Arrondissement of Metz
The arrondissement of Metz is an arrondissement of France, in the Moselle department, Grand Est region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Metz.
Country | France |
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Region | Grand Est |
Department | Moselle |
No. of communes | 139 |
Prefecture | Metz |
Area | 1,088.7 km2 (420.3 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | 344,203 |
• Density | 316/km2 (820/sq mi) |
INSEE code | 579 |
History
The arrondissement of Metz was formed when the former arrondissements of Metz-Campagne and Metz-Ville were merged on 1 January 2015 to form the new arrondissement.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Metz is in the west of the Moselle department. It is bordered to the north by the Thionville arrondissement, to the east by the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement, to the southeast by the Sarrebourg-Château-Salins arrondissement and to the south and west by the Meurthe-et-Moselle department.
The arrondissement of Metz has an area of 1,088.7 km2 (420.3 sq mi) and a population of 341,821 inhabitants with a population density of 314.0 inhabitants/km².[2]
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are 10 cantons in the arrondissement of Metz:
- Les Coteaux de Moselle (5705)
- Metz-1 (5711)
- Metz-2 (5712)
- Metz-3 (5712)
- Montigny-lès-Metz (5715)
- Le Pays Messin (5716)
- Rombas (5718)
- Le Sillon Mosellan (5724)
- The western part of Faulquemont (5707) (partly)
- The western part of Le Saulnois (5723) (partly)
Communes
The arrondissement of Metz has 140 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
- Amanvillers (57017)
- Amnéville (57019)
- Ancerville (57020)
- Ancy-Dornot (57021)
- Antilly (57024)
- Argancy (57028)
- Arry (57030)
- Ars-Laquenexy (57031)
- Ars-sur-Moselle (57032)
- Aube (57037)
- Augny (57039)
- Ay-sur-Moselle (57043)
- Le Ban-Saint-Martin (57049)
- Bazoncourt (57055)
- Béchy (57057)
- Beux (57075)
- Bronvaux (57111)
- Buchy (57116)
- Burtoncourt (57121)
- Chailly-lès-Ennery (57125)
- Chanville (57127)
- Charleville-sous-Bois (57128)
- Charly-Oradour (57129)
- Châtel-Saint-Germain (57134)
- Cheminot (57137)
- Chérisey (57139)
- Chesny (57140)
- Chieulles (57142)
- Coincy (57145)
- Coin-lès-Cuvry (57146)
- Coin-sur-Seille (57147)
- Colligny-Maizery (57148)
- Corny-sur-Moselle (57153)
- Courcelles-Chaussy (57155)
- Courcelles-sur-Nied (57156)
- Cuvry (57162)
- Ennery (57193)
- Les Étangs (57200)
- Failly (57204)
- Fèves (57211)
- Féy (57212)
- Fleury (57218)
- Flévy (57219)
- Flocourt (57220)
- Foville (57231)
- Glatigny (57249)
- Goin (57251)
- Gorze (57254)
- Gravelotte (57256)
- Hagondange (57283)
- Hauconcourt (57303)
- Hayes (57307)
- Jouy-aux-Arches (57350)
- Jury (57351)
- Jussy (57352)
- Laquenexy (57385)
- Lemud (57392)
- Lessy (57396)
- Liéhon (57403)
- Longeville-lès-Metz (57412)
- Lorry-lès-Metz (57415)
- Lorry-Mardigny (57416)
- Louvigny (57422)
- Luppy (57425)
- Maizeroy (57431)
- Maizières-lès-Metz (57433)
- Malroy (57438)
- Marange-Silvange (57443)
- Marieulles (57445)
- Marly (57447)
- Marsilly (57449)
- La Maxe (57452)
- Mécleuves (57454)
- Metz (57463)
- Mey (57467)
- Moncheux (57472)
- Montigny-lès-Metz (57480)
- Montois-la-Montagne (57481)
- Ogy-Montoy-Flanville (57482)
- Moulins-lès-Metz (57487)
- Noisseville (57510)
- Norroy-le-Veneur (57511)
- Nouilly (57512)
- Novéant-sur-Moselle (57515)
- Orny (57527)
- Pagny-lès-Goin (57532)
- Pange (57533)
- Peltre (57534)
- Pierrevillers (57543)
- Plappeville (57545)
- Plesnois (57546)
- Pommérieux (57547)
- Pontoy (57548)
- Pouilly (57552)
- Pournoy-la-Chétive (57553)
- Pournoy-la-Grasse (57554)
- Raville (57563)
- Rémilly (57572)
- Retonfey (57575)
- Rezonville (57578)
- Rombas (57591)
- Roncourt (57593)
- Rozérieulles (57601)
- Sailly-Achâtel (57605)
- Sainte-Barbe (57607)
- Saint-Hubert (57612)
- Saint-Julien-lès-Metz (57616)
- Saint-Jure (57617)
- Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes (57620)
- Saint-Privat-la-Montagne (57622)
- Sainte-Ruffine (57624)
- Sanry-lès-Vigy (57626)
- Sanry-sur-Nied (57627)
- Saulny (57634)
- Scy-Chazelles (57642)
- Secourt (57643)
- Semécourt (57645)
- Servigny-lès-Raville (57648)
- Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe (57649)
- Sillegny (57652)
- Silly-en-Saulnois (57653)
- Silly-sur-Nied (57654)
- Solgne (57655)
- Sorbey (57656)
- Talange (57663)
- Thimonville (57671)
- Tragny (57676)
- Trémery (57677)
- Vantoux (57693)
- Vany (57694)
- Vaux (57701)
- Vernéville (57707)
- Verny (57708)
- Vigny (57715)
- Vigy (57716)
- Villers-Stoncourt (57718)
- Vionville (57722)
- Vry (57736)
- Vulmont (57737)
- Woippy (57751)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[5] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
57463 | Metz | 117,619 | Metz-1, Metz-3, Metz-3 | CA Metz Métropole |
57480 | Montigny-lès-Metz | 21,551 | Montigny-lès-Metz | CA Metz Métropole |
57751 | Woippy | 13,742 | Le Sillon Mosellan | CA Metz Métropole |
57433 | Maizières-lès-Metz | 11,066 | Le Sillon Mosellan | Rives de Moselle |
57019 | Amnéville | 10,563 | Rombas | Pays Orne Moselle |
57591 | Rombas | 9,904 | Rombas | Pays Orne Moselle |
57447 | Marly | 9,848 | Montigny-lès-Metz | CA Metz Métropole |
57283 | Hagondange | 9,343 | Le Sillon Mosellan | Rives de Moselle |
57663 | Talange | 7,679 | Le Sillon Mosellan | Rives de Moselle |
57443 | Marange-Silvange | 5,817 | Rombas | Pays Orne Moselle |
Related pages
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)" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement de Metz (579)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-183 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Moselle" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Géographie administrative et d'étude : Arrondissement de Metz (579)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
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