Saarlouis canton

The canton of Saarlouis ( French "canton de Sarre-Libre", later "canton de Sarrelouis") was a canton in the Moselle department that existed from 1795 to 1815 .

history

The canton was established in 1801 in what was then the Thionville arrondissement .

In 1802 the canton had 15,858 inhabitants in 27 municipalities.

In the Second Peace of Paris in 1815 , France had to cede 18 municipalities in the canton of Saarlouis to Prussia .

Communities

French parish name 1802	Inhabitants 1802	Today's church affiliation	Today's district or something similar
Berus	689	Overriding	Saarlouis district
Bisten et Linsel	209	Overriding	Saarlouis district
Bisten in the hole	277	Bisten-en-Lorraine	Boulay-Moselle arrondissement
Creutzwald-la-Croix	476	Creutzwald	Boulay-Moselle arrondissement
Creutzwald-la-Houve	287	Creutzwald	Boulay-Moselle arrondissement
Creutzwald-Wilhelmsbronn	284	Creutzwald	Boulay-Moselle arrondissement
This (haut et bas)	94	This one	Arrondissement of Forbach
Differten	633	Wadgassen	Saarlouis district
Enstroff	375	Ensdorf (Saar)	Saarlouis district
Falck	334	Falck	Boulay-Moselle arrondissement
Forweiler-nouveau	436	Saarlouis	Saarlouis district
Forweiler-vieux	437	Overriding	Saarlouis district
Fridricksweiler	93	Wadgassen	Saarlouis district
Grisborn ou Krisborn	202	Schwalbach (Saar)	Saarlouis district
Ham-sous-Varsberg	467	Ham-sous-Varsberg	Boulay-Moselle arrondissement
Hostenbach	283	Wadgassen	Saarlouis district
Hultzweiler	320	Schwalbach (Saar)	Saarlouis district
Listroff et les Hussards	944	Saarlouis	Saarlouis district
Loutre ou woman routers	621	Saarlouis	Saarlouis district
Merten et Bibling	682	Merten (Moselle)	Boulay-Moselle arrondissement
Porcelette	532	Porcelette	Arrondissement of Forbach
Puttelange-lès-Sarrelouis ou Pettelange-Créange	830	Püttlingen	Regional association Saarbrücken
Clearing	1159	Saarlouis	Saarlouis district
Sarrelouis ou Sarre-Libre	4031	Saarlouis	Saarlouis district
Schaffausen , Verbel et Wadgasse	451	Wadgassen	Saarlouis district
Uberhern	334	Overriding	Saarlouis district
Varsberg	384	Varsberg	Boulay-Moselle arrondissement

Municipalities (1801)

Bérus, Bisten et Linsel, Bisten-im-Loch, Creutzwald-la-Croix, Creutzwald-la-Houve, Creutzwald-Wilhelmsbronn, Differten, Disen-bas, Enstroff, Falck, Forweiler-nouveau, Forweiler-vieux, Fridericksweiler, Grisborn, Ham-lès-Bisten-im-Loch, Hostenbach, Hultzweiler et Saint-Laurent, Listroff, Loutre, Merten, Porcelette, Pettelange-Créhange, Roden, Sarre-Libre ou Sarrelouis, Schaffausen, Uberhern, Warsberg.

Parishes (1795)

• Canton 1: Sarre-libre ou Sarrelouis.
• Canton 2: Beaumarais et Les Picards, Bederstroff, Duren, Enstroff, Felsberg, Forweiler-vieux, Forweiler-nouveau, Grisborn, Hostenbach, Hutweiler, Itterstroff, Kerling, Limberg-haut, Limberg-bas, Listroff, Loutre, Pettelange-Créhange, Roden, Sainte-Barbe, Schaffausen, Werbel et Wadgasse, Vaudrevange.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Louis Emmanuel de Chastellux - Le Territoire du département de la Moselle. Histoire et statistique (1860)
2. ^ Paul Vidal de la Blache - La frontière de la Sarre d'après les traités de 1814 et 1815. (1919)