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Moselle's 6th constituency

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Deputy
  
Laurent Kalinowski PS

Voters
  
72,286

Department
  
Moselle

Moselle's 6th constituency

Canton
  
Canton of Behren-lès-Forbach, Canton of Forbach, Canton of Freyming-Merlebach, Canton of Stiring-Wendel.

The 6th constituency of Moselle is one of the nine legislative constituencies in the Moselle département (Lorraine).

Contents

A member of the Socialist Party, Laurent Kalinowski represents the constituency during the XIV legislature (2012–2017).

Geographic description and demographics

According to the division into constituencies by the law n°86-1197 of 24 November 1986, the 6th constituency of Moselle includes four cantons and thirty-one municipalities located in the arrondissement of Forbach :

  • Canton of Behren-lès-Forbach (fr) with thirteen municipalities : Behren-lès-Forbach, Bousbach, Cocheren, Diebling, Farschviller, Folkling, Metzing, Morsbach, Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor, Œting, Rosbruck, Tenteling, Théding
  • Canton of Forbach (fr) with one municipality : Forbach, the most populated city of the constituency
  • Canton of Freyming-Merlebach (fr) with ten municipalities : Barst, Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, Betting, Cappel, Farébersviller, Freyming-Merlebach, Guenviller, Henriville, Hoste, Seingbouse
  • Canton of Stiring-Wendel (fr) with eight municipalities : Alsting, Etzling, Forbach1, Kerbach, Petite-Rosselle, Schœneck, Spicheren, Stiring-Wendel

    • According to the national census conducted in 1999 by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the legal population of the constituency was estimated at 110,486 inhabitants. The population of the constituency amounted to 106,636 inhabitants in 2008.

    1. The canton of Stiring-Wendel includes a non-urbanized area of Forbach.

    Historic Representation

    1. On 1 October 1992, Charles Metzinger was elected as a Senator. He consequently left his seat which stayed vacant until the end of the 9th legislature.

    References

    Moselle's 6th constituency Wikipedia
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