Arrondissement of Thionville

The arrondissement of Thionville is an arrondissement of France, in the Moselle department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Thionville.

Thionville
Arrondissement
Location within the region Grand Est
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
No. of communes	104
Subprefecture	Thionville
Area	941.5 km2 (363.5 sq mi)
Population  (2016)	266,506
INSEE code	577

History

The arrondissement of Thionville was formed when the former arrondissements of Thionville-Est and of Thionville-Ouest were merged on 1 January 2015 to form the new arrondissement.^[1]

Geography

The arrondissement of Thionville is in the northwest of the Moselle department. It is bordered to the northwest by Luxembourg, to the north by Germany, to the east by the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement, to the south by the Metz arrondissement and to the west by the Meurthe-et-Moselle department.

The arrondissement of Thionville has an area of 941.5 km² (363.5 sq mi), the second smallest of the 5 arrondissements of the department but the second in population (264,858 inhabitants) with a population density of 281.3 inhabitants/km².^[2]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,^[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 7 cantons in the arrondissement of Thionville:

1. Algrange (5701)
2. Bouzonville (5704) (partly)
3. Fameck (5706)
4. Hayange (5710)
5. Metzervisse (5714)
6. Thionville (5726)
7. Yutz (5727)

Communes

The arrondissement of Thionville has 105 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː^[4]

1. Aboncourt (57001)
2. Algrange (57012)
3. Angevillers (57022)
4. Apach (57026)
5. Audun-le-Tiche (57038)
6. Aumetz (57041)
7. Berg-sur-Moselle (57062)
8. Bertrange (57067)
9. Bettelainville (57072)
10. Beyren-lès-Sierck (57076)
11. Boulange (57096)
12. Bousse (57102)
13. Boust (57104)
14. Breistroff-la-Grande (57109)
15. Buding (57117)
16. Budling (57118)
17. Cattenom (57124)
18. Clouange (57143)
19. Contz-les-Bains (57152)
20. Distroff (57179)
21. Elzange (57191)
22. Entrange (57194)
23. Escherange (57199)
24. Évrange (57203)
25. Fameck (57206)
26. Fixem (57214)
27. Flastroff (57215)
28. Florange (57221)
29. Fontoy (57226)
30. Gandrange (57242)
31. Gavisse (57245)
32. Grindorff-Bizing (57259)
33. Guénange (57269)
34. Hagen (57282)
35. Halstroff (57286)
36. Basse-Ham (57287)
37. Havange (57305)
38. Hayange (57306)
39. Hettange-Grande (57323)
40. Hombourg-Budange (57331)
41. Hunting (57341)
42. Illange (57343)
43. Inglange (57345)
44. Kanfen (57356)
45. Kédange-sur-Canner (57358)
46. Kemplich (57359)
47. Kerling-lès-Sierck (57361)
48. Kirsch-lès-Sierck (57364)
49. Kirschnaumen (57365)
50. Klang (57367)
51. Knutange (57368)
52. Kœnigsmacker (57370)
53. Haute-Kontz (57371)
54. Kuntzig (57372)
55. Laumesfeld (57387)
56. Launstroff (57388)
57. Lommerange (57411)
58. Luttange (57426)
59. Malling (57437)
60. Manderen (57439)
61. Manom (57441)
62. Merschweiller (57459)
63. Metzeresche (57464)
64. Metzervisse (57465)
65. Mondelange (57474)
66. Mondorff (57475)
67. Monneren (57476)
68. Montenach (57479)
69. Moyeuvre-Grande (57491)
70. Moyeuvre-Petite (57492)
71. Neufchef (57498)
72. Nilvange (57508)
73. Ottange (57529)
74. Oudrenne (57531)
75. Puttelange-lès-Thionville (57557)
76. Ranguevaux (57562)
77. Rédange (57565)
78. Rémeling (57569)
79. Basse-Rentgen (57574)
80. Rettel (57576)
81. Richemont (57582)
82. Ritzing (57585)
83. Rochonvillers (57586)
84. Rodemack (57588)
85. Rosselange (57597)
86. Roussy-le-Village (57600)
87. Rurange-lès-Thionville (57602)
88. Russange (57603)
89. Rustroff (57604)
90. Serémange-Erzange (57647)
91. Sierck-les-Bains (57650)
92. Stuckange (57767)
93. Terville (57666)
94. Thionville (57672)
95. Tressange (57678)
96. Uckange (57683)
97. Valmestroff (57689)
98. Veckring (57704)
99. Vitry-sur-Orne (57724)
100. Volmerange-les-Mines (57731)
101. Volstroff (57733)
102. Waldweistroff (57739)
103. Waldwisse (57740)
104. Yutz (57757)
105. Zoufftgen (57764)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[5] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
57672	Thionville	41,083	Thionville and Yutz	CA Portes de France-Thionville
57757	Yutz	15,948	Yutz	CA Portes de France-Thionville
57306	Hayange	15,757	Hayange	CA du Val de Fensch
57206	Fameck	14,136	Fameck	CA du Val de Fensch
57221	Florange	11,736	Fameck	CA du Val de Fensch
57491	Moyeuvre-Grande	7,836	Hayange	Le Pays Orne Moselle
57323	Hettange-Grande	7,579	Yutz	Cattenom et Environs
57269	Guénange	7,167	Metzervisse	Arc Mosellan
57666	Terville	6,760	Thionville	CA Portes de France-Thionville
57038	Audun-le-Tiche	6,691	Algrange	Pays Haut Val d'Alzette

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Moselle department
• List of arrondissements of France

References

1. "Décret n° 2014-1721 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de boulay-Moselle, de Château-Salins, de Thionville-Ouest et de Metz-Campagne (département de la Moselle)" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
2. "Arrondissement de Thionville (577)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
3. "Décret n° 2014-183 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Moselle" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
4. "Géographie administrative et d'étude : Thionville (577)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
5. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

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