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.

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 7 cantons in the arrondissement of Thionville:

 Algrange (5701)
 Bouzonville (5704) (partly)
 Fameck (5706)
 Hayange (5710)
 Metzervisse (5714)
 Thionville (5726)
 Yutz (5727)

Communes
The arrondissement of Thionville has 105 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 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:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(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

Thionville