Audun-le-Tiche | |
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| Coordinates:49°28′27″N5°57′30″E / 49.4742°N 5.9583°E /49.4742; 5.9583 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Thionville |
| Canton | Algrange |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays Haut Val Alzette |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Viviane Fattorelli[1] |
Area 1 | 15.43 km2 (5.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 7,268 |
| • Density | 471.0/km2 (1,220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57038 /57390 |
| Elevation | 294–452 m (965–1,483 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Audun-le-Tiche (French pronunciation:[odɛ̃lətiʃ];German:Deutsch-Oth;Luxembourgish:Däitsch-Oth) is acommune in theMoselledepartment inGrand Est in northeasternFrance.
Audun-le-Tiche is located adjacent toEsch-sur-Alzette, on the border withLuxembourg, and close to the borders ofGermany, andBelgium.
Audun-le-Tiche is served by a railway station that is only served by theChemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, on whoseLine 60 it is located.
The nameAudun comes fromAwedeux, as a phonetical evolution of LatinAquaeducta, andle Tiche is an evolution ofThieux, meaning "the German" — cf.Deutsch. The corresponding townAudun-le-Roman lies in the formerRomance, or Latin-speaking area, where Audun-le-Tiche is the other side of thelanguage border, in theGermanic-speaking area. Nowadays, these two cities are respectively namedDeutsch-Oth andWelsch-Oth in German.
The town was long associated with the mining industry. The history of mining in Audun-le-Tiche and its decline has been described in the writings ofAurélie Filippetti.[3]TheVilleroy & Boch ceramic manufacturing company was founded in 1748 in Audun byFrançois Boch. The company headquarter later moved to nearbyLuxembourg, and in 1801 toMettlach, Germany.
Audun sister town isGualdo Tadino in Italy, from which immigrants came working in mining industry during the 19th century.
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