Arrondissement of Forbach

The Forbach Arrondissement is an administrative unit of the department of Moselle in the French region of Lorraine. Sub-prefecture is Forbach.

It consists of seven cantons and 73 municipalities.

Cantonal and municipal associations

In Arrondissement Forbach includes most communities that belong to a canton, also to a community association:

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

History

With the ratification of the peace treaty the Frankfurt district formed part of the German Empire. End of 1871, the county was formed from Forbach him. He belonged to the district of the Empire State Lorraine Alsace-Lorraine; the district director had its headquarters in the town of Forbach. First, the French law of July 18, 1837 on the town administration was on. To April 1, 1896 but the former municipal constitution was replaced and the new municipal code for Alsace- Lorraine on June 6, 1895. It applied to all municipalities and did not differ between those with rural or urban Constitution.

After the First World War the county was occupied in 1918 by France. With the entry into force of the Treaty of Versailles on 10 January 1920, he was a district Forbach back to the French State. However, the municipal law of 1895 was valid until the end of 1940 on.

During World War II troops occupied the German Wehrmacht in June 1940, the arrondissement. On 2 August 1940, was renamed County Forbach. It now came under the head of the civil administration in the area of Lorraine; to manage a German land commissioner in Forbach was used. On 1 December 1940, the district Forbach was merged with the district to the district Bolchen Saint Avold. In November / December 1944, the county area was occupied by an attack by the U.S. Army and again placed under French administration.

Bar-le- Duc | Boulay -Moselle | Briey | Château- Salins | COMMERCY | Epinal | Forbach | Luneville | Metz -Campagne | Metz -Ville | Nancy | Neufchâteau | Saint- Dié -des-Vosges | Sarrebourg | Sarreguemines | Thionville- Est | Thionville- Ouest | Toul | Verdun

  • Arrondissement in Lorraine
  • Moselle

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