Thionville (German: Diedenhofen, Luxembourgish: Diedennuewen, Dutch: Diedenhoven), is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.
The city is located near the Moselle River.
The population of Thionville boomed in the Industrial Revolution, but the economic slowdown of the 1970s affected the town and the surrounding area, causing a population decrease. The population rose again in the 1990s and in suburban Hettange-Gra...
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Thionville (German: Diedenhofen, Luxembourgish: Diedennuewen, Dutch: Diedenhoven), is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.
The city is located near the Moselle River.
The population of Thionville boomed in the Industrial Revolution, but the economic slowdown of the 1970s affected the town and the surrounding area, causing a population decrease. The population rose again in the 1990s and in suburban Hettange-Grande in the east, although the population of the western part of the new agglomeration is decreasing around Hayange. The agglomeration is still losing population but the decrease has been slowed down. Due to Thionville's proximity to Luxembourg (15 kilometres from the border), the town's population and quality of life have both increased since the end of the 1990s.
After antiquity, the region was inhabited by the Germanic Alamanni. The Synod of Thionville was held from 2 February 835. It reinstated Emperor Louis the Pious and reversed his...
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