Florange
Florange | |
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 St. Agatha's Church | |
.svg?lang=en) Coat of arms | |
Location of Florange  | |
  Florange  Florange | |
| Coordinates: 49°19′20″N 6°07′09″E / 49.3222°N 6.1192°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville |
| Canton | Fameck |
| Intercommunality | CA du Val de Fensch |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Rémy Dick[1] |
Area 1 | 13.18 km2 (5.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 11,891 |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Florangeois(es) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57221 /57190 |
| Elevation | 153–232 m (502–761 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft) |
| Website | ville-florange.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Florange (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃ʒ]; Lorraine Franconian: Fléischengen/Fléschéngen; German: Flörchingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
History
[edit]Between 1870 and 1918, the German state occupied Florange, which was then known as Flörchingen. The blacksmith's art and then steelmaking have been a constant in the city ever since the De Wendel family installed itself and Jean-Martin Wendel (1665-1737), who founded the industrial fortune of the family.[3][4]
French president François Hollande and his associate Arnaud Montebourg in 2012 threatened to nationalize the steelmaking plant of ArcelorMittal,[5] but backed down when they industrialists offered to revisit their plans to lay off more than 600 workers at two blast furnaces there and agreed to invest €180 million over five years in steel finishing.[6]
Economy
[edit]Florange is the site of one of ArcelorMittal's steelmaking plants,[7] and in September 2021 the company announced the investment of 89 million euros for a new galvanized steel production line.[8] For a time in 2012, Florange was the supplier for PSA Peugeot Citroen's Sochaux and Mulhouse vehicle assembly plants and all of the supply for the German assembly plants of Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, BMW and Opel. Reportedly Mercedes has an entire production line of galvanized steel devoted to its exclusive use.[9]
Safran has a nacelle fabrication shop.[10]
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Climate in area is mild with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitation in all months. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate).[11]
| Climate data for Florange, France | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4 (39) |
6 (42) |
11 (52) |
15 (59) |
19 (66) |
22 (71) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
20 (68) |
14 (58) |
8 (47) |
5 (41) |
14 (58) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3 (27) |
−2 (28) |
1 (33) |
3 (37) |
7 (44) |
10 (50) |
12 (53) |
11 (52) |
9 (49) |
5 (41) |
2 (35) |
0 (32) |
4 (40) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58 (2.3) |
56 (2.2) |
43 (1.7) |
48 (1.9) |
74 (2.9) |
74 (2.9) |
64 (2.5) |
94 (3.7) |
81 (3.2) |
56 (2.2) |
64 (2.5) |
76 (3) |
790 (31) |
| Source: Weatherbase [12] | |||||||||||||
Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 12,543 | — |
| 1975 | 12,446 | −0.11% |
| 1982 | 11,766 | −0.80% |
| 1990 | 11,304 | −0.50% |
| 1999 | 10,778 | −0.53% |
| 2007 | 11,039 | +0.30% |
| 2012 | 11,516 | +0.85% |
| 2017 | 11,951 | +0.74% |
| Source: INSEE[13] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Article du dossier headHistoire de Florange - Florange Patrimoine et CultureP>".
- ^ "Wendel". Section Genealogique. Association Artistique de la Banque de France. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Worstall, Tim (28 November 2012). "Who killed the Florange blast furnaces? The hippies". The Guardian.
- ^ Reed, Stanley; Clark, Nicola (2 December 2012). "Hollande Victory May be Pyrrhic". The New York Times.
- ^ "ArcelorMittal Florange – the Beauty of Steel".
- ^ "New galvanized steel production line opens in Florange - Materials treatments".
- ^ "L'Automobile, secteur clef pour l'avenir de Florange". Les Echos. 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Safran Nacelles, France - Florange".
- ^ "Florange, France Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase.
- ^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on May 7, 2013.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Media related to Florange at Wikimedia Commons
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