Hésingue
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Saint-Louis | |
| Community association | Saint-Louis agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 35 ' N , 7 ° 31' E | |
| height | 248-343 m | |
| surface | 9.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,719 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 297 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68220 | |
| INSEE code | 68135 | |
| Website | www.ville-hesingue.fr | |
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Hésingue ( German Häsingen , Alsatian Häsiga ) is a French commune with 2,719 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Saint-Louis .
geography
Hésingue is located on the eastern edge of the Sundgau , six kilometers northwest of Basel city center and about 25 kilometers southeast of Mulhouse . Neighboring communities are Blotzheim in the north, Saint-Louis in the east, Hégenheim in the south, Buschwiller in the southeast, Attenschwiller in the west and Michelbach-le-Bas in the northwest. Part of Basel-Mulhouse Airport is located in the Hésingue municipality.
history
Artefacts from the Neolithic Age (5500 to 4500 BC) and the Bronze Age (2200 to 1200 BC) were discovered during excavations in the municipality . From the 2nd century BC The Celtic tribe of the Rauriks settled in the region. In the Gallo-Roman period (52 BC to the 5th century), Hésingue was on the Roman road from Basel ( Arialbinnum ) to Illzach ( Uruncis ). According to Joseph Schmidlin (1876–1944), the church of Hésingue stands on the site of a Roman watchtower . In earthworks were hoards made the Roman coins contained mainly the likeness of the Roman Emperor Aurelian (214-275) and Maximinus contributed (to 172-238). In the 5th century the region was occupied by the Alemanni , later followed by the Franks . The origin of the place name falls during the time of the Franconian conquest , it is made up of the Germanic name "Hasso" and the place name broadcast -ingen . Accordingly, the village was first mentioned as Hassinga in 831.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Hésingue belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Mulhouse in the district of Upper Alsace .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1,379 | 1,438 | 1,499 | 1,657 | 1,632 | 1,713 | 1.921 | 2,370 | 2,694 |
- St. Laurentius Church
East Side 
West side
Town twinning
Hésingue has a municipal partnership with Grenade-sur-l'Adour in the Aquitaine region .
economy
The main occupations of the Hésinguois are vegetable growing , arable farming , viticulture , fruit growing and the breeding of domestic cattle and domestic pigs . There is an agricultural cooperative and a cider shop on site. The cider is located in a former mill, which was mentioned in a document as early as 1493. The current building was built in 1780 and converted into a cider shop in 1928.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 615-617.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hésingue on the official website of the CC Trois Frontières (French). Accessed January 17, 2010
- ↑ VR25,6 on Itinéraires romains en France (French) Retrieved January 17, 2010
- ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France . tape 2 . Librairie Droz, 1996, ISBN 978-2-600-00133-5 , pp. 780 ( in Google Books [accessed January 17, 2010]). (French)
- ↑ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Mülhausen district
- ↑ List des commerces on ville-hesingue.fr ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French).
- ^ Hésingue in the Base Mérimée des Ministère de la culture (French) Retrieved January 17, 2010
