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:

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

## References