Hayange

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Commune of Hayange
Location
Longitude	6° 3' E
Latitude	49° 20' N
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville-Ouest
Statistics
Land area¹	12.23 km²
Population² (1999)	15,227
- Density (1999)	1,248/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	57306/ 57700
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Hayange (German : Hayingen) is a town and commune situated in the Fensch Valley between Thionville and Metz in the Moselle département, in northeastern France.

Outlying villages include Marspich and St Nicolas en Foret.

[edit] Economy

Hayange is well-known for its factories, manufacturing sheet steel and rails for the SNCF, and the town's main claim to fame is that it manufactures the rails for the TGV.

[edit] Transportation

Hayange railway station offers a direct link to Lille and occasional services to Metz.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Hayange's main educational institutions are Lycée Les Grands Bois, Collège Hurlevent and LEP Maryse Bastié.

Hayange is twinned with Barga (Italy) and Arlon (Belgium).