Haut-Rhin

Haut-Rhin
Details
Information
Number	68
Region	Alsace
Prefecture	Colmar
Subprefectures	Altkirch Guebwiller Mulhouse Ribeauvillé Thann
Population  - Total (1999)  - Density	Ranked 29th 708 025 201 /km²
Area	3,525 km²
Arrondissements	6
Cantons	31
Communes	377
President of the general council	Constant Goerg
Location

Haut-Rhin is a French département, named after the Rhine river.

History

The département was created during the French Revolution, 4 mars 1790 by using the law of 22 december 1789 on the southern half of the province of Alsace (Haute-Alsace).

Its boundaries would become modified many times:

• 1798, it absorbed Mulhouse, formerly a free city, and the last Swiss enclaves in the south;
• 1800, it absorbed the whole département of Mont-Terrible;
• 1814, it lost the territoires which had been part of Mont-Terrible, returned to Switzerland, except the old principality of Montbéliard;
• 1816, it lost Montbéliard, which was attached to the département of Doubs;
• 1871, it was mostly annexed by Germany (Treaty of Frankfurt). The remaining French part formed the Territoire de Belfort;
• 1919, it was returned to France (Treaty of Versailles) but is still separed from Belfort.

Geography

Economy

Demographics

Culture

• Alsatian language

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• Conseil Général website (http://www.cg68.fr/)

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