Bas-Rhin is a département 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 the two 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 which until 1871, also included the area now known as the Territoire de Belfort. The more populous and densely populated of the pair, it had 1,148,073 inhabitants in 2020. The prefecture is based in Strasbourg. The INSEE and Post Code is 67.
Haut-Rhin is a département 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 the Bas-Rhin. Especially after the 1871 cession of the southern territory known since 1922 as Territoire de Belfort, although it is still densely populated compared to the rest of metropolitan France. It had a population of 767,842 in 2020.
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 101 communes. Its population is 156,463 (2016), and its area is 980.5 km2 (378.6 sq mi).
Bischheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
La Wantzenau is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Artolsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in northeastern France.
Seltz is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. It is located on the Sauer River near its confluence with the Rhine, opposite the German town of Rastatt.
Griesheim-près-Molsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Barembach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
Bootzheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Gambsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France, in the historical region of Alsace.
Hegeney is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Heidolsheim is a commune in the extreme south of the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Hessenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Limersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is a rural tourist destination, boasting several half-timbered houses.
Mackenheim is a French commune located in the department of Bas-Rhin and, since 1 January 2021, in the Grand Est region within the territory of the European Community of Alsace.
Oberbronn is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Waltenheim-sur-Zorn is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Zittersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
