Hayange

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Hayange
Hayange Coat of Arms
Hayange (France)
Hayange
region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Thionville
Canton Hayange (main town)
Community association Val de Fensch
Coordinates 49 ° 20 '  N , 6 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '  N , 6 ° 4'  E
height 176-344 m
surface 12.21 km 2
Residents 15,811 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,295 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 57300
INSEE code 57306
Website Hayange

Wendel Castle

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Hayange (German Hayingen ; Luxembourgish Hengen ) is a French commune with 15,811 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The inhabitants call themselves Hayangeois .

geography

The community of Hayange is located in the Fenschtal , about eight kilometers southwest of Thionville ( Diedenhofen ). The formerly independent Saint-Nicolas-en-Forêt , which was incorporated into the municipality in 1969, also belongs to the municipality .

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history

The place was first mentioned in 821 as Heingen .

In 1704 the officer's son and master blacksmith Jean-Martin de Wendel bought the Seigneurie von Hayingen. He, his family and his descendants dedicated themselves to mining , they opened up mines, and built iron works and steel works . Both locals and guest workers from Germany, Poland, Russia, Italy, Spain and North Africa were employed and well paid. The last person in this social industrial dynasty died around 1960.

In 1903 a seven-meter-high and six-tonne statue of the Virgin Mary was cast and placed on the highest hill, 300 meters above Hayange. It was the first cast metal product from the smelting furnace of Florange .

In 2013, the last furnace belonging to the ArcelorMittal company was shut down. Around 3,000 jobs were lost.

Population development
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2015
Residents 11.009 10.305 19,638 17,087 15,638 15,227 15,472 15,658

economy

From 1704 Hayange was shaped by the iron and steel industry. In the 1970s and 1980s, numerous businesses were shut down (→ steel crisis ). On October 3, 2011, the last blast furnace ("P6") in Lorraine at the Arcelor Mittal plant in Hayange was shut down despite protests. In Hayange there is also Sollac Lorraine and the Usine Saint Jacques railroad factory . The latter belonged to Tata Steel from 2007 to June 1, 2016 . Tata modernized the factory in 2010/11.

politics

The often difficult structural change in the city and the region, which meant unemployment and a lack of prospects for many residents, made the former stronghold of the labor movement into a stronghold of the Front national . Since the local elections in 2014, Hayange has been one of the municipalities in which this party provides the mayor.

Fabien Engelmann , former trade unionist of the communist CGT , has repeatedly caused a sensation with controversial actions, for example by organizing a fête du cochon that focused on the “French tradition” of eating pork and was interpreted as a deliberate provocation of the Muslim community , or politically unpopular organizations like the Secours populaire made work in the community more difficult. Since he, his party colleagues and city employees are increasingly concerned with safety, cleanliness and the elderly, a majority of citizens are satisfied with his policies, as state opinion polls have shown.

Twin cities

There are town partnerships with Arlon in Belgium, Barga in Italy and Diekirch in Luxembourg.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Hayange  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Stührenberg: Adieu, les bleus. Until three years ago, the small town of Hayange was firmly in socialist hands. Since then, the place has been a stronghold of the right-wing extremist Front National. What happened? Das Magazin, Tamedia, Zurich March 4, 2017, pages 10–18
  2. ^ "The last blast furnace will be shut down", Badische Zeitung of October 4, 2011
  3. ↑ http://www.stahlseite.de/tata-hayange.htm
  4. ↑ British Steel name back on Teesside as Greybull completes £ 400m deal to buy Tata Long Products sites
  5. ↑ Tata Steel completes rail plant upgrade
  6. ↑ http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/fn/hayange-la-mairie-fn-qui-fait-scandale_1632920.html
  7. ↑ Michael Stührenberg: Adieu, les bleus. Until three years ago, the small town of Hayange was firmly in socialist hands. Since then, the place has been a stronghold of the right-wing extremist Front National. What happened? Das Magazin, Tamedia, Zurich March 4, 2017, pages 10–18