Canton of Stiring-Wendel
| Canton of Stiring-Wendel | |
|---|---|
| region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| main place | Stiring coil |
| Establishment date | February 24, 1984 |
| Residents | 37,327 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 384 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 97.14 km² |
| Communities | 14th |
| INSEE code | 5725 |
 Location of the canton of Stiring-Wendel in the Moselle department |
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The canton of Stiring-Wendel is a French constituency in the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement , in the Moselle department and in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ).
history
The canton was founded on February 24, 1984 from parts of the then cantons Forbach-I and Forbach-II. Until 2015, 7 communities and unpopulated parts of the city of Forbach belonged to the canton of Stiring-Wendel. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of municipalities rose to 14. The unpopulated parts of the city of Forbach and the municipalities of Petite-Rosselle and Schœneck moved to the canton of Forbach . In addition to the remaining 5 communes in the old canton, 9 of the 13 communes in the previous canton of Behren-lès-Forbach were added.
geography
The canton is located in the northern half of the Moselle department on the border with Germany.
Communities
The canton consists of ten municipalities with 37,327 inhabitants (as of 2017) on an area of 97.14 km 2 :
| local community | Dialect patois |
German | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsting | Alschtinge | Alstingen | 2,589 | 5.73 | 57515 | 57013 |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | Bear | Behren | 6,562 | 5.54 | 57460 | 57058 |
| Bousbach | Buschboch | Buschbach | 1,226 | 5.91 | 57460 | 57101 |
| Thief | Diwlings / thieves | Thieves | 1,643 | 7.84 | 57980 | 57176 |
| Etzling | Ezlinge | Etzlingen | 1,184 | 4.94 | 57460 | 57202 |
| Farschviller | Faarschwiller | Farschweiler | 1,356 | 11.25 | 57450 | 57208 |
| Folkling | Folklinge / Volklinge | Folk sounds | 1,303 | 11.87 | 57600 | 57222 |
| Kerbach | Kerboch | Kerbach | 1,189 | 4.45 | 57460 | 57360 |
| Metzing | Metzinge | Metzingen | 645 | 6.45 | 57980 | 57466 |
| Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor | Nut willer | Nussweiler | 1,210 | 6.13 | 57990 | 57514 |
| Save | Spischere | Save | 3.224 | 8.11 | 57350 | 57659 |
| Stiring coil | Stirings | Stieringen-Wendel | 1,472 | 3.60 | 57350 | 57660 |
| Tenteling | Täntelinge | Tentelingen | 1,077 | 7.19 | 57980 | 57665 |
| Théding | Things | Things | 2,501 | 8.13 | 57450 | 57669 |
| Canton of Stiring-Wendel | Stirings | Stieringen-Wendel | 37,327 | 97.14 | - | - |
Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Rombas consisted of the seven municipalities Alsting , Etzling , Forbach , Kerbach , Petite-Rosselle , Schœneck , Spicheren and Stiring-Wendel (main town). The area of the city of Forbach, which belonged to the canton of Stiring-Wendel, was not populated. Its layout corresponded to an area of 52.26 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 5751.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31,597 | 29,865 | 28,800 | 29,782 | 30,649 | 30,791 | 30 244 | 30,036 |
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the four candidate pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Elisabeth Haag / Constant Kieffer (both DVD) won against Kévin Pfeffer / Patricia Scheuer (both FN ) with 57.67% of the votes (turnout: 40.66%).
Since 1984 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:
| Representative in the conseil général (1) of the département | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 1985-1998 | Remy Botz | related to the UDF |
| 1998-2015 | Jean-Claude Holtz | DVD |
| 2015– | Elisabeth Haag Constant Kieffer |
DVD |
(1) since 2015 Department Council