Hettange-Grande | |
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 The Church, located on the hill known as "Le Rocher" in central Hettange-Grande, seen from the river Kissel | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Hettange-Grande  | |
  Hettange-Grande  Hettange-Grande | |
| Coordinates:49°24′24″N6°09′14″E / 49.4067°N 6.1539°E /49.4067; 6.1539 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville |
| Canton | Yutz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Roland Balcerzak[1] |
Area 1 | 16.27 km2 (6.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 7,768 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57323 /57330 |
| Elevation | 155–247 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:[ɛtɑ̃ʒɡʁɑ̃d];German:Großhettingen;Lorraine Franconian:Grouss-Hetténgen) is acommune in theMoselledepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.
The town gives its name to theHettangian age, the earliest age of theJurassic period of thegeologic timescale.
Hettange-Grande is located close to the borders between Belgium, France,Germany, andLuxembourg.
The commune is located on theA31 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.
Hettange-Grande was part of theDuchy of Luxembourg until the 1659Treaty of the Pyrenees, when it was ceded to France during thefirst Partition of Luxembourg, along with the nearby town ofThionville.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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] | ||
Hettange-Grande istwinned with:
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