What is Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Haguenau-Wissembourg | INSEE=672 | nbcomm=141 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Haguenau]] | pop=240942 | year=2016 | area=1424.6 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Grand Est }} The '''arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France in the [[Bas-Rhin]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Grand Est]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Haguenau]]. ==History== The ''arrondissement'' of Haguenau-Wissembourg was formed when the former ''arrondissements'' of Haguenau and of Wissembourg were [[:wikt:merged|merged]] on 1 January 2015 to form the new ''arrondissement''. Several communes from the arrondissements of Strasbourg-Campagne and Saverne were added as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2014/12/29/2014-1722/jo/texte |title=Décret n° 2014-1722 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Strasbourg-Campagne et de Wissembourg (département du Bas-Rhin) |publisher=Légifrance.gouv.fr |language=French |accessdate=29 December 2016 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Haguenau-Wissembourg is in the northeast of the Bas-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north and east by [[Germany]], to the south by the [[Arrondissement of Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] ''arrondissement'', to the southwest by the [[Arrondissement of Saverne|Saverne]] ''arrondissement'' and to the west by the [[Moselle (department)|Moselle]] department. The ''arrondissement'' of Haguenau-Wissembourg has an area of {{Convert|1421.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. It is the largest of the 5 ''arrondissements'' of the department but the second in population (240,402 inhabitants), with a [[population density]] of {{Pop density|240402|1421.9|km2|prec=1|disp=num}} inhabitants/km².<ref name=insee>{{cite web |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2525755/dep67.pdf |title=Régions,