The arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins is an arrondissement of France, in the Moselle department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Sarrebourg.
History
The arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins was formed when the former arrondissements of Sarrebourg and of Château-Salins were merged on 1 January 2015 to form the new arrondissement.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins is the most southern of the arrondissements of the Moselle department. It is bordered to the north by the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle and the Sarreguemines arrondissements, to the northeast and east by the Bas-Rhin department, to the south by the Meurthe-et-Moselle department and to the west by the Metz arrondissement.
The arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins has an area of 1,966.9 km2 (759.4 sq mi). It is the largest of the 5 arrondissements of the department but the one with fewest people living in it, with 93,481 inhabitants and a population density of 47.5 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 only 3 cantons in the arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins:
- Phalsbourg (5715)
- Sarrebourg (5721)
- Le Saulnois (5723) (partly)
Communes
The arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins has 230 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune |
Population[5] (2014) |
Canton |
Intercommunality
|
57630 |
Sarrebourg |
12,363 |
Sarrebourg |
Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
|
57540 |
Phalsbourg |
4,745 |
Phalsbourg |
Pays de Phalsbourg
|
57177 |
Dieuze |
3,244 |
Le Saulnois |
Le Saulnois
|
57163 |
Dabo |
2,571 |
Phalsbourg |
Pays de Phalsbourg
|
57132 |
Château-Salins |
2,440 |
Le Saulnois |
Le Saulnois
|
57566 |
Réding |
2,429 |
Sarrebourg |
Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
|
57742 |
Walscheid |
1,586 |
Phalsbourg |
Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
|
57003 |
Abreschviller |
1,499 |
Phalsbourg |
Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
|
57712 |
Vic-sur-Seille |
1,318 |
Le Saulnois |
Le Saulnois
|
57680 |
Troisfontaines |
1,283 |
Phalsbourg |
Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
|
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References
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