Moselle's 6th constituency
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Moselle's 6th Constituency shown within Lorraine
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| 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 the Socialist Party, Laurent Kalinowski represents the constituency during the XIV legislature (2012–2017).[1]
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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.[2][3] The population of the constituency amounted to 106,636 inhabitants in 2008.
- The canton of Stiring-Wendel includes a non-urbanized area of Forbach.
Election Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PS | Laurent Kalinowski | 17,762 | 53.70 | ||
| FN | Florian Philippot | 15,317 | 46.30 | ||
| Turnout | 34,645 | 47.93 | |||
| PS gain from UMP | Swing | ||||
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1958 | Jean Coumaros[4] | UNR | |
| 1962 | Jean Coumaros[5] | UNR | |
| 1967 | Jean Coumaros[6] | UDR | |
| 1968 | Jean Coumaros[7] | UDR | |
| 1973 | Anne-Marie Fritsch[8] | RM | |
| 1978 | Jean-Éric Bousch[9] | RPR | |
| 1981 | Paul Bladt[10] | PS | |
| Proportional representation - no election by constituency | |||
| 1988 | Charles Metzinger[11] 1 | PS | |
| 1993 | Pierre Lang[12] | UDF | |
| 1997 | Roland Metzinger[13] | PS | |
| 2002 | Pierre Lang[14] | UMP | |
| 2007 | Pierre Lang[15] | UMP | |
- 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.[16]
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Sources
- (French) Moselle's 6th constituency : cartography, National Assembly (France)
- (French) Demographics about Moselle's 6th constituency in 2008, INSEE
- (French) Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, National Assembly (France)
- (French) Moselle's legislative constituencies (1958–1986) : MPs in the 6th constituency (Forbach), Atlaspol
- (French) 2012 French legislative elections: Moselle's 6th constituency (first round and run-off), Minister of the Interior (France)
