Sarreguemines | |
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Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Moselle |
No. of communes | 83 |
Subprefecture | Sarreguemines |
Area | 935.9 km2 (361.4 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | 99,226 |
INSEE code | 576 |
The arrondissement of Sarreguemines is an arrondissement of France, in the Moselle department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Sarreguemines.
When the Moselle department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Sarreguemines was part of that original department.[1]
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]
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:
The arrondissement of Sarreguemines has 83 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[5] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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57631 | Sarreguemines | 21,457 | Sarreguemines | CA Sarreguemines Confluences |
57089 | Bitche | 5,183 | Bitche | Pays de Bitche |
57628 | Sarralbe | 4,573 | Sarralbe | CA Sarreguemines Confluences |
57260 | Grosbliederstroff | 3,332 | Sarreguemines | CA Sarreguemines Confluences |
57752 | Woustviller | 3,227 | Sarralbe | CA Sarreguemines Confluences |
57556 | Puttelange-aux-Lacs | 3,080 | Sarralbe | CA Sarreguemines Confluences |
57289 | Hambach | 2,786 | Sarreguemines | CA Sarreguemines Confluences |
57589 | Rohrbach-lès-Bitche | 2,152 | Bitche | Pays de Bitche |
57598 | Rouhling | 2,055 | Sarreguemines | CA Sarreguemines Confluences |
57477 | Montbronn | 1,648 | Bitche | Pays de Bitche |