The arrondissement of Thionville is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

of France in the Moselle department in the

Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...

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. It has 104

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

. Its population is 266,506 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Thionville are: # Aboncourt # Algrange #

Angevillers Angevillers (Lorraine Franconian ''Aasler'', German: Arsweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department * Ouvrage Rochonvillers, a Maginot Line ...

Apach Apach (german: Apach) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Apach is from Sierck-les-Bains, from Thionville, and from Metz. It is on the border of Germany and Luxembourg, the municipalities just across t ...

Audun-le-Tiche Audun-le-Tiche (; ; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Location and rail links Audun-le-Tiche is located adjacent to Esch-sur-Alzette, on the border with Luxembourg, and close to the borders of German ...

# Aumetz # Basse-Ham # Basse-Rentgen # Berg-sur-Moselle #

Bertrange Bertrange (; lb, Bartreng ; german: Bartringen) is a commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is located 6.5 km west of Luxembourg City. , the town of Bertrange, which lies in the north-east of the commune, has a population of 6,02 ...

# Bettelainville # Beyren-lès-Sierck # Boulange # Bousse # Boust # Breistroff-la-Grande # Buding # Budling #

Cattenom Cattenom (; lb, Kettenuewen; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography It lies about 8 kilometres north of Thionville. The localities of Homeldange, Husange (aka ''Hussange'') and Sentzich are i ...

# Clouange #

Contz-les-Bains Contz-les-Bains (Lorraine Franconian: ''Nidderkonz'', german: Niederkontz) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune is located in the ''Pays de Sierck'' at the confluence of the Sauer (known in Fr ...

# Distroff #

Elzange Elzange (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The communes coopera ...

Entrange Entrange (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The communes coopera ...

# Escherange #

Évrange Évrange (; german: Ewringen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Transportation Évrange is served by the N53 Route nationale. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list o ...

Fameck Fameck (; german: Fameck) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: Budange (a.k.a. ''Budange sous Justemont'') and in German: Büdingen unter Justberg, Edange (German: Edingen), Mor ...

# Fixem # Flastroff #

Florange Florange (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Fléischengen''/''Fléschéngen''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Climate Climate in area is mild with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitat ...

Fontoy Fontoy (; german: Fentsch; Lorraine Franconian: ''Fensch'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It contains the source of the Fensch The Fensch or Fentsch is a river in the Moselle department of the ...

# Gandrange #

Gavisse Gavisse (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Gawiss'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department ...

Grindorff-Bizing Grindorff-Bizing (german: Grindorf-Bisingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department ...

# Guénange # Hagen #

Halstroff Halstroff (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The communes coope ...

# Haute-Kontz # Havange #

Hayange Hayange (; german: Hayingen; Lorraine Franconian: ''Héngen''/''Haiéngen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Outlying villages include Marspich and Saint-Nicolas-en-Forêt, Konacker and Ranguevaux. H ...

Hettange-Grande Hettange-Grande (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Grouss-Hetténgen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The town gives its name to the Hettangian age, the earliest age of the Jurassic period of the geologic ...

# Hombourg-Budange #

Hunting Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products ( fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, ...

Illange Illange (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Illéng''/''Illéngen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It adjoins Thionville. The Fort d'Illange, a pre-World War I German fortification, is located just to th ...

# Inglange #

Kanfen Kanfen () is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The commune ...

# Kédange-sur-Canner # Kemplich # Kerling-lès-Sierck # Kirsch-lès-Sierck # Kirschnaumen # Klang #

Knutange Knutange (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Knéiténgen''/''Knéiténg''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of th ...

# Kœnigsmacker # Kuntzig # Laumesfeld # Launstroff # Lommerange # Luttange # Malling # Manderen-Ritzing #

Manom Manom (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: la Grange (German: Scheuern), Maison-Rouge. International relations Manom is twinned with: * Lębork, Poland * Lauenburg ...

# Merschweiller # Metzeresche # Metzervisse # Mondelange #

Mondorff Mondorff (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Munnerëf'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Proximity of border with Luxembourg It lies on the border with Luxembourg. The town in neighbouring Luxembourg to w ...

# Monneren # Montenach # Moyeuvre-Grande # Moyeuvre-Petite # Neufchef #

Nilvange Nilvange (; german: Nilvingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. The ...

Ottange Ottange (; german: Öttingen, Lorraine Franconian: ''Ëtténg''/''Otténg'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 commu ...

# Oudrenne #

Puttelange-lès-Thionville Puttelange-lès-Thionville (, literally ''Puttelange near Thionville'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes o ...

Ranguevaux Ranguevaux (; german: Rangwall) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of France. Th ...

# Rédange # Rémeling # Rettel #

Richemont Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., commonly known as Richemont, is a Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company founded in 1988 by South African businessman Johann Rupert. Through its various subsidiaries, Richemont produces and sells j ...

# Rochonvillers #

Rodemack Rodemack (; German: ''Rodemachern''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Ruedemaacher''/''Roudemaacher'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Localities of the commune: ''Esing'', ''Faulbach'', ''Semming''. Persona ...

# Rosselange #

Roussy-le-Village Roussy-le-Village (; german: Rüttgen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department of Franc ...

# Rurange-lès-Thionville # Russange # Rustroff #

Serémange-Erzange Serémange-Erzange (; german: Schremingen-Ersingen; Lorraine Franconian ''Schreméngen-Ierséngen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune is composed of the localities ''Serémange'', ''Erzang ...

Sierck-les-Bains Sierck-les-Bains (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Siirk''/''Siirck'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: Rudling, Kœnigsberg (German: Rudlingen, Königsberg) Language Revitalizatio ...

# Stuckange #

Terville Terville (; ; Lorraine Franconian ''Tierwen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The trumpeter Pierre Gillet was born in Terville (6 August 1960). Population See also * Communes of the Moselle dep ...

Thionville Thionville (; ; german: Diedenhofen ) is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz. History Thionville was settled as early as the time of th ...

# Tressange #

Yutz Yutz (; german: Jeutz; Lorraine Franconian: ''Jäiz'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, close to the borders with both Luxembourg and Germany. It was created in 1971 by merging the former communes of ...

# Uckange # Valmestroff # Veckring # Vitry-sur-Orne #

Volmerange-les-Mines Volmerange-les-Mines (; German: ''Wollmeringen''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Wuelmeréngen''/''Wollmeréng'') is a commune in the region of Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies on the international border with Luxembo ...

# Volstroff # Waldweistroff # Waldwisse #

Zoufftgen Zoufftgen (; german: Suftgen, lb, Suuftgen) is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population 2006 rail crash On the morning of 11 October ...

History

The arrondissement of Thionville was created in 1800 and disbanded in 1871 ( ceded to Germany).Historique de la Moselle
/ref> The arrondissement of Thionville was restored in January 2015 by the merger of the former arrondissements of Thionville-Est and Thionville-Ouest.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)
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