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Arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle
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	Arrondissement of France
	Forbach-Boulay-Moselle in Moselle
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Communes	169
Subprefecture	Forbach
INSEE code	573
Area
• Total	1,283.3 km2 (495.5 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	245,222
• Density	191.087/km2 (494.913/sq mi)

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 1,283.3 km² (495.5 sq mi). 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 191.1 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:

INSEE code	Commune	Population (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
57227	Forbach	21,740	Forbach	CA de Forbach Porte de France
57606	Saint-Avold	15,875	Saint-Avold	Saint-Avold Centre Mosellan
57160	Creutzwald	13,355	Boulay-Moselle	Le Warndt
57240	Freyming-Merlebach	13,263	Freyming-Merlebach	Freyming-Merlebach
57660	Stiring-Wendel	12,430	Stiring-Wendel	CA de Forbach Porte de France
57332	Hombourg-Haut	6,826	Freyming-Merlebach	Freyming-Merlebach
57058	Behren-lès-Forbach	6,609	Stiring-Wendel	CA de Forbach Porte de France
57537	Petite-Rosselle	6,444	Forbach	CA de Forbach Porte de France
57097	Boulay-Moselle	5,648	Boulay-Moselle	Houve-Pays Boulageois
57207	Farébersviller	5,542	Freyming-Merlebach	Freyming-Merlebach