Bas-Rhin is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among both French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut Rhin department. Note that both belong to the European Upper Rhine region. It is, with the Haut Rhin, one of the two departments of the traditional Alsace region. The more populous and densely populated of the pair, it had 1,125,559 inhabitants in 2017. The prefecture is based in Strasbourg. The INSEE and Post Code is 67.
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
Oberhoffen-lès-Wissembourg is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Schiltigheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Schirmeck is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Erstein is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, in the region of Grand Est, France.
Eschau is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Adamswiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France.
Zinswiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France at 39 km from Strasbourg, the department capital. Zinswiller is 383 km from Paris.
Domfessel is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. As with other parts of Alsace and Bas-Rhin, Domfessel has had periods under German rule, and its name is Germanic. Domfessel has been part of France since 1790, with an interlude of German rule 1871-1919.
Epfig is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Butten is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The inhabitants of Butten are called Buttenois, Buttenoises in French.
Mackwiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Mussig is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Successive known names carried by the village were: Moussich, Mosich (1370) and Musich (1453) before becoming Musselburgh. The etymological origin is probably to be found in the existence of wetlands and swamps are conducive to the formation of foam. Until the 19th century was practiced widely growing flax and hemp, woven at home or delivered to the weavers in the valley of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, this is still in the early twentieth century.
Neugartheim-Ittlenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune was formed in 1973 by the merger of the former communes Ittlenheim and Neugartheim.
Niedersteinbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Oberhaslach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Uttenhoffen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Haslach is a German word derived from Old High German hasala ("hazel") and aha. It may refer to:
The canton of Mutzig is an administrative division of the Bas-Rhin department, northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Mutzig.
