Florange
Florange | |
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St. Agatha's Church | |
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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
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
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
Climate
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
| 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
References
- ^ "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
- Media related to Florange at Wikimedia Commons