the "arrondissement" of molsheim is in the west of the bas-rhin department. it is bordered to the north by the saverne "arrondissement", to the east by the strasbourg "arrondissement", to the southeast by the sélestat-erstein "arrondissement", to the southwest by the vosges department, to the west by the meurthe-et-moselle department and to the northwest by the moselle department.