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 | |
|---|---|
 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
changeThe 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
changeThe 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
changeCantons
changeAfter 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:
- Algrange (5701)
- Bouzonville (5704) (partly)
- Fameck (5706)
- Hayange (5710)
- Metzervisse (5714)
- Thionville (5726)
- Yutz (5727)
Communes
changeThe arrondissement of Thionville has 105 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
- Aboncourt (57001)
- Algrange (57012)
- Angevillers (57022)
- Apach (57026)
- Audun-le-Tiche (57038)
- Aumetz (57041)
- Berg-sur-Moselle (57062)
- Bertrange (57067)
- Bettelainville (57072)
- Beyren-lès-Sierck (57076)
- Boulange (57096)
- Bousse (57102)
- Boust (57104)
- Breistroff-la-Grande (57109)
- Buding (57117)
- Budling (57118)
- Cattenom (57124)
- Clouange (57143)
- Contz-les-Bains (57152)
- Distroff (57179)
- Elzange (57191)
- Entrange (57194)
- Escherange (57199)
- Évrange (57203)
- Fameck (57206)
- Fixem (57214)
- Flastroff (57215)
- Florange (57221)
- Fontoy (57226)
- Gandrange (57242)
- Gavisse (57245)
- Grindorff-Bizing (57259)
- Guénange (57269)
- Hagen (57282)
- Halstroff (57286)
- Basse-Ham (57287)
- Havange (57305)
- Hayange (57306)
- Hettange-Grande (57323)
- Hombourg-Budange (57331)
- Hunting (57341)
- Illange (57343)
- Inglange (57345)
- Kanfen (57356)
- Kédange-sur-Canner (57358)
- Kemplich (57359)
- Kerling-lès-Sierck (57361)
- Kirsch-lès-Sierck (57364)
- Kirschnaumen (57365)
- Klang (57367)
- Knutange (57368)
- Kœnigsmacker (57370)
- Haute-Kontz (57371)
- Kuntzig (57372)
- Laumesfeld (57387)
- Launstroff (57388)
- Lommerange (57411)
- Luttange (57426)
- Malling (57437)
- Manderen (57439)
- Manom (57441)
- Merschweiller (57459)
- Metzeresche (57464)
- Metzervisse (57465)
- Mondelange (57474)
- Mondorff (57475)
- Monneren (57476)
- Montenach (57479)
- Moyeuvre-Grande (57491)
- Moyeuvre-Petite (57492)
- Neufchef (57498)
- Nilvange (57508)
- Ottange (57529)
- Oudrenne (57531)
- Puttelange-lès-Thionville (57557)
- Ranguevaux (57562)
- Rédange (57565)
- Rémeling (57569)
- Basse-Rentgen (57574)
- Rettel (57576)
- Richemont (57582)
- Ritzing (57585)
- Rochonvillers (57586)
- Rodemack (57588)
- Rosselange (57597)
- Roussy-le-Village (57600)
- Rurange-lès-Thionville (57602)
- Russange (57603)
- Rustroff (57604)
- Serémange-Erzange (57647)
- Sierck-les-Bains (57650)
- Stuckange (57767)
- Terville (57666)
- Thionville (57672)
- Tressange (57678)
- Uckange (57683)
- Valmestroff (57689)
- Veckring (57704)
- Vitry-sur-Orne (57724)
- Volmerange-les-Mines (57731)
- Volstroff (57733)
- Waldweistroff (57739)
- Waldwisse (57740)
- Yutz (57757)
- 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
changeReferences
change- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Thionville (577)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Géographie administrative et d'étude : Thionville (577)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ↑ "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.