Arrondissement of Metz

Metz
Arrondissement
Location within the region Grand Est
Location within the region Grand Est
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
No. of communes139
PrefectureMetz
Area
1,088.7 km2 (420.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
344,203
INSEE code579

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.

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:

  1. Les Coteaux de Moselle (5705)
  2. Metz-1 (5711)
  3. Metz-2 (5712)
  4. Metz-3 (5712)
  5. Montigny-lès-Metz (5715)
  6. Le Pays Messin (5716)
  7. Rombas (5718)
  8. Le Sillon Mosellan (5724)
  9. The western part of Faulquemont (5707) (partly)
  10. The western part of Le Saulnois (5723) (partly)

Communes

The arrondissement of Metz has 140 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Amanvillers (57017)
  2. Amnéville (57019)
  3. Ancerville (57020)
  4. Ancy-Dornot (57021)
  5. Antilly (57024)
  6. Argancy (57028)
  7. Arry (57030)
  8. Ars-Laquenexy (57031)
  9. Ars-sur-Moselle (57032)
  10. Aube (57037)
  11. Augny (57039)
  12. Ay-sur-Moselle (57043)
  13. Le Ban-Saint-Martin (57049)
  14. Bazoncourt (57055)
  15. Béchy (57057)
  16. Beux (57075)
  17. Bronvaux (57111)
  18. Buchy (57116)
  19. Burtoncourt (57121)
  20. Chailly-lès-Ennery (57125)
  21. Chanville (57127)
  22. Charleville-sous-Bois (57128)
  23. Charly-Oradour (57129)
  24. Châtel-Saint-Germain (57134)
  25. Cheminot (57137)
  26. Chérisey (57139)
  27. Chesny (57140)
  28. Chieulles (57142)
  29. Coincy (57145)
  30. Coin-lès-Cuvry (57146)
  31. Coin-sur-Seille (57147)
  32. Colligny-Maizery (57148)
  33. Corny-sur-Moselle (57153)
  34. Courcelles-Chaussy (57155)
  35. Courcelles-sur-Nied (57156)
  36. Cuvry (57162)
  37. Ennery (57193)
  38. Les Étangs (57200)
  39. Failly (57204)
  40. Fèves (57211)
  41. Féy (57212)
  42. Fleury (57218)
  43. Flévy (57219)
  44. Flocourt (57220)
  45. Foville (57231)
  46. Glatigny (57249)
  47. Goin (57251)
  48. Gorze (57254)
  49. Gravelotte (57256)
  50. Hagondange (57283)
  51. Hauconcourt (57303)
  52. Hayes (57307)
  53. Jouy-aux-Arches (57350)
  54. Jury (57351)
  55. Jussy (57352)
  56. Laquenexy (57385)
  57. Lemud (57392)
  58. Lessy (57396)
  59. Liéhon (57403)
  60. Longeville-lès-Metz (57412)
  61. Lorry-lès-Metz (57415)
  62. Lorry-Mardigny (57416)
  63. Louvigny (57422)
  64. Luppy (57425)
  65. Maizeroy (57431)
  66. Maizières-lès-Metz (57433)
  67. Malroy (57438)
  68. Marange-Silvange (57443)
  69. Marieulles (57445)
  70. Marly (57447)
  71. Marsilly (57449)
  72. La Maxe (57452)
  73. Mécleuves (57454)
  74. Metz (57463)
  75. Mey (57467)
  76. Moncheux (57472)
  77. Montigny-lès-Metz (57480)
  78. Montois-la-Montagne (57481)
  79. Ogy-Montoy-Flanville (57482)
  80. Moulins-lès-Metz (57487)
  81. Noisseville (57510)
  82. Norroy-le-Veneur (57511)
  83. Nouilly (57512)
  84. Novéant-sur-Moselle (57515)
  85. Orny (57527)
  86. Pagny-lès-Goin (57532)
  87. Pange (57533)
  88. Peltre (57534)
  89. Pierrevillers (57543)
  90. Plappeville (57545)
  91. Plesnois (57546)
  92. Pommérieux (57547)
  93. Pontoy (57548)
  94. Pouilly (57552)
  95. Pournoy-la-Chétive (57553)
  96. Pournoy-la-Grasse (57554)
  97. Raville (57563)
  98. Rémilly (57572)
  99. Retonfey (57575)
  100. Rezonville (57578)
  101. Rombas (57591)
  102. Roncourt (57593)
  103. Rozérieulles (57601)
  104. Sailly-Achâtel (57605)
  105. Sainte-Barbe (57607)
  106. Saint-Hubert (57612)
  107. Saint-Julien-lès-Metz (57616)
  108. Saint-Jure (57617)
  109. Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes (57620)
  110. Saint-Privat-la-Montagne (57622)
  111. Sainte-Ruffine (57624)
  112. Sanry-lès-Vigy (57626)
  113. Sanry-sur-Nied (57627)
  114. Saulny (57634)
  115. Scy-Chazelles (57642)
  116. Secourt (57643)
  117. Semécourt (57645)
  118. Servigny-lès-Raville (57648)
  119. Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe (57649)
  120. Sillegny (57652)
  121. Silly-en-Saulnois (57653)
  122. Silly-sur-Nied (57654)
  123. Solgne (57655)
  124. Sorbey (57656)
  125. Talange (57663)
  126. Thimonville (57671)
  127. Tragny (57676)
  128. Trémery (57677)
  129. Vantoux (57693)
  130. Vany (57694)
  131. Vaux (57701)
  132. Vernéville (57707)
  133. Verny (57708)
  134. Vigny (57715)
  135. Vigy (57716)
  136. Villers-Stoncourt (57718)
  137. Vionville (57722)
  138. Vry (57736)
  139. Vulmont (57737)
  140. 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

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Arrondissement de Metz (579)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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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