Arrondissement of Metz

Metz
Arrondissement of France
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Communes	141
Subprefecture	Metz
Area¹
• Total	1,089 km² (420 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	342,287
• Density	310/km² (810/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers.

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The arrondissement of Metz is an arrondissement of France in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region. It was created at the 2015 arrondissements reform by the merger of the former arrondissements of Metz-Campagne and Metz-Ville. It has 141 communes.^[1]

Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Metz are:

Les Coteaux de Moselle
Faulquemont (partly)
Metz-1
Metz-2
Metz-3
Montigny-lès-Metz
Le Pays Messin
Rombas
Le Saulnois (partly)
Le Sillon Mosellan

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Metz are:^[1]

References

1 2 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)

Arrondissements of Moselle

Forbach-Boulay-Moselle Metz Sarrebourg-Château-Salins Sarreguemines Thionville

Coordinates: 49°06′N 6°12′E / 49.1°N 6.2°E / 49.1; 6.2

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