Hettange-Grande

Hettange-Grande
Hettange-Grande
Commune
	The Church, located on the hill known as "Le Rocher" in central Hettange-Grande, seen from the river Kissel
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hettange-Grande
	Hettange-Grande Hettange-Grande
	Coordinates: 49°24′24″N 6°09′14″E / 49.4067°N 6.1539°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville
Canton	Yutz
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roland Balcerzak
Area 1	16.27 km2 (6.28 sq mi)
Population (2021)	7,765
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57323 /57330
Elevation	155–247 m (509–810 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hettange-Grande (French pronunciation: [ɛtɑ̃ʒ ɡʁɑ̃d]; German: Großhettingen; Lorraine Franconian: Grouss-Hetténgen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The town gives its name to the Hettangian age, the earliest age of the Jurassic period of the geologic timescale.

Geography[edit]

Hettange-Grande is located close to the borders between Belgium, France, Germany, and Luxembourg.

Transportation[edit]

The commune is located on the A31 autoroute (also called the Lorraine-Bourgogne autoroute) which links the Burgundy region with Luxembourg. Departmental road 653, which runs from Thionville to Frisange (Luxembourg), crosses the town centre.

History[edit]

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.