The arrondissement of Val-de-Briey (''arrondissement of Briey'' until 2022) is an

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

of France in the

Meurthe-et-Moselle Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a '' département'' in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, ...

department in the

Grand Est Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...

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. It has 115 communes. Its population is 164,402 (2021), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Val-de-Briey, and their

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s, are: # Abbéville-lès-Conflans (54002) # Affléville (54004) # Allamont (54009) # Allondrelle-la-Malmaison (54011) # Anderny (54015) # Anoux (54018) # Auboué (54028) # Audun-le-Roman (54029) # Avillers (54033) #

Avril Avril means April in French and other languages. It may also refer to: Places * Mont Avril, a mountain on the Swiss-Italian border * Avril, Meurthe-et-Moselle, a commune of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, France People * Avril (name) * ...

(54036) # Les Baroches (54048) # Baslieux (54049) # Batilly (54051) # Bazailles (54056) # Béchamps (54058) # Bettainvillers (54066) # Beuveille (54067) # Beuvillers (54069) # Boismont (54081) # Boncourt (54082) # Brainville (54093) # Bréhain-la-Ville (54096) # Bruville (54103) # Charency-Vezin (54118) # Chenières (54127) # Colmey (54134) #

Conflans-en-Jarnisy Conflans-en-Jarnisy () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territor ...

(54136) # Cons-la-Grandville (54137) # Cosnes-et-Romain (54138) # Crusnes (54149) # Cutry (54151) # Domprix (54169) # Doncourt-lès-Conflans (54171) # Doncourt-lès-Longuyon (54172) # Épiez-sur-Chiers (54178) # Errouville (54181) # Fillières (54194) # Fléville-Lixières (54198) # Fresnois-la-Montagne (54212) # Friauville (54213) # Giraumont (54227) # Gondrecourt-Aix (54231) # Gorcy (54234) # Grand-Failly (54236) #

Han-devant-Pierrepont Han-devant-Pierrepont (, literally ''Han before Pierrepont'') is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Before 1997, it was part of the Meuse The Meuse or Maas is a major European river, rising in France ...

(54602) # Hatrize (54253) # Haucourt-Moulaine (54254) # Herserange (54261) # Homécourt (54263) # Hussigny-Godbrange (54270) # Jarny (54273) # Jeandelize (54277) #

Jœuf Jœuf () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Population People It is the birthplace of: *Michel Platini, football player * Éric Occansey, basketball player See also *Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle ...

(54280) # Joppécourt (54282) # Jouaville (54283) # Joudreville (54284) # Labry (54286) # Laix (54290) # Landres (54295) # Lantéfontaine (54302) # Lexy (54314) # Longlaville (54321) # Longuyon (54322) #

Longwy Longwy (; older , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. The inhabitants are known as ''Longoviciens''. In ...

(54323) # Lubey (54326) # Mairy-Mainville (54334) # Malavillers (54337) # Mercy-le-Bas (54362) # Mercy-le-Haut (54363) # Mexy (54367) # Moineville (54371) # Mont-Bonvillers (54084) # Montigny-sur-Chiers (54378) # Mont-Saint-Martin (54382) # Morfontaine (54385) # Mouaville (54389) # Moutiers (54391) # Murville (54394) # Norroy-le-Sec (54402) # Olley (54408) # Othe (54412) # Ozerailles (54413) # Petit-Failly (54420) # Piennes (54425) # Pierrepont (54428) # Preutin-Higny (54436) # Puxe (54440) #

Réhon Réhon () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. It is the town where Jean-Marc Reiser (1941–1983) was born. Population See also * Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department The following is a l ...

(54451) # Saint-Ail (54469) # Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon (54476) # Saint-Marcel (54478) # Saint-Pancré (54485) # Saint-Supplet (54489) # Sancy (54491) # Saulnes (54493) # Serrouville (54504) # Tellancourt (54514) # Thil (54521) # Thumeréville (54524) # Tiercelet (54525) # Trieux (54533) # Tucquegnieux (54536) # Ugny (54537) # Val de Briey (54099) # Valleroy (54542) # Ville-au-Montois (54568) # Ville-Houdlémont (54572) # Villers-la-Chèvre (54574) # Villers-la-Montagne (54575) # Villers-le-Rond (54576) # Villerupt (54580) # Ville-sur-Yron (54581) # Villette (54582) # Viviers-sur-Chiers (54590) # Xivry-Circourt (54598)

History

The arrondissement of Briey was created as part of the department

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

in 1800.Historique de la Moselle
/ref> Since 1871 it has been a part of the department

.Historique de Meurthe-et-Moselle
/ref> In January 2023, it lost 13 communes to the arrondissement of Toul. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France () are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspect ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Briey were, as of January 2015: # Audun-le-Roman # Briey # Chambley-Bussières #

# Herserange # Homécourt # Longuyon #

# Mont-Saint-Martin # Villerupt

References

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