Canton of Delme

Delme
Former canton
Location of the canton of Delme in the Arrondissement of Château-Salins
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
No. of communes	35
Established	1790
Disbanded	2015
Seat	Delme
Area	207.88 km2 (80.26 sq mi)
Population  (2012)	5,605
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)

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. It had 5,605 inhabitants (2012).

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:

• Ajoncourt
• Alaincourt-la-Côte
• Aulnois-sur-Seille
• Bacourt
• Baudrecourt
• Bréhain
• Château-Bréhain
• Chenois
• Chicourt
• Craincourt
• Delme
• Donjeux
• Fonteny
• Fossieux
• Frémery
• Hannocourt
• Jallaucourt
• Juville
• Laneuveville-en-Saulnois
• Lemoncourt
• Lesse
• Liocourt
• Lucy
• Malaucourt-sur-Seille
• Marthille
• Morville-sur-Nied
• Oriocourt
• Oron
• Prévocourt
• Puzieux
• Saint-Epvre
• Tincry
• Villers-sur-Nied
• Viviers
• Xocourt

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.

Demography

Historical population of Canton of Delme

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2012
Population	4416	4843	4515	4450	4477	4760	5605
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Arrondissements of the Moselle department
• Communes of the Moselle department