Hayange
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Commune of Hayange | |
Location | |
Longitude | 6° 3' E |
Latitude | 49° 20' N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Région | Lorraine |
Département | Moselle |
Arrondissement | Thionville-Ouest |
Statistics | |
Land area¹ | 12.23 km² |
Population² (1999) |
15,227 |
- Density (1999) | 1,248/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 57306/ 57700 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Hayange (German : Hayingen) is a town and commune situated in the Fensch Valley between Thionville and Metz in the Moselle département, in northeastern France.
Outlying villages include Marspich and St Nicolas en Foret.
[edit] Economy
Hayange is well-known for its factories, manufacturing sheet steel and rails for the SNCF, and the town's main claim to fame is that it manufactures the rails for the TGV.
[edit] Transportation
Hayange railway station offers a direct link to Lille and occasional services to Metz.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Hayange's main educational institutions are Lycée Les Grands Bois, Collège Hurlevent and LEP Maryse Bastié.