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Huningue (French pronunciation: [ynɛ̃ɡ] (listen); German: Hüningen; Alsatian: Hinige) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace in north-eastern France. Huningue is a northern suburb of the Swiss city of Basel.[lower-alpha 1] It also borders Germany (Weil am Rhein, a suburb of Basel located in Germany). In 2008 it had a population of 6503 people. The main square of the town is the Place Abbatucci, named after the Corsican-born French general Jean Charles Abbatucci who unsuccessfully defended it in 1796 against the Austrians and died here. Huningue is noted for its pisciculture and is a major producer of fish eggs.

Huningue
Commune
Place Abbatucci
Coat of arms
Location of Huningue
Huningue
Huningue
Coordinates: 47°35′31″N 7°35′04″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementMulhouse
CantonSaint-Louis
IntercommunalitySaint-Louis Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Marc Deichtmann[1]
Area
1
2.86 km2 (1.10 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
7,261
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
68149 /68330
Dialling codes0389
Elevation242–259 m (794–850 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History


A diagram of Huningue's former fortifications
A diagram of Huningue's former fortifications

Huningue was first mentioned in a document in 826. Huningue was wrested from the Holy Roman Empire by the duke of Lauenburg in 1634 by the Treaty of Westphalia, and subsequently passed by purchase to Louis XIV. Louis XIV tasked Vauban with the construction of Huningue Fortress, built by Tarade from 1679 to 1681 together with a bridge across the Rhine.[3] Construction of the fortress required the displacement of the population on the island of Aoust and the surrounding area.

The fortress became embroiled in the Salmon War of 1736/37. This was mainly concerned with a dispute over fishing rights between Huningue and Kleinhüningen, but actually involved land required for the construction of a bridgehead on the right bank of the Rhine.

In 1796 to 1797, Huningue was besieged by the Austrians.[4] During the siege the French Commander, General Abbatucci was killed on 1 December 1796 while commanding a sortie, the fort held out for a further month, surrendering on 5 February 1797. The fortress was besieged from 22 December 1813 until 14 April 1814 by Bavarian troops under the command of General Zoller before the French garrison surrendered.[5] Huningue was besieged for the third time in 1815 and General Barbanègre headed a garrison of only 500 men against 25,000 Austrians.[4] On the 28 June shortly after word of Napoleon's abdication became known, and the French Provisional Government had requested a ceasefire, Barbanègre ordered the bombardment of Basel something that contemporaries on the Seventh Coalition side considered to be a war crime.[6] At its surrender to the Habsburg Empire on 26 August 1815, the city was a ruin and the fortifications were demolished under the terms of Article III of the Treaty of Paris (1815) at the request of Basel.[7]

The building of the Huningue channel in 1828 made the area more navigable (the entire channel system was completed in 1834);[8] it provided water to the Rhone-Rhine canal. The Huningue canal is a feeder arm of this Rhone–Rhine Canal; it enters the river opposite the main dock basins.[9] Only about a kilometre of the canal is still navigable, leading to the town of Kembs.[10]

In 1871, the town passed, with Alsace-Lorraine, to the German Empire.[11] Alsace-Lorraine returned to France after the First World War. It was evacuated in 1939, retaken by Germany in 1940 with some 60% of the town destroyed during World War II, and finally returned to France once again in 1945. In 2007, a bridge over the Rhine, linking Huningue with Weil am Rhein, Germany was built.


Geography


Huningue is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, and is an ancient place which grew up around a stronghold placed to guard the passage of the river. It is a northern suburb of Basel.


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 5,769—    
1975 6,576+1.89%
1982 6,679+0.22%
1990 6,252−0.82%
1999 6,097−0.28%
2007 6,376+0.56%
2012 6,884+1.54%
2017 7,238+1.01%
Source: INSEE[12]

Economy


Huningue is noted for its pisciculture and is a major producer of fish eggs.[13][14] Several chemical, plastics and pharmaceutical companies have factories in Huningue, mainly Swiss firms such as Novartis, Ciba, Clariant, Hoffmann-La Roche, Weleda etc. The Rhine port is managed by the Chamber of Commerce and the industry of Mulhouse, which lies to the northwest of Huningue.


Transportation


Public transportation in Huningue is provided by Distribus, which serves the entirety of the Saint-Louis Agglomération.

While no longer served by passenger trains Huningue is the terminus for the Saint-Louis–Huningue railway line, and is continued to be served by freight trains.[15]


Notable landmarks


Since March 2007 Huningue has been connected with Weil am Rhein via a 248-metre (814 ft) arch bridge, the longest of its kind for pedestrians and cyclists. Because the bridge connects the two countries, France and Germany, and is near Switzerland it is named the "Three country bridge", or Passerelle des Trois Pays in French.


Notable people





Notes


  1. Under the treaty of Paris (1815) the spelling of the town in the official English translation was Huninguen (as it was in many other contemporary English language sources).
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Malte-Brun, Conrad (1831). Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan: Spain, Portugal, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, and Holland. A. Black. p. 395. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  4. Jaques 2007, p. 462.
  5. Bourdet 1968, p. 217.
  6. MacQueen 1816, p. 420.
  7. Jerrold 1874, p. 343.
  8. The Encyclopædia Britannica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. Black. 1842. p. 6. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  9. Harbour authority (1 January 1955). The Dock and harbour authority. Foxlow Publications, ltd. pp. 138, 142. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  10. McKnight, Hugh (September 2005). Cruising French Waterways. Sheridan House, Inc. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-57409-210-3. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  11. Pounds, Norman John Greville (1963). Political geography. McGraw-Hill. p. 249. ISBN 9780070505667. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  12. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  13. Chambers's encyclopædia: a dictionary of universal knowledge. W. & R. Chambers. 1868. p. 559. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  14. Dallas, Eneas Sweetland (1862). Once a week. Bradbury & Evans. p. 206. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  15. Douté, Reinhard (2010-12-09). "Liste des lignes du RFN, historiques ou non, en cohérence avec le fichier des gares et haltes" (PDF).

References


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На других языках

[de] Huningue

Huningue (deutsch Hüningen, seltener Großhüningen[1], im örtlichen Dialekt Hinige, baseldeutsch Hünige) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 7261 Einwohnern (Stand: 1. Januar 2019) im Département Haut-Rhin im Elsass in der Region Grand Est. Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Mulhouse und zum Kanton Saint-Louis.
- [en] Huningue

[ru] Юненг

Юне́нг (фр. Huningue) — коммуна на северо-востоке Франции в регионе Гранд-Эст[1] (бывший Эльзас — Шампань — Арденны — Лотарингия), департамент Верхний Рейн, округ Мюлуз, кантон Сен-Луи[2]. До марта 2015 года коммуна являлась административным центром одноимённого упразднённого кантона (округ Мюлуз).


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