Cattenom
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Commune of Cattenom |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville-Est |
| Canton | Cattenom |
| Mayor | Michel Schibi (1995-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 25.47 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,190 |
| - Density | 86/km² (1999) |
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| 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. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Cattenom (German: Kattenhofen) is a small French commune in the département of Moselle, Lorraine. It has just over 2,000 inhabitants and lies about 8 kilometers north of Thionville.
[edit] The nuclear power station
Cattenom is well known for its nuclear power plant, which was built from 1987 to 1992. It has the third largest electric output in France. An artificial lake has been introduced to cool the four nuclear reactor. The creation of this lake has led to the flooding of Ouvrage Kobenbusch, part of the Maginot Line.
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