Canton of Delme
Delme | |
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Former canton | |
![]() Location of the canton of Delme in the Arrondissement of Château-Salins | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Moselle |
No. of communes | 35 |
Established | 1790 |
Disbanded | 2015 |
Seat | Delme |
Area | 207.88 km2 (80.26 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | 5,605 |
• Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
The canton of Delme is a former French administrative division located in the department of the Moselle and the Lorraine region. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its communes became part of the new canton of Le Saulnois.
Geography[]
This canton was organised around Delme in the arrondissement of Château-Salins. Its altitude varies 187 m (Ajoncourt) in 401m (Puzieux) for a medium altitude of 246m.
History[]
It is an ancient canton of the department of Meurthe. It was annexed in its entirety by Germany in 1871, in accordance with the treaty of Frankfurt. It was included into the department of the Moselle in 1918.
Demography[]
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2012 |
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Population | 4416 | 4843 | 4515 | 4450 | 4477 | 4760 | 5610 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Departments[]
The canton of Delme consisted of 35 communes and counted 5,605 inhabitants (2012).[1]
Commune | Inhabitants | Postal code | INSEE code |
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Ajoncourt | 86 | 57590 | 57009 |
Alaincourt-la-Côte | 136 | 57590 | 57010 |
Aulnois-sur-Seille | 240 | 57590 | 57040 |
Bacourt | 120 | 57590 | 57045 |
Baudrecourt | 187 | 57580 | 57054 |
Bréhain | 107 | 57340 | 57107 |
Château-Bréhain | 78 | 57340 | 57130 |
Chenois | 68 | 57580 | 57138 |
Chicourt | 80 | 57590 | 57141 |
Craincourt | 267 | 57590 | 57158 |
Delme | 1,052 | 57590 | 57171 |
Donjeux | 91 | 57590 | 57182 |
Fonteny | 138 | 57590 | 57225 |
Fossieux | 161 | 57590 | 57228 |
Frémery | 64 | 57590 | 57236 |
Hannocourt | 22 | 57590 | 57292 |
Jallaucourt | 161 | 57590 | 57349 |
Juville | 116 | 57590 | 57354 |
Laneuveville-en-Saulnois | 271 | 57590 | 57381 |
Lemoncourt | 76 | 57590 | 57391 |
Lesse | 196 | 57580 | 57395 |
Liocourt | 147 | 57590 | 57406 |
Lucy | 211 | 57590 | 57424 |
Malaucourt-sur-Seille | 145 | 57590 | 57436 |
Marthille | 177 | 57340 | 57451 |
Morville-sur-Nied | 127 | 57590 | 57486 |
Oriocourt | 61 | 57590 | 57525 |
Oron | 110 | 57590 | 57528 |
Prévocourt | 108 | 57590 | 57555 |
Puzieux | 180 | 57590 | 57559 |
Saint-Epvre | 166 | 57580 | 57609 |
Tincry | 168 | 57590 | 57674 |
Villers-sur-Nied | 92 | 57340 | 57719 |
Viviers | 119 | 57590 | 57727 |
Xocourt | 82 | 57590 | 57755 |
See also[]
References[]
Categories:
- Former cantons of Moselle (department)
- 2015 disestablishments in France
- States and territories disestablished in 2015