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):
Aboncourt (57001)
Algrange (57012)
Angevillers (57022)
Apach (57026)
Audun-le-Tiche (57038)
Aumetz (57041)
Berg-sur-Moselle (57062)
Bertrange (57067)
Bettelainville (57072)
Beyren-les-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)
Evrange (57203)
Fameck (57206)
Fixem (57214)
Flastroff (57215)
Florange (57221)
Fontoy (57226)
Gandrange (57242)
Gavisse (57245)
Grindorff-Bizing (57259)
Guenange (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)
Kedange-sur-Canner (57358)
Kemplich (57359)
Kerling-les-Sierck (57361)
Kirsch-les-Sierck (57364)
Kirschnaumen (57365)
Klang (57367)
Knutange (57368)
Koenigsmacker (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-les-Thionville (57557)
Ranguevaux (57562)
Redange (57565)
Remeling (57569)
Basse-Rentgen (57574)
Rettel (57576)
Richemont (57582)
Ritzing (57585)
Rochonvillers (57586)
Rodemack (57588)
Rosselange (57597)
Roussy-le-Village (57600)
Rurange-les-Thionville (57602)
Russange (57603)
Rustroff (57604)
Seremange-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
Thionville