Old communes of the Low-Rhine

This page recalls all the old communes of the Département of the Low-Rhine which existed since the French revolution, as well as creations and the official modifications of name.

The list does not contain the simple modifications of the territory of a commune (passage of a hamlet of a commune with another, for example).

The information of before 1943 can be incomplete.

Fusion

*: creation of a new commune

1982

1975

1974

1973

1972

1971

1945

1866

1858

1844

1815

1794

Between 1790 and 1794

Creation and re-establishment

2007

1992

1989

1988

1986

  • Re-establishment of Rohr starting from Gougenheim

1983

1927

  • Vancelle by dismemberment of the commune of Châtenois

1888

  • Merkwiller by dismemberment of the commune of Kutzenhausen

1867

  • Hohwald by dismemberment of the communes of Alba, Barr and Breitenbach

1847

1799

Modification of official name

2003

1983

1965

1961

1956

1955

1953

1952

  • Pisdorf > the Bischtroff-on-Saar

1949

1948

1947

1929

1928

1927

1926

1922

1891

  • Hambach > Waldhambach

1867

Sources

  • charts of Cassini, database on the history of the common Frenchwomen
  • CommunesGenWeb, history of the communes to the service of the genealogy

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