Municipality of nearly 14,000 inhabitants, Fameck takes place in the Grand Est region, in the heart of the Moselle. Close to Thionville and the French-Luxemburg border, it is located in the Fensch valley, just a few kilometers from Amnéville.
The commune was formed just after the French Revolution, in 1789, with the approximation of the hamlets of Rémelange, Budange, Edange, Morlange-lès-Remelange and Fameck. Mainly agricultural, she joined France after 1870, then turning to the steel industry, great economy of the time.
Today, the city of Fameck benefits from its proximity to Thionville and Luxembourg, as well as its important architectural heritage which testifies to the rich past of this territory considered as one of the oldest to have been populated in the region.