Arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle

The **arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle** is an arrondissement of France, in the Moselle department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Forbach.

## History

The _arrondissement_ of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle was formed when the former _arrondissements_ of Forbach and of Boulay-Moselle were merged on 1 January 2015 to form the new _arrondissement_.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle is in the north central part of the Moselle department. It is bordered to the north by Germany, to the east by the Sarreguemines _arrondissement_, to the south by the Sarrebourg-Château-Salins _arrondissement_, to the southwest by the Metz _arrondissement_ and to the west by the Thionville _arrondissement_.

The _arrondissement_ of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle has an area of . It is the second largest of the 5 _arrondissements_ of the department but the third in population (245,222 inhabitants) and 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 8 cantons in the arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle; 5 of them are completely in the _arrondissement_:

1. Boulay-Moselle <small>(5703)</small>
1. Forbach <small>(5708)</small>
1. Freyming-Merlebach <small>(5709)</small>
1. Saint-Avold <small>(5719)</small>
1. Stiring-Wendel <small>(5725)</small>

and 3 are only parts of cantons:
1. south of Bouzonville <small>(5704)</small>
1. east of Faulquemont <small>(5707)</small>
1. west of Sarralbe <small>(5720)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle has 169 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Adaincourt <small>(57007)</small>
1. Adelange <small>(57008)</small>
1. Alsting <small>(57013)</small>
1. Altrippe <small>(57014)</small>
1. Altviller <small>(57015)</small>
1. Alzing <small>(57016)</small>
1. Anzeling <small>(57025)</small>
1. Arraincourt <small>(57027)</small>
1. Arriance <small>(57029)</small>
1. Bambiderstroff <small>(57047)</small>
1. Bannay <small>(57048)</small>
1. Baronville <small>(57051)</small>
1. Barst <small>(57052)</small>
1. Behren-lès-Forbach <small>(57058)</small>
1. Béning-lès-Saint-Avold <small>(57061)</small>
1. Bérig-Vintrange <small>(57063)</small>
1. Berviller-en-Moselle <small>(57069)</small>
1. Bettange <small>(57070)</small>
1. Betting <small>(57073)</small>
1. Bibiche <small>(57079)</small>
1. Biding <small>(57082)</small>
1. Bionville-sur-Nied <small>(57085)</small>
1. Bisten-en-Lorraine <small>(57087)</small>
1. Bistroff <small>(57088)</small>
1. Boucheporn <small>(57095)</small>
1. Boulay-Moselle <small>(57097)</small>
1. Bousbach <small>(57101)</small>
1. Boustroff <small>(57105)</small>
1. Bouzonville <small>(57106)</small>
1. Brettnach <small>(57110)</small>
1. Brouck <small>(57112)</small>
1. Brulange <small>(57115)</small>
1. Cappel <small>(57122)</small>
1. Carling <small>(57123)</small>
1. Château-Rouge <small>(57131)</small>
1. Chémery-les-Deux <small>(57136)</small>
1. Cocheren <small>(57144)</small>
1. Colmen <small>(57149)</small>
1. Condé-Northen <small>(57150)</small>
1. Coume <small>(57154)</small>
1. Créhange <small>(57159)</small>
1. Creutzwald <small>(57160)</small>
1. Dalem <small>(57165)</small>
1. Dalstein <small>(57167)</small>
1. Denting <small>(57172)</small>
1. Destry <small>(57174)</small>
1. Diebling <small>(57176)</small>
1. Diesen <small>(57765)</small>
1. Diffembach-lès-Hellimer <small>(57178)</small>
1. Ébersviller <small>(57186)</small>
1. Éblange <small>(57187)</small>
1. Eincheville <small>(57189)</small>
1. Elvange <small>(57190)</small>
1. Erstroff <small>(57198)</small>
1. Etzling <small>(57202)</small>
1. Falck <small>(57205)</small>
1. Farébersviller <small>(57207)</small>
1. Farschviller <small>(57208)</small>
1. Faulquemont <small>(57209)</small>
1. Filstroff <small>(57213)</small>
1. Flétrange <small>(57217)</small>
1. Folkling <small>(57222)</small>
1. Folschviller <small>(57224)</small>
1. Forbach <small>(57227)</small>
1. Fouligny <small>(57230)</small>
1. Freistroff <small>(57235)</small>
1. Frémestroff <small>(57237)</small>
1. Freybouse <small>(57239)</small>
1. Freyming-Merlebach <small>(57240)</small>
1. Gomelange <small>(57252)</small>
1. Gréning <small>(57258)</small>
1. Grostenquin <small>(57262)</small>
1. Guenviller <small>(57271)</small>
1. Guerstling <small>(57273)</small>
1. Guerting <small>(57274)</small>
1. Guessling-Hémering <small>(57275)</small>
