What is Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Sélestat-Erstein | INSEE=675 | nbcomm=101 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Sélestat]] | pop=156463 | year=2016 | area=980.5 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Grand Est }} The '''arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein''' 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 [[Sélestat]]. ==History== When the Bas-Rhin department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Sélestat (or Sélestat-Erstein) was part of that original department. The [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] of Barr was moved to Schlestadt (Sélestat) in 1806.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/67his.html |title=Historique du Bas-Rhin |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=29 December 2016 |date= }}</ref> In 1974, the ''arrondissements'' of Sélestat and Erstein were combined to form the new ''arrondissement'' of Sélestat-Erstein. ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Sélestat-Erstein is the most southern of the Bas-Rhin department. It is bordered to the west and north by the [[Arrondissement of Molsheim|Molsheim]] ''arrondissement'', to the northeast by the [[Arrondissement of Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] ''arrondissement'', to the east by [[Germany]], to the south by the [[Haut-Rhin]] department and to the soutwest by the [[Vosges]] department. The ''arrondissement'' of Sélestat-Erstein has an area of {{Convert|980.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and a population of 155,916 inhabitants for a [[population density]] of {{Pop density|155916|980.5|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, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes |work= Populations légales 2014 |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |format=PDF |la