Canton of Thionville
| Canton of Thionville | |
|---|---|
| region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville |
| main place | Thionville |
| Residents | 46,163 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Communities | 2 |
| INSEE code | 5726 |
 Location of the canton of Thionville in the Moselle department |
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The canton of Thionville is a French canton in the Arrondissement Thionville , in the Moselle department and in the Grand Est region (until the end of 2015 Lorraine ); its main place is Thionville .
history
The canton was created when the French cantons were redistributed in 2015. It includes the municipality of Terville and the entire city of Thionville, excluding the Garche and Kœking exclaves .
location
The canton is located in the north of the Moselle department.
Communities
The canton consists of a municipality and part of the city of Thionville with a total of 46,163 inhabitants (as of 2017):
| local community | Dialect patois |
German | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terville | Alschtinge | Animal wolf | 7,025 | 3.83 | 57180 | 57666 |
| Thionville | Diedenhofen | 40,701 | 49.86 | 57100 | 57672 | |
| Canton of Thionville | Diedenhofen | 46.163 | - | - |
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the seven pairs of candidates achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the team Pauline Lapointe-Zordan / Olivier Rech (both UD) won against Bertrand Mertz / Brigitte Vaisse (both PS ) with a share of the vote of 52.04% (turnout: 43.58%).
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 2015– | Pauline Lapointe-Zordan Olivier Rech |
Union de la droite |