheim-Bruche (67128) Flexbourg (67139) Fouday (67144) Grandfontaine (67165) Grendelbruch (67167) Gresswiller (67168) Griesheim-près-Molsheim (67172) Heiligenberg (67188) Hohengœft (67208) Jetterswiller (67229) Kirchheim (67240) Knœrsheim (67245) Lutzelhouse (67276) Marlenheim (67282) Mollkirch (67299) Molsheim (67300) Muhlbach-sur-Bruche (67306) Mutzig (67313) Natzwiller (67314) Neuviller-la-Roche (67321) Niederhaslach (67325) Nordheim (67335) Oberhaslach (67342) Odratzheim (67354) Ottrott (67368) Plaine (67377) Rangen (67383) Ranrupt (67384) Romanswiller (67408) Rosenwiller (67410) Rosheim (67411) Rothau (67414) Russ (67420) Saales (67421) Saint-Blaise-la-Roche (67424) Saint-Nabor (67428) Saulxures (67436) Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett (67442) Schirmeck (67448) Solbach (67470) Soultz-les-Bains (67473) Still (67480) Traenheim (67492) Urmatt (67500) Waldersbach (67513) Wangen (67517) Wangenbourg-Engenthal (67122) Wasselonne (67520) Westhoffen (67525) Wildersbach (67531) Wisches (67543) Wolxheim (67554) Zehnacker (67555) Zeinheim (67556)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are: