Arrondissement of Metz

The **arrondissement of Metz** is an arrondissement of France, in the Moselle department, Grand Est region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Metz.

## History
The *arrondissement* of Metz was formed when the former *arrondissements* of Metz-Campagne and Metz-Ville were merged on 1 January 2015 to form the new *arrondissement*.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Metz is in the west of the Moselle department. It is bordered to the north by the Thionville *arrondissement*, to the east by the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle *arrondissement*, to the southeast by the Sarrebourg-Château-Salins *arrondissement* and to the south and west by the Meurthe-et-Moselle department.

The *arrondissement* of Metz has an area of  and a population of 341,821 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 10 cantons in the arrondissement of Metz:

# Les Coteaux de Moselle (5705)
# Metz-1 (5711)
# Metz-2 (5712)
# Metz-3 (5712)
# Montigny-lès-Metz (5715)
# Le Pays Messin (5716)
# Rombas (5718)
# Le Sillon Mosellan (5724)
# The western part of Faulquemont (5707) (partly)
# The western part of Le Saulnois (5723) (partly)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Metz has 140 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Amanvillers (57017)
# Amnéville (57019)
# Ancerville (57020)
# Ancy-Dornot (57021)
# Antilly (57024)
# Argancy (57028)
# Arry (57030)
# Ars-Laquenexy (57031)
# Ars-sur-Moselle (57032)
# Aube (57037)
# Augny (57039)
# Ay-sur-Moselle (57043)
# Le Ban-Saint-Martin (57049)
# Bazoncourt (57055)
# Béchy (57057)
# Beux (57075)
# Bronvaux (57111)
# Buchy (57116)
# Burtoncourt (57121)
# Chailly-lès-Ennery (57125)
# Chanville (57127)
# Charleville-sous-Bois (57128)
# Charly-Oradour (57129)
# Châtel-Saint-Germain (57134)
# Cheminot (57137)
# Chérisey (57139)
# Chesny (57140)
# Chieulles (57142)
# Coincy (57145)
# Coin-lès-Cuvry (57146)
# Coin-sur-Seille (57147)
# Colligny-Maizery (57148)
# Corny-sur-Moselle (57153)
# Courcelles-Chaussy (57155)
# Courcelles-sur-Nied (57156)
# Cuvry (57162)
# Ennery (57193)
# Les Étangs (57200)
# Failly (57204)
# Fèves (57211)
# Féy (57212)
# Fleury (57218)
# Flévy (57219)
# Flocourt (57220)
# Foville (57231)
# Glatigny (57249)
# Goin (57251)
# Gorze (57254)
# Gravelotte (57256)
# Hagondange (57283)
# Hauconcourt (57303)
# Hayes (57307)
# Jouy-aux-Arches (57350)
# Jury (57351)
# Jussy (57352)
# Laquenexy (57385)
# Lemud (57392)
# Lessy (57396)
# Liéhon (57403)
# Longeville-lès-Metz (57412)
# Lorry-lès-Metz (57415)
# Lorry-Mardigny (57416)
# Louvigny (57422)
# Luppy (57425)
# Maizeroy (57431)
# Maizières-lès-Metz (57433)
# Malroy (57438)
# Marange-Silvange (57443)
# Marieulles (57445)
# Marly (57447)
# Marsilly (57449)
# La Maxe (57452)
# Mécleuves (57454)
# Metz (57463)
# Mey (57467)
# Moncheux (57472)
# Montigny-lès-Metz (57480)
# Montois-la-Montagne (57481)
# Ogy-Montoy-Flanville (57482)
# Moulins-lès-Metz (57487)
# Noisseville (57510)
# Norroy-le-Veneur (57511)
# Nouilly (57512)
# Novéant-sur-Moselle (57515)
# Orny (57527)
# Pagny-lès-Goin (57532)
# Pange (57533)
# Peltre (57534)
# Pierrevillers (57543)
# Plappeville (57545)
# Plesnois (57546)
# Pommérieux (57547)
# Pontoy (57548)
# Pouilly (57552)
# Pournoy-la-Chétive (57553)
# Pournoy-la-Grasse (57554)
# Raville (57563)
# Rémilly (57572)
# Retonfey (57575)
# Rezonville (57578)
# Rombas (57591)
# Roncourt (57593)
# Rozérieulles (57601)
# Sailly-Achâtel (57605)
# Sainte-Barbe (57607)
# Saint-Hubert (57612)
# Saint-Julien-lès-Metz (57616)
# Saint-Jure (57617)
# Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes (57620)
# Saint-Privat-la-Montagne (57622)
# Sainte-Ruffine (57624)
# Sanry-lès-Vigy (57626)
# Sanry-sur-Nied (57627)
# Saulny (57634)
# Scy-Chazelles (57642)
# Secourt (57643)
# Semécourt (57645)
# Servigny-lès-Raville (57648)
# Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe (57649)
# Sillegny (57652)
# Silly-en-Saulnois (57653)
# Silly-sur-Nied (57654)
# Solgne (57655)
# Sorbey (57656)
# Talange (57663)
# Thimonville (57671)
# Tragny (57676)
# Trémery (57677)
# Vantoux (57693)
# Vany (57694)
# Vaux (57701)
# Vernéville (57707)
# Verny (57708)
# Vigny (57715)
# Vigy (57716)
# Villers-Stoncourt (57718)
# Vionville (57722)
# Vry (57736)
# Vulmont (57737)
# Woippy (57751)

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Moselle department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References