The 6th constituency of Moselle is one of the nine legislative

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in the

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A sm ...

''département'' (

Lorraine Lorraine, also , ; ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; ; ; is a cultural and historical region in Eastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval kingdom of ...

). A member of

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, Christophe Arend represents the constituency during the 15th legislature.

Geographic description and demographics

According to the division into constituencies by the law n°86-1197 of 24 November 1986, the 6th constituency of Moselle includes four

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and thirty-one

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located in the

arrondissement of Forbach The arrondissement of Forbach is a former arrondissement of France in the Moselle department in the Lorraine region. In 2015 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle. It had 73 communes, and its population was 167,51 ...

: * Canton of Behren-lès-Forbach ( fr) with thirteen municipalities : Behren-lès-Forbach, Bousbach, Cocheren, Diebling, Farschviller, Folkling, Metzing,

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, Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor,

Œting Œting (; ) 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 Fra ...

, Rosbruck, Tenteling, Théding * Canton of Forbach ( fr) with one municipality :

Forbach Forbach ( , , ; ) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est. It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it constitutes a ...

, the most populated city of the constituency * Canton of Freyming-Merlebach ( fr) with ten municipalities : Barst,

Béning-lès-Saint-Avold Béning-lès-Saint-Avold (, literally ''Béning near Saint-Avold''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 ...

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, Cappel, Farébersviller, Freyming-Merlebach, Guenviller, Henriville, Hoste, Seingbouse * Canton of Stiring-Wendel ( fr) with eight municipalities : Alsting, Etzling,

¹, Kerbach,

Petite-Rosselle Petite-Rosselle (, , in contrast to " Big Rosselle"; ; Palatine German: ''Klänrossle'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. The commune is separated from neighbouring Großrosseln to its we ...

, Schœneck, Spicheren, Stiring-Wendel According to the national

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conducted in 1999 by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies ( INSEE), the legal population of the constituency was estimated at 110,486 inhabitants. The population of the constituency amounted to 106,636 inhabitants in 2008. # The canton of Stiring-Wendel includes a non-urbanized area of Forbach.

Historic Representation

# On 1 October 1992, Charles Metzinger was elected as a

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. He consequently left his seat which stayed vacant until the end of the 9th legislature.

Election results

2024

2022

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2017

2012

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References

Sources

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Moselle's 6th constituency : cartography

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Demographics about Moselle's 6th constituency in 2008
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Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic
National Assembly (France) *

Atlaspol * [http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/%28path%29/LG2012/057/05706.html 2012 French legislative elections: Moselle's 6th constituency (first round and run-off)], Minister of the Interior (France) {{French National Assembly constituencies French legislative constituencies of Moselle, 6