Arrondissement of Thionville facts for kids
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Arrondissement of Thionville
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Thionville in Moselle
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| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Communes | 105 |
| Subprefecture | Thionville |
| INSEE code | 577 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 941.5 km2 (363.5 sq mi) |
| Population
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| • Total | 264,858 |
| • Density | 281.315/km2 (728.60/sq mi) |
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 941.5 km2 (363.5 sq mi), the second smallest of the 5 arrondissements of the department but the second in population (264,858 inhabitants) with a population density of 281.3 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:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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| 57672 | Thionville | 41,083 | Thionville and Yutz | CA Portes de France-Thionville |
| 57757 | Yutz | 15,948 | Yutz | CA Portes de France-Thionville |
| 57306 | Hayange | 15,757 | Hayange | CA du Val de Fensch |
| 57206 | Fameck | 14,136 | Fameck | CA du Val de Fensch |
| 57221 | Florange | 11,736 | Fameck | CA du Val de Fensch |
| 57491 | Moyeuvre-Grande | 7,836 | Hayange | Le Pays Orne Moselle |
| 57323 | Hettange-Grande | 7,579 | Yutz | Cattenom et Environs |
| 57269 | Guénange | 7,167 | Metzervisse | Arc Mosellan |
| 57666 | Terville | 6,760 | Thionville | CA Portes de France-Thionville |
| 57038 | Audun-le-Tiche | 6,691 | Algrange | Pays Haut Val d'Alzette |
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Thionville para niños
