Haut-Rhin

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Haut-Rhin
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Department of France
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Prefecture building of the Haut-Rhin department, in Colmar
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Location of Haut-Rhin in France
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CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
PrefectureColmar
SubprefecturesAltkirch
Mulhouse
Thann
Government
 • PrefectLouis Laugier[1]
Area
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 • Total
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Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
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Department number68
Arrondissements4
Cantons17
Communes366
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Sidebar/configuration' not found. Haut-Rhin (Script error: No such module "IPA".)[2] is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departments of the former administrative Alsace region, the other being Bas-Rhin (Lower Rhine), especially after the 1871 cession of the southern territory known since 1922 as the Territoire de Belfort, although it is still rather densely populated compared to the rest of metropolitan France. It had a population of 770,738 in 2023.[3]

On 1 January 2021, the départemental collectivities of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin were merged into the European Collectivity of Alsace.

History

Haut-Rhin is one of the original 83 départements, created during the French Revolution, on 4 March 1790 through the application of the law of 22 December 1789 in respect of the southern half of the province of Alsace (Haute-Alsace).

Its boundaries have been modified many times:

Geography

Haut-Rhin is bordered by the Territoire de Belfort and Vosges départements and the Vosges Mountains to the west, the Bas-Rhin département to the North, Switzerland to the south and its eastern border with Germany is also the Rhine. In the centre of the département lies a fertile plain. The climate is semi-continental.

Subdivisions

The department consists of the following arrondissements:

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Mulhouse; the prefecture Colmar is the second-most populous. As of 2023, there are 9 communes with more than 12,000 inhabitants:[4]

Commune Population (2023)
Mulhouse 104,978
Colmar 66,970
Saint-Louis 22,805
Wittenheim 15,553
Illzach 14,923
Rixheim 14,380
Kingersheim 13,354
Riedisheim 12,200
Cernay 12,057

Demographics

Population development between 1801 and 2023:

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Economy

Haut-Rhin is one of the richest French départements. Mulhouse is the home of the Stellantis Mulhouse Plant automobile factory, where the Peugeot 2008 and Peugeot 508 are currently built. The lowest unemployment rate in France can be found in the Southern Sundgau region (approximately 2%). The countryside is marked by hills. Many Haut-Rhinois work in Switzerland, especially in the chemical industries of Basel, but commute from France where living costs are lower. However, the region does have some of France's worst socio-economic inequalities; Mulhouse has long been one of France's poorest major cities.

Law

Alsace and the adjacent Moselle department have a legal system slightly different from the rest of France. The statutes in question date from the period 1871–1919 when the area was part of the German Empire. With the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Paris accepted that Alsace and Moselle should retain some local laws in respect of certain matters, especially with regard to hunting, economic life, local government relationships, health insurance and social rights. It includes notably the absence of any formal separation between church and state: several mainstream denominations of the Christian church benefit from state funding, in contrast to principles applied in the rest of France.

Politics

Presidential elections 2nd round

Election Winning candidate Party % 2nd place candidate Party %
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 2022 Emmanuel Macron LREM 52.90 Marine Le Pen FN 47.10
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 2017[6] Emmanuel Macron LREM 57.97 Marine Le Pen FN 42.03
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 63.33 François Hollande PS 36.67
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 65.39 Ségolène Royal PS 34.61
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 2002[6] Jacques Chirac RPR 77.65 Jean-Marie Le Pen FN 22.35
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | 1995[7] Jacques Chirac RPR 57.26 Lionel Jospin PS 42.74

Current National Assembly Representatives

Constituency Member[8] Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency Brigitte Klinkert Renaissance
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Haut-Rhin's 2nd constituency Hubert Ott MoDem
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency Didier Lemaire Horizons
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Haut-Rhin's 4th constituency Raphaël Schellenberger The Republicans
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Haut-Rhin's 5th constituency Olivier Becht Renaissance
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Haut-Rhin's 6th constituency Bruno Fuchs MoDem

Tourism

Transport

The department's main airport is served by EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg located in Saint-Louis, it provides air travel for the department as well as Basel-Stadt in the nearby border of Switzerland and Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany. Strasbourg Airport is another alternative airport that the department also uses, it is located 109 km (68 mi) north of Mulhouse.

Culture

See also

References

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  1. ^ Décret du 29 juillet 2020 portant nomination du préfet du Haut-Rhin, Légifrance
  2. ^ Template:Literally; Alsatian: Owerelsàss or Script error: No such module "Lang".; Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Office pour la Langue et la Culture d’Alsace. "Wàs brücht m'r im Elsàss ? Petit lexique français-alsacien" (PDF). oclalsace.org (in français). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Template:Langx, Template:Literally.
  3. ^ a b Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  4. ^ Populations de référence 2023: 68 Haut-Rhin, INSEE
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  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania".
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale.

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