Halluin | |
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 Mont d'Halluin district | |
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| Coordinates:50°47′01″N3°07′32″E / 50.7836°N 3.1256°E /50.7836; 3.1256 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Tourcoing-1 |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–2026) | Jean-Christophe Destailleur[1] |
Area 1 | 12.56 km2 (4.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 20,684 |
| • Density | 1,647/km2 (4,265/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59279 /59250 |
| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Halluin (French pronunciation:[alɥɛ̃];Dutch:Halewijn) is acommune in theNorddepartment in northernFrance.[3]
It is located at the north of theMétropole Européenne de Lille, on theBelgian border, contiguous with the Belgian town ofMenen.
The family of Halluin is mentioned as early as the 13th century. In 1587 the title of duke and peer of the realm was granted to it, but in the succeeding century it became extinct.[4]
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The Halluin railway station, closed in the 1970s, was situated on theSomain-Halluin Railway. The town is now served by buses ofIlévia.
TheA22 autoroute links the town to Lille and Belgium.
| The arms of Halluin areblazoned : Argent, 3 lions sable langued gules, armed and crowned Or. |
An erstwhile bastion of the left, Halluin owes its nicknameHalluin the Red to the powerful trade unions who used their influence to supportCommunist mayors during theinterwar period. However, since the 1990s Halluin has become gentrified (see also below), and in the 2007 and 2012 presidential elections the town backedNicolas Sarkozy.
In the 2014 mayoral elections, 62% of voters chose right-wing parties: Gustave Dassonville (UMP) received 40% of the votes and Jean‑Christophe Destailleur (Centre-right) received 22% of the votes. Left-wing parties, with 38% of the votes, were defeated, and Gustave Dassonville was elected.[7] Six years later, in 2020, Jean‑Christophe Destailleur (Centre-right) was elected mayor of Halluin.
Despite the noted gentrification of Halluin, the neighbouring town ofMenen,Belgium, situated within walking distance of central Halluin, underwent a simultaneous radicalization, given the municipality's attempts to ban its employees from speaking French to Francophone people whose command of Dutch may be limited, and to usesign language instead. While some townsfolk of Halluin's adjoining conurbation may have regarded this as a brave attempt to enforce Flemish supremacy over Francophone neighbours, others, including Francophone neighbours themselves, and international observers may have regarded such a measure as allegedly fanatical and insensitive to the needs of Francophone neighbours with limited command of Dutch. International press comment was provoked by these municipal regulations.[8]
Halluin is twinned with:
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Halluin".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 863.
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