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Moselle's 5th constituency

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Deputy
  
Céleste Lett UMP

Voters
  
74,623

Department
  
Moselle

Moselle's 5th constituency

Canton
  
Bitche, Rohrbach-lès-Bitche, Sarralbe, Sarreguemines, Sarreguemines-Campagne, Volmunster.

The 5th constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.

Description

The 5th Constituency of Moselle occupies a finger of territory jutting eastwards from the main body of the Department, bordered to the north by Germany and to the south by Bas-Rhin. Almost entirely rural the constituency includes a large part of the Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park.

The seat has elected conservatives throughout the Fifth Republic save for between 1997 and 2002 when Socialist Gilbert Maurer captured it.

References

Moselle's 5th constituency Wikipedia