Cattenom
Cattenom
Commune in Grand Est, France
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.
Cattenom | |
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Coordinates: 49°25′00″N 6°15′00″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Moselle |
Arrondissement | Thionville |
Canton | Yutz |
Intercommunality | Cattenom et Environs |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Zenner[1] |
Area 1 | 25.47 km2 (9.83 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,606 |
• Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 57124 /57570 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
It lies about 8 kilometres north of Thionville. The localities of Homeldange, Husange (aka Hussange) and Sentzich are incorporated in the commune.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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[3] |
Former names:[4] 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).
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.
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- de Bouteille, Ernest (1868). Dictionnaire topographique de l'ancien département de la Moselle (in French). Paris: Imprimerie impériale.
- Official website (in French)
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