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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
Commune
Nuclear power plant
Location of Cattenom
Cattenom
Cattenom
Coordinates: 49°25′00″N 6°15′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementThionville
CantonYutz
IntercommunalityCattenom et Environs
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Bernard Zenner
Area
1
25.47 km2 (9.83 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
2,628
  Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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.

Geography


It lies about 8 kilometres north of Thionville. The localities of Homeldange, Husange (aka Hussange) and Sentzich are incorporated in the commune.


Toponymy


Former names:[2] 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).


Nuclear power station


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.


See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. de Bouteille, Ernest (1868). Dictionnaire topographique de l’ancien département de la Moselle (in French). Paris: Imprimerie impériale.


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Cattenom (prononcé [katnɔm], Kettenuewen en luxembourgeois) est une commune française située dans le département de la Moselle. Située en Lorraine, la commune fait partie depuis 2016 de la région administrative Grand Est.



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