The arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

of France in the

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A ...

department in the

Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administr ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

. It has 169

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

. Its population is 243,054 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle are: # Adaincourt # Adelange # Alsting # Altrippe # Altviller # Alzing # Anzeling #

Arraincourt Arraincourt (; german: Armsdorf) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of F ...

# Arriance # Bambiderstroff # Bannay # Baronville # Barst #

Behren-lès-Forbach Behren-lès-Forbach (, literally ''Behren near Forbach''; german: Behren) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Between 1812 and 1925, it was part of the commune of Kerbach. Population See also * Comm ...

# Béning-lès-Saint-Avold # Bérig-Vintrange # Berviller-en-Moselle # Bettange #

Betting Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three elem ...

# Bibiche #

Biding Biding (; german: Biedingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of Fra ...

# Bionville-sur-Nied # Bisten-en-Lorraine #

Bistroff Bistroff (; german: Bischdorf) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of ...

# Boucheporn #

Boulay-Moselle Boulay-Moselle (; german: Bolchen, Moselle Franconian: ''Bolchin'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The locality of Halling-lès-Boulay (German: ''Hallingen'') was incorporated in the commune in 1972. ...

# Bousbach # Boustroff #

Bouzonville Bouzonville (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Busendroff'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The localities of Aidling, Benting and Heckling are incorporated in the commune. It lies from Metz and the same di ...

# Brettnach # Brouck # Brulange # Cappel # Carling # Château-Rouge # Chémery-les-Deux # Cocheren # Colmen #

Condé-Northen Condé-Northen (german: Contchen-Northen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: Condé (German: Contchen), Northen (German: Northen), Loutremange (German: Lautermingen), Pont ...

# Coume #

Créhange Créhange (; Lorraine Franconian and German ''Krischingen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The writer Joël Egloff (born 1970) was born in Créhange. It had a population of 3,868 in 2017. Until ...

# Creutzwald # Dalem # Dalstein # Denting # Destry # Diebling # Diesen # Diffembach-lès-Hellimer #

Ébersviller Ébersviller (Lorraine Franconian ''Ebeschwiller''/''Ewëschweller'', german: Ebersweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: Ising (German: Isingen), Férange, Kreschmuhle ( ...

# Éblange # Eincheville # Elvange # Erstroff # Etzling # Falck #

Farébersviller Farébersviller (Lorraine Franconian: ''Fareewerschwiller''/''Ewerschwiller''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located only 3 km from the German border. Location Farébersviller lies at ...

# Farschviller #

Faulquemont Faulquemont (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Folkenburch''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: Bonhouse (German: Bohnhaus), Chémery (a.k.a. ''Chémery-lès-Faulquemont'', incorpo ...

# Filstroff # Flétrange #

Folkling Folkling (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Folklinge'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: Gaubiving, Remsing. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a li ...

# Folschviller #

Forbach Forbach ( , , ; gsw, Fuerboch) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est. It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it const ...

# Fouligny #

Freistroff Freistroff (german: Freisdorf, Lorraine Franconian: ''Freeschdroff'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: ''Diding'' (German: Didingen), ''Guiching''. See also * Communes of t ...

# Frémestroff # Freybouse # Freyming-Merlebach # Gomelange # Gréning #

Grostenquin Grostenquin (; german: Großtänchen; Lorraine Franconian: ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, situated between Metz and Strasbourg. Localities of the commune: Béning, Bertring, Hingsange, Linstroff. ...

# Guenviller #

Guerstling Guerstling (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The communes coop ...

# Guerting # Guessling-Hémering # Guinglange #

Guinkirchen Guinkirchen (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Gängkerchin'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department R ...

# Hallering # Ham-sous-Varsberg #

Han-sur-Nied Han-sur-Nied () is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, over ...

Hargarten-aux-Mines Hargarten-aux-Mines (; german: Hargarten) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of ...

# Harprich # Haute-Vigneulles #

Heining-lès-Bouzonville Heining-lès-Bouzonville (, literally ''Heining near Bouzonville''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is just 500m from the border with Germany. It takes its name from the Abbey of Bouzonville. ...

Hellimer Hellimer is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Notable people * Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg, (also spelled Schauenbourg), was born in Hellimer on 31 July 1748 and died in Geudertheim on 1 September ...

# Helstroff # Hémilly # Henriville # Herny #

Hestroff Hestroff (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Heschtroff'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: ''Bousse'', ''Dordatz'', ''Geismühl''. See also * Communes of the Moselle department ...

Hinckange Hinckange (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department References External links

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# Holacourt # Holling #

Hombourg-Haut Hombourg-Haut (; ) is a commune located in the department of Moselle, region of Grand Est, in the cultural and historical region Lorraine, north-eastern France. Hombourg-Haut is an old medieval fortress town, built in the thirteenth century b ...

# L'Hôpital # Hoste # Kerbach # Lachambre # Landroff # Laning # Laudrefang # Lelling # Leyviller # Lixing-lès-Saint-Avold # Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold # Macheren # Mainvillers # Many # Marange-Zondrange # Maxstadt # Mégange # Menskirch # Merten # Metzing #

Momerstroff Momerstroff (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The communes coope ...

Morhange Morhange (; german: Mörchingen; Lorraine Franconian ''Märchinge'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of th ...

Morsbach Morsbach is a municipality in Oberbergischer Kreis, a district in North Rhine-Westphalia near the border of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. In 2015, Morsbach's population was 10,600. The central village, also named Morsbach, has a population of ...

# Narbéfontaine # Neunkirchen-lès-Bouzonville # Niedervisse #

Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor (; german: Nussweiler bei Sankt Nabor) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Mo ...

# Oberdorff # Obervisse # Œting # Ottonville #

Petite-Rosselle Petite-Rosselle (; ; Palatine German: ''Klänrossle'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. The commune is separated from neighbouring Großrosseln to its west by the small river Rossel, whi ...

# Petit-Tenquin # Piblange # Pontpierre # Porcelette # Racrange # Rémelfang # Rémering # Rosbruck # Roupeldange # Saint-Avold # Saint-François-Lacroix # Schœneck # Schwerdorff #

Seingbouse Seingbouse (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The communes coop ...

# Spicheren #

Stiring-Wendel Stiring-Wendel (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Stiringe''; German ''Stieringen-Wendel'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, wedged between Forbach, Schœneck, Spicheren and Saarbrücken. History Charles ...

Suisse ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Tenteling Tenteling (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Tenteling consists of the villages Tenteling and Ebring. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of ...

# Téterchen # Teting-sur-Nied #

Théding Théding (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The communes cooperate ...

# Thicourt # Thonville # Tritteling-Redlach # Tromborn # Vahl-Ebersing # Vahl-lès-Faulquemont # Vallerange # Valmont # Valmunster # Varize-Vaudoncourt # Varsberg # Vatimont # Vaudreching # Velving # Viller # Villing # Vittoncourt # Vœlfling-lès-Bouzonville # Voimhaut # Volmerange-lès-Boulay # Zimming

History

The arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle was created in January 2015 by the merger of the former arrondissements of

and

.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)
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References

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