Houssen

Houssen
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Colmar-2
Community association	Colmar agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 8 '  N , 7 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '  N , 7 ° 23'  E
height	177-190 m
surface	6.70 km 2
Residents	2,249 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	336 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68125
INSEE code	68146
Mairie Houssen

Houssen (German Hausen , els. Hüse ) is a French commune with 2249 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

geography

The municipality is located about five kilometers north of Colmar . The Ill flows in the east and the Fecht in the west .

history

The first written mention of the place in the Latinized form of the name Manus Husen dates back to 1176.

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Houssen belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Colmar district in the Upper Alsace district .

Population development

year	1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	1054	987	1081	1094	1219	1348	1578	1652	2249

Commerce and traffic

Since 1990, Buhlfeld and Mariafeld, two large commercial areas in the municipal area of ​​Houssen, have been created in which industrial companies and service companies have settled. The agriculture plays a minor role in the community.

Saint-Maurice Church

Colmar-Houssen airfield is located south of the municipality .

Houssen water tower

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 112-113.

Web links

Commons : Houssen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

proof

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