Arrondissement Of Briey: Arrondissement of France

Its capital is the city of Briey.

Briey
Arrondissement
Location within the region Grand Est
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
No. of communes	128
Subprefecture	Val de Briey
Area	1,142.7 km2 (441.2 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)	167,755
INSEE code	541

When the Meurthe-et-Moselle department was created in 1871, the arrondissement of Briey was part of that original department.

The arrondissement of Briey is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in the panhandle. It is bordered to the northwest by Belgium, to the northeast by Luxembourg, to the east by the Moselle department, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Nancy, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Toul and to the west by the Meuse department.

The arrondissement of Briey has an area of 1,142.7 km² (441.2 sq mi). It is the smallest arrondissement but the second in population (164,589 inhabitants).

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 6 cantons in the arrondissement of Briey; they are:

Communes

The arrondissement of Briey has 130 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

• Arrondissements of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
• List of arrondissements of France