Knutange
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Thionville | |
| Canton | Algrange | |
| Community association | Val de Fensch | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 20 ′ N , 6 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 196-366 m | |
| surface | 2.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,203 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,318 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57240 | |
| INSEE code | 57368 | |
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Knutange (German Kneuttingen ) is a French commune with 3203 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 .
geography
Knutange is located on the Fensch , about twelve kilometers southwest of Thionville at an altitude between 196 and 366 m above sea level. The municipal area covers 2.43 km².
The municipality's landmark is the 260-meter-long railway bridge over the Fenschtal ( Viaduc de Knutange ) on the Lille- Thionville railway line .
history
Knutange was first mentioned in 1193 as Cneutengis and is named after a Frankish landowner named Knuto. The place came to France in 1659.
The municipality has a long industrial history. The Kneuttingen ironworks ("Fentscher Hütten-A.-G. Kneuttingen") was in operation from 1895 to the 1970s. It had a 145 m long Gichtseilbahn built by Adolf Bleichert & Co. , which had two angular stations rotating through 360 ° as a special feature, because the Möller places or ore hulls were located close to the blast furnaces.
Population development
| year | 1909 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2012 |
| Residents | 3,445 | 5,767 | 4,433 | 4,104 | 3,649 | 3,772 | 3,632 | 3,239 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kneuttingen . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 11, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, p. 171 .
- ↑ a b Hüttenwerk Kneuttingen, historical overview. Retrieved January 9, 2011 (French).
- ^ A b Otto Lueger : Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences . 2nd Edition. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart and Leipzig 1920 ( zeno.org [accessed on March 5, 2020] encyclopedia entry "Inclined lifts").