Arrondissement of Forbach


The arrondissement of Forbach is a former arrondissement of France in the Moselle department in the Lorraine region. In 2015 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle. It had 73 communes, and its population was 167,518.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Forbach, and their INSEE codes, were:
1. Alsting 2. Altrippe 3. Altviller 4. Baronville
5. Barst 6. Behren-lès-Forbach 7. Betting 8. Biding
9. Bistroff 10. Bousbach 11. Boustroff 12. Brulange
13. Béning-lès-Saint-Avold 14. Bérig-Vintrange 15. Cappel 16. Carling
17. Cocheren 18. Destry 19. Diebling 20. Diesen
21. Diffembach-lès-Hellimer 22. Eincheville 23. Erstroff 24. Etzling
25. Farschviller 26. Farébersviller 27. Folkling 28. Folschviller
29. Forbach 30. Freybouse 31. Freyming-Merlebach 32. Frémestroff
33. Grostenquin 34. Gréning 35. Guenviller 36. Guessling-Hémering
37. Harprich 38. Hellimer 39. Henriville 40. Hombourg-Haut
41. Hoste 42. Kerbach 43. L'Hôpital 44. Lachambre
45. Landroff 46. Laning 47. Lelling 48. Leyviller
49. Lixing-lès-Saint-Avold 50. Macheren 51. Maxstadt 52. Metzing
53. Morhange 54. Morsbach 55. Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor 56. Œting
57. Petit-Tenquin 58. Petite-Rosselle 59. Porcelette 60. Racrange
61. Rosbruck 62. Saint-Avold 63. Schœneck 64. Seingbouse
65. Spicheren 66. Stiring-Wendel 67. Suisse 68. Tenteling
69. Théding 70. Vahl-Ebersing 71. Vallerange 72. Valmont
73. Viller

History

The arrondissement of Forbach was created in 1919. 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 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:
  1. Behren-lès-Forbach
  2. Forbach
  3. Freyming-Merlebach
  4. Grostenquin
  5. Saint-Avold-1
  6. Saint-Avold-2
  7. Stiring-Wendel

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