Back Arrondissements of the Moselle department English بخشهای دپارتمان موزل Persian Arrondissements de la Moselle French Arrondissementer am Departement Moselle LB Округа департамента Мозель Russian Quận của tỉnh Moselle Vietnamese
There are 5 arrondissements in the Moselle department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.
If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.
Arrondissements are further divided into communes.
The arrondissements of Moselle are:
| INSEE code |
Arrondissement | Capital | Population[1] (2014) |
Area[2] (km²) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
Communes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 573 | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | Forbach | 245,222 | 1,283.3 | 191.1 | 169 |
| 575 | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | Sarrebourg | 93,481 | 1,966.9 | 47.5 | 230 |
| 576 | Sarreguemines | Sarreguemines | 99,772 | 935.9 | 106.6 | 83 |
| 577 | Thionville | Thionville | 264,858 | 941.5 | 281.3 | 105 |
| 579 | Metz | Metz | 341,821 | 1,088.7 | 314.0 | 140 |
- ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ "Département de Moselle (57) et Arrondissements". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 2 January 2018.