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:

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

## References