Havange (; german: Havingen) is a commune in the

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Havange is located between the communes of

Tressange Tressange (; german: Tressingen; Lorraine Franconian ''Träisséng''/''Dreschéng'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is 7 km from the border to Luxembourg. See also * Communes of the Mosell ...

in the North,

Rochonvillers Rochonvillers (; lb, Rucksler/Rucksweller) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Moselle department * Ouvrage Rochonvillers, a nearby Maginot Line The Maginot Line (french: ...

in the Northeast, Angevillers in the East, Fontoy in the South and

Boulange Boulange (; german: Bollingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 communes of the Moselle department o ...

in the West. The village isn't really special compared to its neighbors. The village is located close to the

Maginot Line The Maginot Line (french: Ligne Maginot, ), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force the ...

, in which one of the casemates of the

Ouvrage Aumetz Ouvrage Aumetz is a small work, or ''petit ouvrage'' of the Maginot Line. It is part of the Fortified Sector of the Crusnes and is located near the community of Aumetz in the Moselle ''département'' of France. The ''petit ouvrage'' flanked ...

is located in Havange. Despite being in the countryside, the village is very well linked to the bigger cities farther away as it is connected to the

A30 autoroute The A30 autoroute is a long toll free highway in north eastern France. The road is also named the ''Autoroute de la Vallée de la Fensch''. It forms part of a southern by-pass for the town of Thionville. Junctions References External lin ...

to go to Metz, Southwestern Luxembourg or Belgium and to the D14 Dual carriageway to go to Thionville or Luxembourg (via the

A31 autoroute The A31 autoroute, also known as ''l'Autoroute de Lorraine-Bourgogne'', is a French motorway. The road runs from the Franco-Luxembourg border to Beaune where it joins the A6. The northern part of the autoroute is free, as far as the town of To ...

), where most of the people work, go shopping or travel to farther places by air or train. Map commune FR insee code 57305

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* Communes of Moselle (department) {{Thionville-geo-stub