Hettange-Grande
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Commune of Hettange-Grande |
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| Headquarters of the 40th Transmission Regiment, based in Hettange-Grande | |
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| Time Zone | CET (GMT +1) |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville-Est |
| Canton | Cattenom |
| Mayor | André Hentz (2001 – 2008) |
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| Elevation | 155 m–247 m |
| Land area¹ | 16.27 km² |
| Population² (2003) |
8,014 |
| - Density | 492.6/km² (2003) |
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| Postal code | 57330 |
| 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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Hettange-Grande (German: Großhettingen) is a town and commune in the département of Moselle, in eastern France. Hettange-Grande is located close to the borders between France, Germany, and Luxembourg, in the Cattenom canton of the arrondissement of Thionville-Est.
Hettange-Grande was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg until the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees, when it was ceded to France during the first Partition of Luxembourg, along with the nearby town of Thionville.
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