Hayange (German: Hayingen ) is a city of the North-East of the France, chief town of canton of the department of the the Moselle, in Lorraine. Its inhabitants is called Hayangeois.

Administration

Geography

Iron and steel industry

The factories of Hayange had two divisions of blast furnaces. Oldest, called Hayange Furnace, knew during the period modern four indicated blast furnaces F1 with F4 and respectively put at fire into 1898,1899,1923 and 1924. In 1971, this division consists of four blast furnaces: blast furnaces 3 and 4, with manual loading by store-rooms which are then in reserve, and the blast furnaces 1 and 2 rebuilt in 1967 and 1968. It is interesting to note that sources give a report on eight blast furnaces on this same site at the XIXe century. Patural division, located at 1 km of division Furnace, towards the downstream of Fensch, and appreciably vaster, knew six blast furnaces (P1 with P6) built at the beginning of this century between 1907 and 1913. Three of them were on the American model. These blast furnaces are rebuilt between 1952 and 1960. In 1975, division counts four blast furnaces (P4 with P6), three larger being the object in the following years of a major change with, in particular, the installation of a loud-voiced person Paul Wurth. In this division in activity, P3 currently knows an important repair.

History

Saint-Nicolas-in-forest

Since 1950, Saint-Nicolas-in-Forest is a district of the town of Hayange (the Community of Agglomeration of the Valley of Fensch).

Birth of a village

The city of Saint-Nicolas-in-Forest was built on the plate of Morlange, to 290 m of altitude, pieces of Fameck and Ranguevaux. It is into 1952 that the first family settled in one of the 475 ordered residences. At the beginning, the inhabitants were besides dependant on these two communes, out of 475 residences, 25 were to Fameck and 450 in Ranguevaux. Very quickly, the authorities realized that the situation was too much complicated, people having few vehicles, they were too far away from the two villages. Thus the idea to create a village was born, in 1953-1954, following many petitions created by the inhabitants. Indeed, at that time, it y' had more inhabitant with St Nicolas than in Fameck and Ranguevaux. The creation of Saint-Nicolas-in-Forest was made on January 1st, 1958 on a surface of 104 ha. The commune was then made up of 1999 inhabitants. February 27th, 1958, the first municipal council of Saint-Nicolas-in-Forest was set up.

Intercultural richness

Saint-Nicolas-in-forest was created to place the workmen of the Sollac factories of the valley of Fensch. During the urbanization of the city, between 1954 and 1962, of the people of all horizons moved in with Saint-Nicolas-in-Forest, which offers a very important intercultural richness. To the beginning of the year 1960, out of 450 families, 128 came from North, 87 of the east of France, 39 of the Ile de France, 29 of the South, 18 of the Center and 33 of foreign countries, in particular Italy, Poland, Algeria and Morocco. In 1968, Spanish families arrived. This year there, 7% of the Nicoforestière families were foreign, additional 5% represents the families which had were naturalized French.

The shopping mall

IN 1957, the I.T. (Real Thionvilloise, which had in load part of the residences of Saint-Nicolas-in-Forest, with a company of H.L.M, note) the " constituted; Real civil society of construction of the place co. Rita" in collaborations with tradesmen who lay out each one on the one hand of the company. The establishment comprises 8 trade, held by the tradesmen shareholders and others come thereafter. In the future, the company " Three vallées" made build other trade. Saint Nicolas had its pharmacy, its bank, its grocer, its stores of food, its paper mill, its tobacco shop, its newsagent, his hairdressing salon, its bar-restaurant, its deposit of bread, its drapery, etc…

Today, there remains the bread pharmacy and deposit (which also act as point posts). A doctor and a nurse are also active on the district of St Nicolas in Forest.

Domofers

In spring 1956, the construction of the " domofers" , from the apartment buildings whose principal material is steel, begins. It will extend until the autumn 1957. Twenty domofers are built. They form the street of the Plate (become Rue Pablo Picasso today), the boulevard of the New Tower, the street Charles Gambier and one also finds some on the boulevard of the Jura.

This whole of domofers permetta to 288 additional families to come to settle to St Nicolas in Forest. The residences comprised three, four or five parts. The last domofer was destroyed in November 2006.

Administration

Hayange amalgamated with the communes of Saint-Nicolas-in-Forest in 1970 and Marspich in 1971. The commune of Ranguevaux was also attached to him in 1972, but again separated in 1987.

Hayange is the center of a Communauté of agglomeration which associates 10 communes of the west of the agglomeration of Thionville. Created in 2000 under the name of Valley of Fensch , this community is made up of: Algrange, Fameck, Florange, Hayange , Knutange, Neufchef, Nilvange, Ranguevaux, Serémange-Erzange, Uckange.

The canton of Hayange counts 3 communes: Hayange , Ranguevaux and Serémange-Erzange.

Mayor: Philippe David PS

Twinnings

Famous characters

• Family of Wendel: since the forging mills acquired in 1704 pennies the Duchy of Lorraine to the European group Arcelor, the family of Wendel marked three centuries of Sidérurgie in France and more particularly in Lorraine.
• Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor born the March 7th 1770 in Hayange, deceased the July 28th 1849 general of Napoleon, fact Marshal of France in 1823. Governor, Large Chancellor of the legion of Honor. It gives its name to a conference room and of exposure annexed to the Town hall, Molitor.
• Sylvain Kastendeuch, born on August 31st, 1963 in Hayange, professional footballer.

External bonds

• List of the mayors of Hayange