Its territory of 10 square kilometers is bordered to the north by the course of the Moselle and rises slightly to the south, its landscape aspect revealing then fields and forest. The resort has the specificity to be composed of three divisions: High-Ham and Basse-Ham along the Moselle, from west to east, and St. Louis, on the other side of the road that crosses the town alongside The valley. Destroyed during the Thirty Years War first half of the seventeenth century , burned in , long Basse-Ham belongs to the Province of Luxembourg before joining France and suffer the German annexation of to and then from to Having preserved historic heritage interest, the resort enjoys an environment marked by the course of the Moselle she made a tourist attraction marina, leisure.
Its prosperity ensured especially by the proximity of Thionville and of the Cattenom nuclear power plant allows it to count some 2, inhabitants. A pleasant stop for water sports enthusiasts and "nature" in the heart of Lorraine, halfway between Metz and Luxembourg. Among the stages of this itinerary, an archaeological site where excavations have established active human occupation since Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages discovery of a Merovingian vase.
In detail again, note in the village of bombings of , it was rebuilt again in the early s. The mechanical clock from and the bells from have been preserved. On Haute-Ham, the current Saint-Marc chapel also dates from the aftermath of the Second War, having replaced an earlier building whose bell tower dated from the 12th century and the nave from the 18th century. The Notre-Dame chapel of Basse-Ham restored in , several calvaries or wayside crosses one of which is from the 16th century still mark this route.
This has mooring rings and a 17 meter channel that can accommodate boats from 5 to 25 m. Labeled for its environmental protection policy, the port provides services and offers quality equipment: slipway, electricity terminals, WiFi network, sanitary premises and laundry room washing machine, dryer.
A fairing area is also available. If the port and the base are open all year round, however certain activities are only accessible during the summer months, at least from April to September. This is also the case for the river shuttles which connect Basse-Ham to Thionville and allow you to understand the valley from a unique angle.
