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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Hayange
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Vue Hayange.JPG
|caption            = A general view of Hayange
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Hayange (Moselle).svg
|arrondissement     = Thionville
|canton             = Hayange
|INSEE              = 57306
|postal code        = 57700
|mayor              = [[Fabien Engelmann]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|party              = [[National Rally|RN]]
|intercommunality   = [[Communauté d'agglomération du Val de Fensch|CA Val de Fensch]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|49.33|6.0628|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        =
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|area km2           = 12.23
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Hayange''' ({{IPA|fr|ajɑ̃ʒ}}; {{langx|de|Hayingen}}; [[Lorraine Franconian]]: ''Héngen''/''Haiéngen'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Moselle (department)|Moselle]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Grand Est]] in north-eastern [[France]].
Outlying villages include Marspich and Saint-Nicolas-en-Forêt, Konacker and Ranguevaux.
== 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]].
In 1941 during Nazi occupation, Reichswerke Hermann Göring founded Hüttenverwaltung Westmark GmbH to utilise the towns iron mine for manufacturing munitions, they used ordnance code ljy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/detailAction.action?detailid=v5803602|title=WirtA BS NWA 6 NWA 2 Nr. 5023 - Hüttenverwaltung Westmark G... - Arcinsys detail page}}</ref> Hayange was liberated by the American 357th Infantry (90th Division) after a short battle with the German 559th Grenadier Division on 10 September 1944.<ref>https://history.army.mil/html/books/007/7-6-1/CMH_Pub_7-6-1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
== Population ==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-57306#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|graph-pos = right
|1968 |22122
|1975 |19589
|1982 |17044
|1990 |15599
|1999 |15189
|2007 |15135
|2012 |15754
|2017 |15811
}}
== Economy ==
Hayange is located in the iron manufacturing region of [[Lorraine]]; within Hayange is the former [[Sogerail]] plant, a railway rail manufacturer, dating to 1892 as ''Usine Saint Jacques''.
== Transportation ==
Hayange is located at the crossroads of the D952 and the D13/57 near the A30.
Hayange railway station offers a daily link to [[Luxembourg]] and Metz.
Hayange has daily bus service to Luxembourg, Thionville and Metz.
== Twin towns ==
*{{ITA}}: [[Barga, Tuscany|Barga]]
== Miscellaneous ==
* Hayange's main educational institutions are: [[Lycée]] Les Grands Bois, Collège Hurlevent and LEP Maryse Bastié.
* The classical organist [[Vincent Warnier]] was born in Hayange on 14 October 1967.
*Hayange features in the opening pages of the 2019 humorous travel book "The World Less Travelled".
== See also ==
* [[Communes of the Moselle department]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Hayange}}
{{Moselle communes}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Communes of Moselle (department)]]