Florange | |
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 St. Agatha's Church | |
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 Location of Florange | |
  Florange  Florange | |
| Coordinates:49°19′20″N6°07′09″E / 49.3222°N 6.1192°E /49.3222; 6.1192 | |
| 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 (2023)[2] | 12,035 |
| • Density | 913.1/km2 (2,365/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 acommune in theMoselledepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.
Between 1870 and 1918, the German state occupied Florange, which was then known asFlörchingen. The blacksmith's art and then steelmaking have been a constant in the city ever since theDe Wendel family installed itself and Jean-Martin Wendel (1665-1737), who founded the industrial fortune of the family.[3][4]
French presidentFrançois Hollande and his associateArnaud Montebourg in 2012 threatened to nationalize the steelmaking plant ofArcelorMittal,[5] but backed down when they industrialists offered to revisit their plans to lay off more than 600 workers at twoblast furnaces there and agreed to invest €180 million over five years in steel finishing.[6]
Florange is the site of one ofArcelorMittal's steelmaking plants,[7] and in September 2021 the company announced the investment of 89 million euros for a newgalvanized steel production line.[8] For a time in 2012, Florange was the supplier forPSA Peugeot Citroen'sSochaux andMulhouse vehicle assembly plants and all of the supply for the German assembly plants ofMercedes-Benz,Volkswagen,BMW andOpel. Reportedly Mercedes has an entire production line of galvanized steel devoted to its exclusive use.[9]
Safran has anacelle fabrication shop.[10]
Climate in area is mild with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitation in all months. TheKöppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate).[11]
| Climate data for Florange, France | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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] | ||
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