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Commune in Grand Est, France
Cattenom
Commune
Nuclear power plantNuclear power plant
Coat of arms of CattenomCoat of arms
Location of Cattenom
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Coordinates: 49°25′00″N 6°15′00″E / 49.4167°N 6.250000°E / 49.4167; 6.250000
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementThionville
CantonYutz
IntercommunalityCattenom et Environs
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Zenner
Area25.47 km (9.83 sq mi)
Population2,606
 • Density100/km (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code57124 /57570
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cattenom (French pronunciation: [katnɔm]; Luxembourgish pronunciation: [kɑʔnɔ̃] Luxembourgish: Kettenuewen; German: Kattenhofen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

It lies about 8 kilometres north of Thionville. The localities of Homeldange, Husange (aka Hussange) and Sentzich are incorporated in the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,851—    
1975 2,374+3.62%
1982 2,209−1.02%
1990 2,190−0.11%
1999 2,272+0.41%
2007 2,549+1.45%
2012 2,749+1.52%
2017 2,654−0.70%
Source: INSEE

Toponymy

Former names: Cathenem (1182), Kettenem (1214), Kettenhem (1329), Kettenheim (1400), Kerthenhem (1426), Katenem (1432), Kettenheim (1481), Keluchem / Ketenhon / Cetenhem / Kentuchen / Kettenoffen (1544), Kettenhoven (1568-1570), Cettenhouen (1589), Kattenhous (1594), Catnum (16th century), Katenom (1668), Catnom (1685), Kethenoven (1686), Cattenom (1793).

Nuclear power station

Main article: Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant

Cattenom is well known for its nuclear power plant, which was built from 1987 to 1992. An artificial lake has been introduced to cool the four nuclear reactors. The creation of this lake has led to the flooding of Ouvrage Kobenbusch, part of the Maginot Line.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. de Bouteille, Ernest (1868). Dictionnaire topographique de l'ancien département de la Moselle (in French). Paris: Imprimerie impériale.

External links

Moselle (department) Communes of the Moselle department


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