Arrondissement of Sarreguemines

The arrondissement of Sarreguemines is an arrondissement of France, in the Moselle department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Sarreguemines.

Sarreguemines
Arrondissement
Location within the region Grand Est
Location within the region Grand Est
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
No. of communes83
SubprefectureSarreguemines
Area
935.9 km2 (361.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
99,226
INSEE code576

History

When the Moselle department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Sarreguemines was part of that original department.[1]

Geography

The arrondissement of Sarreguemines is in the northeast of the Moselle department. It is bordered to the north by Germany, to the east and south by the Bas-Rhin department, to the southwest by the Sarrebourg-Château-Salins arrondissement and to the west by the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Sarreguemines has an area of 935.9 km2 (361.4 sq mi), the smallest of the 5 arrondissements of the department. The population is 99,772 inhabitants and its population density is 106.6 inhabitants/km².[2]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are only 3 cantons in the arrondissement of Sarreguemines:

  1. Bitche (5702)
  2. east of Sarralbe (5720) (partly)
  3. Sarreguemines (5722)

Communes

The arrondissement of Sarreguemines has 83 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Achen (57006)
  2. Baerenthal (57046)
  3. Bettviller (57074)
  4. Bining (57083)
  5. Bitche (57089)
  6. Blies-Guersviller (57093)
  7. Blies-Ébersing (57092)
  8. Bliesbruck (57091)
  9. Bousseviller (57103)
  10. Breidenbach (57108)
  11. Enchenberg (57192)
  12. Epping (57195)
  13. Erching (57196)
  14. Ernestviller (57197)
  15. Etting (57201)
  16. Frauenberg (57234)
  17. Goetzenbruck (57250)
  18. Gros-Réderching (57261)
  19. Grosbliederstroff (57260)
  20. Grundviller (57263)
  21. Guebenhouse (57264)
  22. Hambach (57289)
  23. Hanviller (57294)
  24. Haspelschiedt (57301)
  25. Hazembourg (57308)
  26. Hilsprich (57325)
  27. Holving (57330)
  28. Hottviller (57338)
  29. Hundling (57340)
  30. Ippling (57348)
  31. Kalhausen (57355)
  32. Kappelkinger (57357)
  33. Kirviller (57366)
  34. Lambach (57376)
  35. Le Val-de-Guéblange (57267)
  36. Lemberg (57390)
  37. Lengelsheim (57393)
  38. Liederschiedt (57402)
  39. Lixing-lès-Rouhling (57408)
  40. Loupershouse (57419)
  41. Loutzviller (57421)
  42. Meisenthal (57456)
  43. Montbronn (57477)
  44. Mouterhouse (57489)
  45. Nelling (57497)
  46. Neufgrange (57499)
  47. Nousseviller-lès-Bitche (57513)
  48. Obergailbach (57517)
  49. Ormersviller (57526)
  50. Petit-Réderching (57535)
  51. Philippsbourg (57541)
  52. Puttelange-aux-Lacs (57556)
  53. Rahling (57561)
  54. Reyersviller (57577)
  55. Richeling (57581)
  56. Rimling (57584)
  57. Rohrbach-lès-Bitche (57589)
  58. Rolbing (57590)
  59. Roppeviller (57594)
  60. Rouhling (57598)
  61. Rémelfing (57568)
  62. Rémering-lès-Puttelange (57571)
  63. Saint-Jean-Rohrbach (57615)
  64. Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche (57619)
  65. Sarralbe (57628)
  66. Sarreguemines (57631)
  67. Sarreinsming (57633)
  68. Schmittviller (57636)
  69. Schorbach (57639)
  70. Schweyen (57641)
  71. Siersthal (57651)
  72. Soucht (57658)
  73. Sturzelbronn (57661)
  74. Volmunster (57732)
  75. Waldhouse (57738)
  76. Walschbronn (57741)
  77. Wiesviller (57745)
  78. Willerwald (57746)
  79. Wittring (57748)
  80. Wœlfling-lès-Sarreguemines (57750)
  81. Woustviller (57752)
  82. Zetting (57760)
  83. Éguelshardt (57188)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
57631Sarreguemines21,457SarregueminesCA Sarreguemines Confluences
57089Bitche5,183BitchePays de Bitche
57628Sarralbe4,573SarralbeCA Sarreguemines Confluences
57260Grosbliederstroff3,332SarregueminesCA Sarreguemines Confluences
57752Woustviller3,227SarralbeCA Sarreguemines Confluences
57556Puttelange-aux-Lacs3,080SarralbeCA Sarreguemines Confluences
57289Hambach2,786SarregueminesCA Sarreguemines Confluences
57589Rohrbach-lès-Bitche2,152BitchePays de Bitche
57598Rouhling2,055SarregueminesCA Sarreguemines Confluences
57477Montbronn1,648BitchePays de Bitche

References
  1. "Historique de la Moselle". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. "Arrondissement de Sarreguemines (576)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. "Décret n° 2014-183 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Moselle" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. "Géographie administrative et d'étude : Arrondissement de Sarreguemines (576)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  5. "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.

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