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.Décret n° 2014-183 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Moselle It had 5,605 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 57 Moselle, INSEE
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
See also Arrondissements of the Moselle department Communes of the Moselle department
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