Hettange-Grande

Commune in Grand Est, France

(2020–2026) Roland Balcerzak^[1]Area16.27 km² (6.28 sq mi)Population7,765 • Density480/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation155–247 m (509–810 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hettange-Grande (French pronunciation: [ɛtɑ̃ʒ ɡʁɑ̃d]; German: Großhettingen; Lorraine Franconian: Grouss-Hetténgen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The town gives its name to the Hettangian age, the earliest age of the Jurassic period of the geologic timescale.

Geography

Hettange-Grande is located close to the borders between Belgium, France, Germany, and Luxembourg.

Transportation

The commune is located on the A31 autoroute (also called the Lorraine-Bourgogne autoroute) which links the Burgundy region with Luxembourg. Departmental road 653, which runs from Thionville to Frisange (Luxembourg), crosses the town centre.

History

Hettange-Grande was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg until the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees, when it was ceded to France during the first Partition of Luxembourg, along with the nearby town of Thionville.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,037	—
1975	5,621	+1.58%
1982	5,786	+0.41%
1990	5,734	−0.11%
1999	6,356	+1.15%
2007	7,422	+1.96%
2012	7,566	+0.39%
2017	7,653	+0.23%
Source: INSEE[3]

Twin towns

Hettange-Grande is twinned with:

• Sinzig, Germany, since 1966,
• Pederobba, Italy, since 1977

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

References

External links

• Media related to Hettange-Grande at Wikimedia Commons