Florange

History

Between 1870 and 1918, the German state occupied Florange, which was then known as Flörchingen. The blacksmith's art and then steelmaking have been a constant in the city ever since the De Wendel family installed itself and Jean-Martin Wendel (1665-1737), who founded the industrial fortune of the family. French president François Hollande and his associate Arnaud Montebourg in 2012 threatened to nationalize the steelmaking plant of ArcelorMittal, but backed down when they industrialists offered to revisit their plans to lay off more than 600 workers at two blast furnaces there and agreed to invest €180 million over five years in steel finishing.

Geography

Climate in area is mild with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitation in all months. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate).

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,672
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,536
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,491
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,375
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  917
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  910
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  845
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  750

Most recent

• M 3 — 2008-09-28
  2 km SSW of Saarwellingen, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-05-03
  1 km SE of Saarwellingen, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-04-19
  1 km SSW of Saarwellingen, Germany
• M 4.5 — 2008-02-23
  3 km ENE of Saarwellingen, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-02-21
  1 km E of Nalbach, Germany
• M 3.2 — 2008-02-18
  3 km ENE of Saarwellingen, Germany