Canton of Delme explained

Type:canton
Delme
Seat:Delme
Nbcomm:35
Insee:57 07
Established Date:1790
Disbanded:2015
Pop:5605
Population As Of:2012
Area:207.88

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.[1] It had 5,605 inhabitants (2012).[2]

Geography

This canton was organised around Delme in the arrondissement of Château-Salins. Its altitude varied between 187 m (Ajoncourt) and 401 m (Puzieux) for a medium altitude of 246 m.

The canton comprised the following communes:[2]

History

It was established as a canton of the former 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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028637416 Décret n° 2014-183 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Moselle
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep57.pdf Populations légales 2012: 57 Moselle