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.

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 8 cantons in the arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle; 5 of them are completely in the arrondissement:

 Boulay-Moselle (5703)
 Forbach (5708)
 Freyming-Merlebach (5709)
 Saint-Avold (5719)
 Stiring-Wendel (5725)

and 3 are only parts of cantons:
 south of Bouzonville (5704)
 east of Faulquemont (5707)
 west of Sarralbe (5720)

Communes
The arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle has 169 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

Forbach-Boulay-Moselle