What is Arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | INSEE=573 | nbcomm=169 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Forbach]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1283.3 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Grand Est }} The '''arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Moselle (department)|Moselle]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Grand Est]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Forbach]]. ==History== The ''arrondissement'' of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle was formed when the former ''arrondissements'' of Forbach and of Boulay-Moselle were [[:wikt:merged|merged]] on 1 January 2015 to form the new ''arrondissement''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2014/12/29/2014-1721/jo/texte |title=Décret n° 2014-1721 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Boulay-Moselle, de Château-Salins, de Thionville-Ouest et de Metz-Campagne (département de la Moselle) |publisher=Légifrance.gouv.fr |language=French |accessdate=21 December 2016 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle is in the north central part of the Moselle department. It is bordered to the north by [[Germany]], to the east by the [[Arrondissement of Sarreguemines|Sarreguemines]] ''arrondissement'', to the south by the [[Arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins|Sarrebourg-Château-Salins]] ''arrondissement'', to the southwest by the [[Arrondissement of Metz|Metz]] ''arrondissement'' and to the west by the [[Arrondissement of Thionville|Thionville]] ''arrondissement''. The ''arrondissement'' of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle has an area of {{Convert|1283.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. It is the second largest o