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.

## 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_.

## 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 , the second smallest of the 5 _arrondissements_ of the department but the second in population (264,858 inhabitants) with a population density of  inhabitants/km².

### 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 7 cantons in the _arrondissement_ of Thionville:

1. Algrange <small>(5701)</small>
1. Bouzonville <small>(5704)</small> (partly)
1. Fameck <small>(5706)</small>
1. Hayange <small>(5710)</small>
1. Metzervisse <small>(5714)</small>
1. Thionville <small>(5726)</small>
1. Yutz <small>(5727)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Thionville has 105 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aboncourt <small>(57001)</small>
1. Algrange <small>(57012)</small>
1. Angevillers <small>(57022)</small>
1. Apach <small>(57026)</small>
1. Audun-le-Tiche <small>(57038)</small>
1. Aumetz <small>(57041)</small>
1. Berg-sur-Moselle <small>(57062)</small>
1. Bertrange <small>(57067)</small>
1. Bettelainville <small>(57072)</small>
1. Beyren-lès-Sierck <small>(57076)</small>
1. Boulange <small>(57096)</small>
1. Bousse <small>(57102)</small>
1. Boust <small>(57104)</small>
1. Breistroff-la-Grande <small>(57109)</small>
1. Buding <small>(57117)</small>
1. Budling <small>(57118)</small>
1. Cattenom <small>(57124)</small>
1. Clouange <small>(57143)</small>
1. Contz-les-Bains <small>(57152)</small>
1. Distroff <small>(57179)</small>
1. Elzange <small>(57191)</small>
1. Entrange <small>(57194)</small>
1. Escherange <small>(57199)</small>
1. Évrange <small>(57203)</small>
1. Fameck <small>(57206)</small>
1. Fixem <small>(57214)</small>
1. Flastroff <small>(57215)</small>
1. Florange <small>(57221)</small>
1. Fontoy <small>(57226)</small>
1. Gandrange <small>(57242)</small>
1. Gavisse <small>(57245)</small>
1. Grindorff-Bizing <small>(57259)</small>
1. Guénange <small>(57269)</small>
1. Hagen <small>(57282)</small>
1. Halstroff <small>(57286)</small>
1. Basse-Ham <small>(57287)</small>
1. Havange <small>(57305)</small>
1. Hayange <small>(57306)</small>
1. Hettange-Grande <small>(57323)</small>
1. Hombourg-Budange <small>(57331)</small>
1. Hunting <small>(57341)</small>
1. Illange <small>(57343)</small>
1. Inglange <small>(57345)</small>
1. Kanfen <small>(57356)</small>
1. Kédange-sur-Canner <small>(57358)</small>
1. Kemplich <small>(57359)</small>
1. Kerling-lès-Sierck <small>(57361)</small>
1. Kirsch-lès-Sierck <small>(57364)</small>
1. Kirschnaumen <small>(57365)</small>
1. Klang <small>(57367)</small>
1. Knutange <small>(57368)</small>
1. Kœnigsmacker <small>(57370)</small>
1. Haute-Kontz <small>(57371)</small>
1. Kuntzig <small>(57372)</small>
1. Laumesfeld <small>(57387)</small>
1. Launstroff <small>(57388)</small>
1. Lommerange <small>(57411)</small>
1. Luttange <small>(57426)</small>
1. Malling <small>(57437)</small>
1. Manderen <small>(57439)</small>
1. Manom <small>(57441)</small>
1. Merschweiller <small>(57459)</small>
1. Metzeresche <small>(57464)</small>
1. Metzervisse <small>(57465)</small>
1. Mondelange <small>(57474)</small>
1. Mondorff <small>(57475)</small>
1. Monneren <small>(57476)</small>
1. Montenach <small>(57479)</small>
1. Moyeuvre-Grande <small>(57491)</small>
1. Moyeuvre-Petite <small>(57492)</small>
1. Neufchef <small>(57498)</small>
1. Nilvange <small>(57508)</small>
1. Ottange <small>(57529)</small>
1. Oudrenne <small>(57531)</small>
1. Puttelange-lès-Thionville <small>(57557)</small>
1. Ranguevaux <small>(57562)</small>
1. Rédange <small>(57565)</small>
1. Rémeling <small>(57569)</small>
1. Basse-Rentgen <small>(57574)</small>
1. Rettel <small>(57576)</small>
1. Richemont <small>(57582)</small>
1. Ritzing <small>(57585)</small>
1. Rochonvillers <small>(57586)</small>
1. Rodemack <small>(57588)</small>
1. Rosselange <small>(57597)</small>
1. Roussy-le-Village <small>(57600)</small>
1. Rurange-lès-Thionville <small>(57602)</small>
1. Russange <small>(57603)</small>
1. Rustroff <small>(57604)</small>
1. Serémange-Erzange <small>(57647)</small>
1. Sierck-les-Bains <small>(57650)</small>
1. Stuckange <small>(57767)</small>
1. Terville <small>(57666)</small>
1. Thionville <small>(57672)</small>
1. Tressange <small>(57678)</small>
1. Uckange <small>(57683)</small>
1. Valmestroff <small>(57689)</small>
1. Veckring <small>(57704)</small>
1. Vitry-sur-Orne <small>(57724)</small>
1. Volmerange-les-Mines <small>(57731)</small>
1. Volstroff <small>(57733)</small>
1. Waldweistroff <small>(57739)</small>
1. Waldwisse <small>(57740)</small>
1. Yutz <small>(57757)</small>
1. Zoufftgen <small>(57764)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! 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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Thionville
- **insee**: 577
- **nbcomm**: 104
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Thionville
- **pop**: 266,506
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 941.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Thionville 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est