Arrondissement of Thionville

The arrondissement of Thionville is an arrondissement of France, in the Moselle department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Thionville.
History.
The "arrondissement" of Thionville was formed when the former "arrondissements" of Thionville-Est and of Thionville-Ouest were merged on 1 January 2015 to form the new "arrondissement".
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Thionville is in the northwest of the Moselle department. It is bordered to the northwest by Luxembourg, to the north by Germany, to the east by the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle "arrondissement", to the south by the Metz "arrondissement" and to the west by the Meurthe-et-Moselle department.
The "arrondissement" of Thionville has an area of , the second smallest of the 5 "arrondissements" of the department but the second in population (264,858 inhabitants) with a population density of inhabitants/km².
Composition.
Cantons.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
There are 7 cantons in the "arrondissement" of Thionville:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Thionville has 105 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: