Moselle's 6th constituency explained

6th constituency of Moselle
Member-Type:	Deputy
Member:	Kévin Pfeffer
Member-Party:	RN
Department:	Moselle
Canton:	Canton of Behren-lès-Forbach, Canton of Forbach, Canton of Freyming-Merlebach, Canton of Stiring-Wendel.
Voters:	72,286

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

A member of La République En Marche!, Christophe Arend represents the constituency during the 15th legislature.

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.^[1] 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

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Jean Coumaros^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]	UNR
	1962
	1967		UDR
	1968
	1973	Anne-Marie Fritsch^[6]	RM
	1978	Jean-Éric Bousch^[7]	RPR
	1981	Paul Bladt^[8]	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Charles Metzinger^[9] 1	PS
	1993	Pierre Lang^[10]	UDF
	1997	Roland Metzinger^[11]	PS
	2002	Pierre Lang^[12] ^[13]	UMP
	2007	Pierre Lang
	2012	Laurent Kalinowski	PS
	2017	Christophe Arend	LREM
	2022	Kévin Pfeffer	RN

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.^[14]

Election results

2022

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* PS dissident, not supported by party or NUPES alliance.

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Florian Philippot	FN		23.79		43.04
	Christophe Arend	REM		22.01		56.96
	Pierre Lang	LR		16.32
	Laurent Kleinhentz	DVG		14.75
	Jonathan Outomuro	FI		8.26
	Éric Diligent	DVD		5.27
	Jean-Christophe Kinnel	PS		3.60
	Chantal Mary	ECO		1.33
	Kader Dehar	ECO		0.89
	Nicolas Walczak	PCF		0.71
	Dominique Biry	EXD		0.71
	Lola Legrand	EXG		0.69
	Pascal Schuster	DIV		0.56
	Sandra Montalescot	DIV		0.43
	Jean Pluskota	ECO		0.40
	Vincent Fourrier	REG		0.30
	Marjolaine Hallier	DVD		0.00
Votes				100.00		100.00
Valid votes				98.16		93.92
Blank votes				1.26		4.70
Null votes				0.57		1.38
Turnout				37.48		36.47
Abstentions				62.52		63.53
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

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Sources

• Moselle's 6th constituency : cartography, National Assembly (France)
• Demographics about Moselle's 6th constituency in 2008, INSEE
• Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, National Assembly (France)
• Moselle's legislative constituencies (1958–1986) : MPs in the 6th constituency (Forbach), Atlaspol
• 2012 French legislative elections: Moselle's 6th constituency (first round and run-off), Minister of the Interior (France)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population census by legislative constituency in 1999 : Moselle's 6th constituency. National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
2. Web site: Jean Coumaros' biography during the 1st legislature (1958–1962). National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
3. Web site: Jean Coumaros' biography during the 2nd legislature (1962–1967) . 10 November 2013 . National Assembly (France) . fr.
4. Web site: Jean Coumaros' biography during the 3rd legislature (1967–1968) . 10 November 2013 . National Assembly (France) . fr.
5. Web site: Jean Coumaros' biography during the 4th legislature (1968–1973) . 10 November 2013 . National Assembly (France) . fr.
6. Web site: Anne-Marie Fritsch's biography during the 5th legislature (1973–1978). National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
7. Web site: Jean-Éric Bousch's biography during the 6th legislature (1978–1981). National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
8. Web site: Paul Bladt's biography during the 7th legislature (1981–1986). National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
9. Web site: Charles Metzinger's biography during the 9th legislature (1988–1993). National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
10. Web site: Pierre Lang's biography during the 10th legislature (1993–1997). National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
11. Web site: Roland Metzinger's biography during the 11th legislature (1997–2002). National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
12. Web site: Pierre Lang's biography during the 12th legislature (2002–2007). National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
13. Web site: Pierre Lang's biography during the 13th legislature (2007–2012) . 10 November 2013 . National Assembly (France) . fr.
14. Web site: Changes in the composition of the National Assembly during the 9th legislature. National Assembly (France). 10 November 2013. fr.
15. Web site: Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Moselle . 2022-08-02 . Le Monde.fr . fr-FR.