Arrondissement of Forbach
| Forbach | |
|---|---|
| Arrondissement of France | |
 Location of Forbach in Lorraine | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Moselle |
| Cantons | 7 |
| Communes | 73 |
| Subprefecture | Forbach |
| Area¹ | |
| • Total | 561 km2 (217 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 176,036 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
The arrondissement of Forbach is a former arrondissement of France in the Moselle department in the Lorraine region. In 2015 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle.[1] It had seven cantons and 73 communes.
Composition
Cantons
The cantons of the arrondissement of Forbach were:
- Behren-lès-Forbach
- Forbach
- Freyming-Merlebach
- Grostenquin
- Saint-Avold 1st Canton
- Saint-Avold 2nd Canton
- Stiring-Wendel
Communes
The communes of the arrondissement of Forbach, and their INSEE codes, were:
| 1. Alsting (57013) | 2. Altrippe (57014) | 3. Altviller (57015) | 4. Baronville (57051) |
| 5. Barst (57052) | 6. Behren-lès-Forbach (57058) | 7. Betting (57073) | 8. Biding (57082) |
| 9. Bistroff (57088) | 10. Bousbach (57101) | 11. Boustroff (57105) | 12. Brulange (57115) |
| 13. Béning-lès-Saint-Avold (57061) | 14. Bérig-Vintrange (57063) | 15. Cappel (57122) | 16. Carling (57123) |
| 17. Cocheren (57144) | 18. Destry (57174) | 19. Diebling (57176) | 20. Diesen (57765) |
| 21. Diffembach-lès-Hellimer (57178) | 22. Eincheville (57189) | 23. Erstroff (57198) | 24. Etzling (57202) |
| 25. Farschviller (57208) | 26. Farébersviller (57207) | 27. Folkling (57222) | 28. Folschviller (57224) |
| 29. Forbach (57227) | 30. Freybouse (57239) | 31. Freyming-Merlebach (57240) | 32. Frémestroff (57237) |
| 33. Grostenquin (57262) | 34. Gréning (57258) | 35. Guenviller (57271) | 36. Guessling-Hémering (57275) |
| 37. Harprich (57297) | 38. Hellimer (57311) | 39. Henriville (57316) | 40. Hombourg-Haut (57332) |
| 41. Hoste (57337) | 42. Kerbach (57360) | 43. L'Hôpital (57336) | 44. Lachambre (57373) |
| 45. Landroff (57379) | 46. Laning (57384) | 47. Lelling (57389) | 48. Leyviller (57398) |
| 49. Lixing-lès-Saint-Avold (57409) | 50. Macheren (57428) | 51. Maxstadt (57453) | 52. Metzing (57466) |
| 53. Morhange (57483) | 54. Morsbach (57484) | 55. Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor (57514) | 56. Œting (57521) |
| 57. Petit-Tenquin (57536) | 58. Petite-Rosselle (57537) | 59. Porcelette (57550) | 60. Racrange (57560) |
| 61. Rosbruck (57596) | 62. Saint-Avold (57606) | 63. Schœneck (57638) | 64. Seingbouse (57644) |
| 65. Spicheren (57659) | 66. Stiring-Wendel (57660) | 67. Suisse (57662) | 68. Tenteling (57665) |
| 69. Théding (57669) | 70. Vahl-Ebersing (57684) | 71. Vallerange (57687) | 72. Valmont (57690) |
| 73. Viller (57717) |
Sub-prefects
- Régis Guyot[2] (1990)
External links
References
- ↑ Décret n° 2014-1721 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Boulay-Moselle, de Château-Salins, de Thionville-Ouest et de Metz-Campagne (département de la Moselle)
- ↑ (French) "Guyot, Régis, Marie, Denis" (prefect, born 1949), page 1069 in Who’s Who in France : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l’étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 44th edition for 2013 edited in 2012, 2371 p., 31 cm, ISBN 978-2-85784-053-4 . (1980)
Coordinates: 49°11′00″N 6°54′00″E / 49.1833°N 6.9000°E
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