Arrondissement of Briey

The arrondissement of Briey is an arrondissement of France, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Briey.

History
When the Meurthe-et-Moselle department was created in 1871, the arrondissement of Briey was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Briey is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in the panhandle. It is bordered to the northwest by Belgium, to the northeast by Luxembourg, to the east by the Moselle department, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Nancy, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Toul and to the west by the Meuse department.

The arrondissement of Briey has an area of . It is the smallest arrondissement but the second in population  (164,589 inhabitants).

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 6 cantons in the arrondissement of Briey; they are:

 Jarny
 Longwy
 Mont-Saint-Martin
 Pays de Briey
 Pont-à-Mousson (partly)
 Villerupt

Communes
The arrondissement of Briey has 130 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Abbéville-lès-Conflans (54002)
 Affléville (54004)
 Allamont (54009)
 Allondrelle-la-Malmaison (54011)
 Anderny (54015)
 Anoux (54018)
 Auboué (54028)
 Audun-le-Roman (54029)
 Avillers (54033)
 Avril (54036)
 Baslieux (54049)
 Batilly (54051)
 Bazailles (54056)
 Bettainvillers (54066)
 Beuveille (54067)
 Beuvillers (54069)
 Boismont (54081)
 Boncourt (54082)
 Brainville (54093)
 Briey (54099)
 Bruville (54103)
 Bréhain-la-Ville (54096)
 Béchamps (54058)
 Chambley-Bussières (54112)
 Charency-Vezin (54118)
 Chenières (54127)
 Colmey (54134)
 Conflans-en-Jarnisy (54136)
 Cons-la-Grandville (54137)
 Cosnes-et-Romain (54138)
 Crusnes (54149)
 Cutry (54151)
 Dampvitoux (54153)
 Domprix (54169)
 Doncourt-lès-Conflans (54171)
 Doncourt-lès-Longuyon (54172)
 Errouville (54181)
 Fillières (54194)
 Fléville-Lixières (54198)
 Fresnois-la-Montagne (54212)
 Friauville (54213)
 Giraumont (54227)
 Gondrecourt-Aix (54231)
 Gorcy (54234)
 Grand-Failly (54236)
 Hagéville (54244)
 Han-devant-Pierrepont (54602)
 Hannonville-Suzémont (54249)
 Hatrize (54253)
 Haucourt-Moulaine (54254)
 Herserange (54261)
 Homécourt (54263)
 Hussigny-Godbrange (54270)
 Jarny (54273)
 Jeandelize (54277)
 Jœuf (54280)
 Joppécourt (54282)
 Jouaville (54283)
 Joudreville (54284)
 Labry (54286)
 Laix (54290)
 Landres (54295)
 Lantéfontaine (54302)
 Les Baroches (54048)
 Lexy (54314)
 Longlaville (54321)
 Longuyon (54322)
 Longwy (54323)
 Lubey (54326)
 Mairy-Mainville (54334)
 Malavillers (54337)
 Mance (54341)
 Mancieulles (54342)
 Mars-la-Tour (54353)
 Mercy-le-Bas (54362)
 Mercy-le-Haut (54363)
 Mexy (54367)
 Moineville (54371)
 Mont-Bonvillers (54084)
 Mont-Saint-Martin (54382)
 Montigny-sur-Chiers (54378)
 Morfontaine (54385)
 Mouaville (54389)
 Moutiers (54391)
 Murville (54394)
 Norroy-le-Sec (54402)
 Olley (54408)
 Onville (54410)
 Othe (54412)
 Ozerailles (54413)
 Petit-Failly (54420)
 Piennes (54425)
 Pierrepont (54428)
 Preutin-Higny (54436)
 Puxe (54440)
 Puxieux (54441)
 Réhon (54451)
 Saint-Ail (54469)
 Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon (54476)
 Saint-Julien-lès-Gorze (54477)
 Saint-Marcel (54478)
 Saint-Pancré (54485)
 Saint-Supplet (54489)
 Sancy (54491)
 Saulnes (54493)
 Serrouville (54504)
 Sponville (54511)
 Tellancourt (54514)
 Thil (54521)
 Thumeréville (54524)
 Tiercelet (54525)
 Trieux (54533)
 Tronville (54535)
 Tucquegnieux (54536)
 Ugny (54537)
 Valleroy (54542)
 Ville-Houdlémont (54572)
 Ville-au-Montois (54568)
 Ville-sur-Yron (54581)
 Villecey-sur-Mad (54570)
 Villers-la-Chèvre (54574)
 Villers-la-Montagne (54575)
 Villers-le-Rond (54576)
 Villerupt (54580)
 Villette (54582)
 Viviers-sur-Chiers (54590)
 Waville (54593)
 Xivry-Circourt (54598)
 Xonville (54599)
 Épiez-sur-Chiers (54178)

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Briey