Communauté d'agglomération du Val de Fensch is a ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

'', an intercommunal structure, in the

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) 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 joins at Koblenz. A sm ...

department, in the

Grand Est Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

, northeastern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. It covers the industrial area between

Metz Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...

and

Thionville Thionville (; ; ) is a city in the northeastern French Departments of France, department of Moselle (department), Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle (river), Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz. History Thionvi ...

. Its name refers to the river Fensch. Created in 2000, its seat is in Hayange.CA du Val de Fensch (N° SIREN : 245701222)
BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. Its area is 86.2 km². Its population was 70,772 in 2019.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 10 communes: # Algrange # Fameck #

Florange Florange (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Fléischengen''/''Fléschéngen''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. History Between 1870 and 1918, ...

# Hayange # Knutange # Neufchef # Nilvange # Ranguevaux # Serémange-Erzange # Uckange

References

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