Cattenom

Cattenom
Cattenom
Commune
	Nuclear power plant
	Coat of arms
	Cattenom Cattenom
	Coordinates: 49°25′00″N 6°15′00″E / 49.4167°N 6.250000°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville
Canton	Yutz
Intercommunality	Cattenom et Environs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Zenner
Area 1	25.47 km2 (9.83 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+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.

Cattenom (French pronunciation: [katnɔm]; Luxembourgish pronunciation: [kɑʔnɔ̃] Luxembourgish: Kettenuewen; ‹See Tfd›German: Kattenhofen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,851	—
1975	2,374	+3.62%
1982	2,209	−1.02%
1990	2,190	−0.11%
1999	2,272	+0.41%
2007	2,549	+1.45%
2012	2,749	+1.52%
2017	2,654	−0.70%
Source: INSEE^[2]

Toponymy

Former names:^[3] 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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in français). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ de Bouteille, Ernest (1868). Dictionnaire topographique de l'ancien département de la Moselle (in French). Paris: Imprimerie impériale.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

Official website (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in français). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[pophist-2] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[3] Bouteille, Ernest (1868). Dictionnaire topographique de l'ancien département de la Moselle (in French). Paris: Imprimerie impériale.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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