Audun-le-Tiche

Audun-le-Tiche (German: Deutsch-Oth, Luxembourgish: Däitsch-Oth) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

For other uses, see Audun-le-Roman.
Audun-le-Tiche
Commune
The church in Audun-le-Tiche
Coat of arms
Location of Audun-le-Tiche
Audun-le-Tiche
Audun-le-Tiche
Coordinates: 49°28′27″N 5°57′30″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMoselle
ArrondissementThionville
CantonAlgrange
IntercommunalityCC Pays Haut Val Alzette
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Lucien Piovano
Area
1
15.43 km2 (5.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
6,846
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
57038 /57390
Elevation294–452 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 is located adjacent to Esch-sur-Alzette, on the border with Luxembourg, and close to the borders of Germany, and Belgium.

Audun-le-Tiche is served by a railway station that is served by both French national railway and the Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, on whose Line 60 it is located.

History

The name Audun comes from Awedeux, as a phonetical evolution of Latin Aquaeducta, and le Tiche is an evolution of Thieux, meaning "the German" — cf. Deutsch. The corresponding town Audun-le-Roman lies in the former Romance, or Latin-speaking area, where Audun-le-Tiche is the other side of the language border, in the Germanic-speaking area. Nowadays, these two cities are respectively named Deutsch-Oth and Welsch-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 of Aurélie Filippetti.[2] The Villeroy & Boch ceramic manufacturing company was founded in 1748 in Audun by François Boch. The company headquarter later moved to nearby Luxembourg, and in 1801 to Mettlach, Germany.

Audun sister town is Gualdo Tadino in Italy, from which immigrants came working in mining industry during the 19th century.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 516—    
1800 401−22.3%
1806 544+35.7%
1821 592+8.8%
1836 723+22.1%
1841 834+15.4%
1861 1,008+20.9%
1866 971−3.7%
1871 1,050+8.1%
1875 1,081+3.0%
1880 1,261+16.7%
1885 1,708+35.4%
1890 1,798+5.3%
1895 2,726+51.6%
1900 4,780+75.3%
1905 5,231+9.4%
1910 6,293+20.3%
1921 4,441−29.4%
1926 6,101+37.4%
1931 6,577+7.8%
1936 6,292−4.3%
1946 5,793−7.9%
1954 7,103+22.6%
1962 8,522+20.0%
1968 7,698−9.7%
1975 6,831−11.3%
1982 6,391−6.4%
1990 5,959−6.8%
1999 5,757−3.4%
2006 5,949+3.3%
2009 6,152+3.4%
2015 6,753+9.8%

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Aurélie Filippetti, 'Les derniers jours de la classe ouvrière', Éditions Stock, 2003


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