Arrondissement of Forbach

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Location in Lothringen / Lorraine

The Arrondissement Forbach was an administrative unit of the Moselle department within the French region of Lorraine . Forbach is sub-prefecture . On January 1, 2015, it was merged with the Arrondissement Boulay-Moselle to form the new Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle .

It consisted of seven cantons and 73 municipalities. The area was 702 square kilometers, the population (2011) 168,168, the population density 240 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Cantons and associations of municipalities

In the Arrondissement of Forbach, most of the municipalities that belong to a canton also belonged to a municipality association:

Canton Community association
Behren-lès-Forbach CA Forbach Porte de France
Forbach CA Forbach Porte de France
Freyming-Merlebach CC Freyming-Merlebach
Grostenquin CC Center Mosellan
Saint-Avold-1 CC Pays Naborien
Saint-Avold-2 CC Freyming-Merlebach ( Hombourg-Haut )
CC Pays Naborien (remaining municipalities)
Stiring coil CA Forbach Porte de France

Abbreviations used: CC = Communauté de communes , CA = Communauté d'agglomération

history

With the ratification of the Frankfurt Peace Treaty , the arrondissement formed part of the German Empire. The Forbach district was formed from him at the end of 1871 . It belonged to the Lorraine district of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine ; the district director had his seat in the city of Forbach. Initially, the French law of July 18, 1837 on municipal administration continued to apply. On April 1, 1896, the previous municipal constitution was replaced and the new municipal code for Alsace-Lorraine of June 6, 1895 was introduced. It applied to all municipalities and made no distinction between those with a rural or urban constitution.

After the First World War, the district was occupied by France in 1918. With the entry into force of the Versailles Treaty on January 10, 1920, it belonged again to the French state as Arrondissement Forbach. However, local law from 1895 continued to apply until the end of 1940.

During the Second World War, German Wehrmacht troops occupied the arrondissement in June 1940. On August 2, 1940, it was renamed the Forbach district . It was now subordinate to the chief of civil administration in the Lorraine region ; a German land commissioner was appointed to the administration in Forbach. On 1 December 1940, the district with the Forbach was district Bolchen the district Saint Avold together. In November / December 1944, the district was occupied by an attack by the US Army and again placed under French administration.

Communities

When it was dissolved, the arrondissement consisted of the following 73 municipalities:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2014/12/29/2014-1721/jo/texte