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

History
The arrondissement of Metz was formed when the former arrondissements of Metz-Campagne and Metz-Ville were merged on 1 January 2015 to form the new arrondissement.

Geography
The arrondissement of Metz is in the west of the Moselle department. It is bordered to the north by the Thionville arrondissement, to the east by the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement, to the southeast by the Sarrebourg-Château-Salins arrondissement and to the south and west by the Meurthe-et-Moselle department.

The arrondissement of Metz has an area of  and a population of 341,821 inhabitants with a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition

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

There are 10 cantons in the arrondissement of Metz:

 Les Coteaux de Moselle (5705)
 Metz-1 (5711)
 Metz-2 (5712)
 Metz-3 (5712)
 Montigny-lès-Metz (5715)
 Le Pays Messin (5716)
 Rombas (5718)
 Le Sillon Mosellan (5724)
 The western part of Faulquemont (5707) (partly)
 The western part of Le Saulnois (5723) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Metz has 140 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Amanvillers (57017)
 Amnéville (57019)
 Ancerville (57020)
 Ancy-Dornot (57021)
 Antilly (57024)
 Argancy (57028)
 Arry (57030)
 Ars-Laquenexy (57031)
 Ars-sur-Moselle (57032)
 Aube (57037)
 Augny (57039)
 Ay-sur-Moselle (57043)
 Le Ban-Saint-Martin (57049)
 Bazoncourt (57055)
 Béchy (57057)
 Beux (57075)
 Bronvaux (57111)
 Buchy (57116)
 Burtoncourt (57121)
 Chailly-lès-Ennery (57125)
 Chanville (57127)
 Charleville-sous-Bois (57128)
 Charly-Oradour (57129)
 Châtel-Saint-Germain (57134)
 Cheminot (57137)
 Chérisey (57139)
 Chesny (57140)
 Chieulles (57142)
 Coincy (57145)
 Coin-lès-Cuvry (57146)
 Coin-sur-Seille (57147)
 Colligny-Maizery (57148)
 Corny-sur-Moselle (57153)
 Courcelles-Chaussy (57155)
 Courcelles-sur-Nied (57156)
 Cuvry (57162)
 Ennery (57193)
 Les Étangs (57200)
 Failly (57204)
 Fèves (57211)
 Féy (57212)
 Fleury (57218)
 Flévy (57219)
 Flocourt (57220)
 Foville (57231)
 Glatigny (57249)
 Goin (57251)
 Gorze (57254)
 Gravelotte (57256)
 Hagondange (57283)
 Hauconcourt (57303)
 Hayes (57307)
 Jouy-aux-Arches (57350)
 Jury (57351)
 Jussy (57352)
 Laquenexy (57385)
 Lemud (57392)
 Lessy (57396)
 Liéhon (57403)
 Longeville-lès-Metz (57412)
 Lorry-lès-Metz (57415)
 Lorry-Mardigny (57416)
 Louvigny (57422)
 Luppy (57425)
 Maizeroy (57431)
 Maizières-lès-Metz (57433)
 Malroy (57438)
 Marange-Silvange (57443)
 Marieulles (57445)
 Marly (57447)
 Marsilly (57449)
 La Maxe (57452)
 Mécleuves (57454)
 Metz (57463)
 Mey (57467)
 Moncheux (57472)
 Montigny-lès-Metz (57480)
 Montois-la-Montagne (57481)
 Ogy-Montoy-Flanville (57482)
 Moulins-lès-Metz (57487)
 Noisseville (57510)
 Norroy-le-Veneur (57511)
 Nouilly (57512)
 Novéant-sur-Moselle (57515)
 Orny (57527)
 Pagny-lès-Goin (57532)
 Pange (57533)
 Peltre (57534)
 Pierrevillers (57543)
 Plappeville (57545)
 Plesnois (57546)
 Pommérieux (57547)
 Pontoy (57548)
 Pouilly (57552)
 Pournoy-la-Chétive (57553)
 Pournoy-la-Grasse (57554)
 Raville (57563)
 Rémilly (57572)
 Retonfey (57575)
 Rezonville (57578)
 Rombas (57591)
 Roncourt (57593)
 Rozérieulles (57601)
 Sailly-Achâtel (57605)
 Sainte-Barbe (57607)
 Saint-Hubert (57612)
 Saint-Julien-lès-Metz (57616)
 Saint-Jure (57617)
 Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes (57620)
 Saint-Privat-la-Montagne (57622)
 Sainte-Ruffine (57624)
 Sanry-lès-Vigy (57626)
 Sanry-sur-Nied (57627)
 Saulny (57634)
 Scy-Chazelles (57642)
 Secourt (57643)
 Semécourt (57645)
 Servigny-lès-Raville (57648)
 Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe (57649)
 Sillegny (57652)
 Silly-en-Saulnois (57653)
 Silly-sur-Nied (57654)
 Solgne (57655)
 Sorbey (57656)
 Talange (57663)
 Thimonville (57671)
 Tragny (57676)
 Trémery (57677)
 Vantoux (57693)
 Vany (57694)
 Vaux (57701)
 Vernéville (57707)
 Verny (57708)
 Vigny (57715)
 Vigy (57716)
 Villers-Stoncourt (57718)
 Vionville (57722)
 Vry (57736)
 Vulmont (57737)
 Woippy (57751)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Moselle department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Metz
Grand Est