The "arrondissement" of Strasbourg is in the west of the Bas-Rhin department. It is bordered to the north by the Haguenau-Wissembourg "arrondissement", to the south by the Sélestat-Erstein "arrondissement", to the southwest by the Molsheim "arrondissement" and to the west by the Saverne "arrondissement". Germany is to the east of the "arrondissement".