Florange | |
|---|---|
 St. Agatha's Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Florange | |
  Florange  Florange | |
| Coordinates: 49ยฐ19โฒ20โณN 6ยฐ07โฒ09โณE๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ49.3222ยฐN 6.1192ยฐE | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville |
| Canton | Fameck |
| Intercommunality | CA du Val de Fensch |
| Government | |
| ย โขย Mayor (2020โ2026) | Rรฉmy Dick[1] |
Area 1 | 13.18ย km2 (5.09ย sqย mi) |
| Population ย (2023)[2] | 12,035 |
| ย โขย Density | 913.1/km2 (2,365/sqย mi) |
| Demonym | Florangeois(es) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57221 /57190 |
| Elevation | 153โ232ย m (502โ761ย ft) (avg. 170ย m or 560ย ft) |
| Website | ville-florange.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1ย km2 (0.386ย sqย mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Florange (French pronunciation: [flษสษฬส]; Lorraine Franconian: Flรฉischengen/Flรฉschรฉngen; German: Flรถrchingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
History
editBetween 1870 and 1918, the German state occupied Florange, which was then known as Flรถrchingen. 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 Franรงois 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 โฌ180 million over five years in steel finishing.[6]
Economy
editFlorange 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
editClimate
editClimate in area is mild with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitation in all months. The Kรถppen 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 ยฐC (ยฐF) | 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 ยฐC (ยฐF) | โ3 (27) |
โ2 (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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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rรฉpertoire national des รฉlus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des donnรฉes publiques franรงaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de rรฉfรฉrence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ "Article du dossier headHistoire de Florange - Florange Patrimoine et CultureP>".
- ^ "Wendel". Section Genealogique. Association Artistique de la Banque de France. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. 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 โ 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 Kรถppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase.
- ^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on May 7, 2013.
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
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