What is Arrondissement of Altkirch?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Altkirch | INSEE=681 | nbcomm=108 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Altkirch]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=663.1 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Altkirch 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Grand Est }} The '''arrondissement of Altkirch''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France in the [[Haut-Rhin]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Grand Est]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the [[city]] of [[Altkirch]]. ==History== When the Haut-Rhin department was created on 1790, the ''arrondissement'' of Altkirch was part of that original department.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/68his.html |title=Historique du Haut-Rhin |work=Le SPLAF |language=fr |access-date=15 December 2017 }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Altkirch is in the southwest of the Haut-Rhin department. It is bordered to the northeast by the [[Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller|Thann-Guebwiller]] ''arrondissement'', to the north and west by the [[Arrondissement of Mulhouse|Mulhouse]] ''arrondissement'', to the south by [[Switzerland]] and to the west by the [[Territoire de Belfort]] department. The ''arrondissement'' of Altkirch is the smallest of the ''arrondissements'' of the department, with an area of {{Convert|663.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and it is also with fewest people living in it with a population of 69,645 inhabitants and a [[population density]] of {{Pop density|69645|663.1|km2|prec=1|disp=num}} inhabitants/km².<ref name=insee>{{cite web |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2525755/dep68.pdf |title=Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes |work= Populations légales 2014 |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |language=fr |acces