District of Strasbourg-City
The district of Strasbourg-City is a French administrative division , located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace.
The district of Strasbourg-City, limited to the only commune of Strasbourg, results from the division of old the Arrondissement of Strasbourg into two: district of Strasbourg-City and District of Strasbourg-Countryside. Consequently, the commune Chef-lieu is also chief town of the district of Strasbourg-Countryside, without being “attached”, even partially, with any the cantons of this one.
History
With its creation, the March 4th 1790, the Département of the Low-Rhine is divided into four districts of which that of Strasbourg recovering the city and its surroundings.It is the February 17th 1800 which Bonaparte creates the districts: the Arrondissement of Strasbourg reiterates the essence of the old district.
In 1871 the district is attached, like all the Alsace, with the German empire by the Traité of Frankfurt. It is divided into two Kreis : Straßburg (Land) and Straßburg (Stadt) . This last then represents 78 km ² and 111.987 inhabitants in 1885.
After the restitution in France in 1919 by the Treated of Versailles, the Kreis Straßburg (Stadt) becomes the district of Strasbourg-City.
Composition
- Canton of Strasbourg-1
- Canton of Strasbourg-2
- Canton of Strasbourg-3
- Canton of Strasbourg-4
- Canton of Strasbourg-5
- Canton of Strasbourg-6
- Canton of Strasbourg-7
- Canton of Strasbourg-8
- Canton of Strasbourg-9
- Canton of Strasbourg-10
See too
- Districts of the Low-Rhine | Common of the Low-Rhine
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