Cattenom
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Thionville | |
| Canton | Yutz | |
| Community association | Cattenom et Environs | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 24 ' N , 6 ° 15' E | |
| height | 148-237 m | |
| surface | 25.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,654 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 104 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57570 | |
| INSEE code | 57124 | |
| Website | Cattenom | |
 Saint Martin Church |
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Cattenom (German Kattenhofen , Luxemburgish Kettenuewen ) is a French commune with 2,654 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Thionville , is the seat of the community association Cattenom et Environs and was the capital of the canton of Cattenom until 2015 .
geography
The community is located on the Moselle about eight kilometers north of Thionville and about twelve kilometers southwest of the border triangle France - Luxembourg - Germany . The districts Homeldange, Husange, Sentzich and Warpich belong to Cattenom .
Neighboring communities of Cattenom are Breistroff-la-Grande in the north, Fixem and Gavisse in the north-east, Malling and Kœnigsmacker in the east, Basse-Ham in the south, Thionville and Hettange-Grande in the south-west and Boust in the north-west.
language
In addition to French, a Moselle-Franconian dialect is spoken by the older population in Cattenom and the surrounding area , which is very similar to Luxembourgish .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1121 | 1322 | 2374 | 2209 | 2190 | 2272 | 2549 | 2654 |
Infrastructure
The community is known nationwide for the third largest nuclear power plant in France, the Cattenom nuclear power plant .
Moselle bridge from Cattenom to Kœnigsmacker
The nuclear reactors with the cooling towers of the four units, each with an output of 1,300 MW
Personalities
- François Fick (* 1862), wholesale merchant and member of the state parliament
