Observatoire de Cattenom

Observatoire de Cattenom is a reservoir in Cattenom, Arrondissement de Thionville, Grand Est. Observatoire de Cattenom is situated nearby to the village Sentzich, as well as near Husange.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant and Ouvrage Galgenberg.

Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant

Power station

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The Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant located in Grand Est in the Cattenom commune, France, on the Moselle River between Thionville and Trier.

Ouvrage Galgenberg

Fort

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Ouvrage Galgenberg forms a portion of the Fortified Sector of Thionville of the Maginot Line. It is situated in the Cattenom Forest, near the gros ouvrage Kobenbusch and petit ouvrage Oberheid.

Ouvrage du Kobenbusch is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Thionville in the Cattenom Forest. It possesses seven combat blocks and two entrance blocks, one for ammunition and the other for men.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gavisse and Breistroff-la-Grande.

Gavisse

Village

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Gavisse is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Breistroff-la-Grande

Village

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Breistroff-la-Grande is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The localities of Boler and Évange are incorporated in the commune.

Hettange-Grande

Village

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Hettange-Grande is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The town gives its name to the Hettangian age, the earliest age of the Jurassic period of the geologic timescale.