1. Guinglange <small>(57276)</small>
1. Guinkirchen <small>(57277)</small>
1. Hallering <small>(57284)</small>
1. Ham-sous-Varsberg <small>(57288)</small>
1. Han-sur-Nied <small>(57293)</small>
1. Hargarten-aux-Mines <small>(57296)</small>
1. Harprich <small>(57297)</small>
1. Haute-Vigneulles <small>(57714)</small>
1. Heining-lès-Bouzonville <small>(57309)</small>
1. Hellimer <small>(57311)</small>
1. Helstroff <small>(57312)</small>
1. Hémilly <small>(57313)</small>
1. Henriville <small>(57316)</small>
1. Herny <small>(57319)</small>
1. Hestroff <small>(57322)</small>
1. Hinckange <small>(57326)</small>
1. Holacourt <small>(57328)</small>
1. Holling <small>(57329)</small>
1. Hombourg-Haut <small>(57332)</small>
1. L’Hôpital <small>(57336)</small>
1. Hoste <small>(57337)</small>
1. Kerbach <small>(57360)</small>
1. Lachambre <small>(57373)</small>
1. Landroff <small>(57379)</small>
1. Laning <small>(57384)</small>
1. Laudrefang <small>(57386)</small>
1. Lelling <small>(57389)</small>
1. Leyviller <small>(57398)</small>
1. Lixing-lès-Saint-Avold <small>(57409)</small>
1. Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold <small>(57413)</small>
1. Macheren <small>(57428)</small>
1. Mainvillers <small>(57430)</small>
1. Many <small>(57442)</small>
1. Marange-Zondrange <small>(57444)</small>
1. Maxstadt <small>(57453)</small>
1. Mégange <small>(57455)</small>
1. Menskirch <small>(57457)</small>
1. Merten <small>(57460)</small>
1. Metzing <small>(57466)</small>
1. Momerstroff <small>(57471)</small>
1. Morhange <small>(57483)</small>
1. Morsbach <small>(57484)</small>
1. Narbéfontaine <small>(57495)</small>
1. Neunkirchen-lès-Bouzonville <small>(57502)</small>
1. Niedervisse <small>(57507)</small>
1. Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor <small>(57514)</small>
1. Oberdorff <small>(57516)</small>
1. Obervisse <small>(57519)</small>
1. Œting <small>(57521)</small>
1. Ottonville <small>(57530)</small>
1. Petit-Tenquin <small>(57536)</small>
1. Petite-Rosselle <small>(57537)</small>
1. Piblange <small>(57542)</small>
1. Pontpierre <small>(57549)</small>
1. Porcelette <small>(57550)</small>
1. Racrange <small>(57560)</small>
1. Rémelfang <small>(57567)</small>
1. Rémering <small>(57570)</small>
1. Rosbruck <small>(57596)</small>
1. Roupeldange <small>(57599)</small>
1. Saint-Avold <small>(57606)</small>
1. Saint-François-Lacroix <small>(57610)</small>
1. Schœneck <small>(57638)</small>
1. Schwerdorff <small>(57640)</small>
1. Seingbouse <small>(57644)</small>
1. Spicheren <small>(57659)</small>
1. Stiring-Wendel <small>(57660)</small>
1. Suisse <small>(57662)</small>
1. Tenteling <small>(57665)</small>
1. Téterchen <small>(57667)</small>
1. Teting-sur-Nied <small>(57668)</small>
1. Théding <small>(57669)</small>
1. Thicourt <small>(57670)</small>
1. Thonville <small>(57673)</small>
1. Tritteling-Redlach <small>(57679)</small>
1. Tromborn <small>(57681)</small>
1. Vahl-Ebersing <small>(57684)</small>
1. Vahl-lès-Faulquemont <small>(57686)</small>
1. Vallerange <small>(57687)</small>
1. Valmont <small>(57690)</small>
1. Valmunster <small>(57691)</small>
1. Varize <small>(57695)</small>
1. Varsberg <small>(57696)</small>
1. Vatimont <small>(57698)</small>
1. Vaudreching <small>(57700)</small>
1. Velving <small>(57705)</small>
1. Viller <small>(57717)</small>
1. Villing <small>(57720)</small>
1. Vittoncourt <small>(57726)</small>
1. Voimhaut <small>(57728)</small>
1. Volmerange-lès-Boulay <small>(57730)</small>
1. Vœlfling-lès-Bouzonville <small>(57749)</small>
1. Zimming <small>(57762)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|57227|Forbach|21,740|Forbach|CA de Forbach Porte de France|
|57606|Saint-Avold|15,875|Saint-Avold|Saint-Avold Centre Mosellan|
|57160|Creutzwald|13,355|Boulay-Moselle|Le Warndt|
|57240|Freyming-Merlebach|13,263|Freyming-Merlebach|Freyming-Merlebach|
|57660|Stiring-Wendel|12,430|Stiring-Wendel|CA de Forbach Porte de France|
|57332|Hombourg-Haut|6,826|Freyming-Merlebach|Freyming-Merlebach|
|57058|Behren-lès-Forbach|6,609|Stiring-Wendel|CA de Forbach Porte de France|
|57537|Petite-Rosselle|6,444|Forbach|CA de Forbach Porte de France|
|57097|Boulay-Moselle|5,648|Boulay-Moselle|Houve-Pays Boulageois|
|57207|Farébersviller|5,542|Freyming-Merlebach|Freyming-Merlebach|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
- **insee**: 573
- **nbcomm**: 169
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Forbach
- **area**: 1283.3
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est