The arrondissement of Forbach is a former
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
Moselle department in the
Lorraine region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
. In 2015 it was merged into the new
arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle.
[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)]
/ref> It had 73 communes, and its population was 167,518 (2012).[Populations légales 2012: 57 Moselle]
INSEE
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Forbach, and their INSEE codes, were:[
]
History
The arrondissement of Forbach was created in 1919.[Historique de la Moselle]
/ref> In January 2000 it lost the canton of Sarralbe to the arrondissement of Sarreguemines.[ It was disbanded in 2015.][ 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 Forbach were, as of January 2015:[
# Behren-lès-Forbach
# Forbach
# Freyming-Merlebach
# Grostenquin
# Saint-Avold-1
# Saint-Avold-2
# Stiring-Wendel
]
Sub-prefects
* Régis Guyot[ "Guyot, Régis, Marie, Denis" (prefect, born 1949), page 1069 in '' Who’s Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l’étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 44th edition for 2013 edited in 2012, 2371 p., 31 cm, . (1980) ] (1990)
References
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