Hayange

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Coordinates: 49°19′48″N 6°03′46″E / 49.33, 6.06277777778

Administration
Commune of Hayange
Location

Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville-Ouest
Statistics
Land area^¹	12.23 km²
Population^² (1999)	15,227
- Density	1,248/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	57306/ 57700
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.

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.

1 Economy
2 History
3 Transportation
4 Miscellaneous

[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] History

Archaeological evidence indicates that iron ore was already mined here in Roman times. Human settlement in the area during the Merovingian period is confirmed by a Merovingian cemetery discovered by iron miners in the Hamévillers Valley, on the edge of Hayange and along the line of a Roman road believed to have linked Rheims with Metz.

During the early Medieval period the town was known as "Heiyingen Villa", a name indicating a settlement within a forested area. The first mention of the town in an official record dates from 821, during the reign of Louis the Pious, Western Emperor and King of the Franks, one of the sons of Charlemagne.