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Colmar
Former arrondissement
Location within the former region Alsace
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
No. of communes	62
Disbanded	2015
Prefecture	Colmar
Area	666 km (257 sq mi)
Population	148,444
• Density	223/km (580/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Colmar is a former arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé. It had 62 communes, and its population was 148,444 (2012).

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Colmar, and their INSEE codes, were:

History

The arrondissement of Colmar was created in 1800, disbanded in 1871 (ceded to Germany) and restored in 1934. 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 Colmar were, as of January 2015:

1. Andolsheim
2. Colmar-Nord
3. Colmar-Sud
4. Munster
5. Neuf-Brisach
6. Wintzenheim

References

1. ^ Décret n° 2014-1720 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Guebwiller et de Ribeauvillé (département du Haut-Rhin)
2. ^ Populations légales 2012: 68 Haut-Rhin, INSEE
3. Historique du Haut-Rhin

v t e  Alsace topics
Administrative divisions	Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg) (Unterelsaß) Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg Arrondissement of Molsheim Arrondissement of Saverne Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein Arrondissement of Strasbourg Haut-Rhin (Colmar) (Oberelsaß) Arrondissement of Altkirch Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé Arrondissement of Mulhouse Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller
Language	Alsatian French
Culture	Coat of arms Flag Anthem People Demographics Kelsch Musée alsacien Hagenau Strasbourg
Politics	Regional council of Alsace (1982–2015) Alsace independence movement Grand Est (since 2016) European Collectivity of Alsace (since 2021) Assembly of Alsace (since 2021)
Religion (according to the 1801 Concordat in Alsace–Moselle, including Lorraine)	Catholic Church Archdiocese of Strasbourg Immediately subject to the Holy See (Lorraine: Diocese of Metz) Protestantism Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine Judaism History of the Jews in Alsace consistories
Sports	RC Strasbourg Alsace SIG Strasbourg SC Schiltigheim FC Sélestat Sélestat Alsace Handball FC Vendenheim Étoile Noire de Strasbourg Internationaux de Strasbourg Rallye de France Alsace Rallye Alsace-Vosges See also: Alsace de Bagnolet (Paris)
History	Germania Superior (Pagus Alsatiae) (83–475) Argentoratum Route Romane d'Alsace Alemanni (circa 213–496) Alamannia (3rd-century–911) Duchy of Alsace (circa 630–699) Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (982–1803) County of Ferrette (11th-century–14th-century) Salm (1165−1793) Landgraviate of Alsace (1186–1646) Lower Alsace Upper Alsace Further Austria (13th-century–1648) Décapole (1354–1679) County of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1456–1736) Upper Rhenish Circle (1500-1679) Left Bank of the Rhine (1814-1871) Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918) Gau Baden-Elsaß (1940–1945) Alsace (1945–2016) Grand Est (2016–)

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• Former arrondissements of France