Arrondissement of Nancy (
prefecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department:
Nancy), with 188 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 419,699 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Toul (subprefecture:
Toul), with 111 communes.[2] The population of the arrondissement was 69,151 in 2016.
In 1800 the arrondissements of Nancy,
Château-Salins, Lunéville,
Sarrebourg and Toul were established as subdivisions of the department
Meurthe, and Briey as part of the department
Moselle. In 1871 the parts of the departments Meurthe and Moselle that had not been
ceded to Germany were combined in the new department Meurthe-et-Moselle, with the arrondissements of Nancy, Briey, Lunéville and Toul. The arrondissement of Toul was disbanded in 1926, and restored in 1943.[3]