- Cattenom
French commune|nomcommune=Cattenom
Nuclear power plant in Cattenom
région=Lorraine
département=Moselle
arrondissement=Thionville-Est
canton=Cattenom
insee=57124|cp=57570
maire= Michel Schibi|mandat=1995 -2008
intercomm=
longitude=6.250000
latitude=49.416667
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hectares=2,547 |km²=25.47
sans= 2,190
date-sans=1999 |dens=86 |date-dens=1999Cattenom ( _de. Kattenhofen) is a small French commune in the "département" of
Moselle , Lorraine. It has just over 2,000 inhabitants and lies about 8 kilometers north ofThionville .The nuclear power station
Cattenom is well known for its
nuclear power plant , which was built from1987 to1992 . It has the third largest electric output in France.Anartificial lake has been introduced to cool the fournuclear reactor . The creation of this lake has led to the flooding ofOuvrage Kobenbusch , part of theMaginot Line .External links
* [http://www.mairie-cattenom.fr/ Official website] (in French)
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