Halluin

Halluin (in Dutch: Halewijn ) is a common French, located in the department of the Northern (59) and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Its inhabitants is Halluinois.

Geography

Situation

Halluin is located in the septentrional part of the Arrondissement of Lille near the Lys, on the Belgian border free . It is bordering with the common French on Bousbecque, Roncq and Neuville-in-Ferrain and with the common Belgian of Wervicq, Menin and with old the common Belgian of Rekkem in Flanders Occidentale.
Halluin is located at 9 km of Tourcoing, to 10 km of Mouscron, to 13 km of Courtrai, to 18 km of Lille, to 19 km of Roulers, to 22 km of Ypres and to 23 km of Armentières.

Transportation routes

By road

Transport in commun runs

  • January 1st 1925: inauguration of the line R of the trams inhabitant of Lille connecting Halluin to Tourcoing.
  • January 11th 1954: substitution of bus to the trams.
The city is crossed today by some lines of bus of Transpole:

Port

Demography

In 1469, Halluin was a village comprising surroundings 300 inhabitants. The fast increase during second half of the 19th century is due to the massive immigration of Flemish workmen in the search of a work. During twenty-five years, the city counted more than 75% from abroad.

Graph of evolution of the population 1793-1999

History

Armorial bearings

Of color money, they represent three sand lions, armed and crowned of gold. The three lions represent the lords Jose, François and Jean de Hallewyn.

Origins

The origin of the name is not well established. According to the abbot Alphonse-Marie Coulon, the origin will come from the word " halu" and that of " in" , the first being the name of a Saxon or frank chief and the second being a particle used in Flanders meaning dwelling or demeure.
Of another etymologists thinks that the name come from " hassou halle" who means " entrepôt" and of " win" who wants to say " vin".
Its name changed several times of orthography while passing by " haluwin" , " halewin" , " halowin" , " haluing" , " halwin" , " haluyn" then " halluin".

The Middle Ages

The name of Halluin, in its early form " Hallewyn" appears for the first time in the deed of gift made by Baudouin V, said of Lille, Count de Flandre, with the church and chapter of Saint-Pierre of Lille in September 1066.

16th century

At the beginning of the 16th century, the lords of Halluin are the same ones as those of Comines: houses of Croy, Line-Croy, Hénin-Liétard and, finally, dukes of Orleans. Halluin was also Spanish, at the 16th century, when the Flanders S passed to the hands Habsbourgs. In 1583 it there with the construction of a fort with Halluin and destruction in the conflict between Charles de Croy and the duke Alexandre Farnèse.

17th century

It became again French at the 17th century, being conquered in 1686 (a few years after the catch of Lille) by Louis XIV, which gave its name to a bridge of the city).

Administration

Political life

Political tendencies

The city must are nickname of Halluin the Red with the important trade unionism which made it possible to the Communists to take the town hall during the Entre-deux-guerres. This period was remarkably studied by Michel Hastings in his thesis of État.
However, at the time of the last presidential elections, one could note that the population had voted mainly on the right.

With the presidential election of 2007, the first turn saw dissociating at the head Nicolas Sarkozy with 34,47%, followed by Ségolène Royal with 21,13%, Francois Bayrou with 15,69%, and Jean-Marie Le Pen with 13,68%. The second turn saw arriving at the head Nicolas Sarkozy with 58,4% (national result: 53,06%) against 41,6% for Ségolène Royal (national: 46,94%). This swing on the right of the commune was confirmed at the time of the legislative elections of June 2007, where Christian Vanneste candidate UMP/CNI obtained 58,49% of the votes halluinois. For as much, the result of the municipal elections of March 2008 is not acquired, the Candidate of the UMP, Anita Delporte, having to deal with outgoing mayor, Jean-Luc Deroo, established well.

Mayors of the city

Early childhood

  • the family crib employs 22 maternal assistants divided on Halluin.

  • the services vaccination and pediculosis
  • the halt nursery " P' tits Mômes".

Teaching

Public schools

  • maternal:

    • Marie Curie
    • Maria Montessori
    • Anne Frank

  • primary:

    • Michelet
    • Jean Macé
    • Jean Moulin

Private schools

  • maternal and primary:

    • Saint-Alphonse
    • Notre-Dame of the Fevers
    • Sainte-Marie

Colleges

Colleges

Other public services

Economy

Traditionally, the principal activity was the textile which, in 1948, employed 7500 people of which about half of frontier. The city counted up to twenty textile companies.

The other principal activities are the manufacture of pieces of furniture (of chairs, in particular) and agriculture.

The unemployment rate of the city was of 14,1% in 1999 and the annual average revenue of a household was of 15.138 € in 2004.

Trade

  • Four large surfaces

  • Two center shopping
  • a hundred trade distributed in all the city

Companies

There are a good number of SME and SME with Halluin of which:

  • Gratry Lorthiois Ile-de-France
  • Triselec Lille SAEML
  • Customagic Europe
  • Militzer and Münch France

Culture and inheritance

Architectural heritage

  • the supposed manor is a farm going back to 1473. It is located in the street Arthur-Dennetière and on the road of Linselles. It was contiguous to the castle of Molinel which was destroyed by a fire at the time of the engagements with the Austrians the September 13rd 1793. The site of the castle is covered today with trees and plants.
  • Manoir with the Wolves
  • Manoir of Pellegrin
  • the Mill which is located at 20, rue de l'Abbé-Lemire is in the Northern to only have a circular gallery. The six mills of Halluin were démenbrés in the middle of the XIXe century and, in 1877, a miller built this mill which was acquired by the city in 1988 which then restored it until in 1992.
  • the Town hall , place Jean Jaurès, was in the beginning the residence of an industrialist halluinois acquired by the commune after the death of this last in 1968. The parquet floors of Hungary, the ceilings worked and the marble chimneys take part in the luxurious character of this building.
  • Church Saint-Hilaire
  • Church Saint-Alphonse
  • Church Our-Lady-Of-Fevers
  • Large mosque tawhid
  • the Mount of Halluin

Cultural equipment

  • Cinema Familia

Personalities related to the commune

Gastronomy

  • the shuttle halluinoise, pastry making imagined by the bakers of the city.

To live in Halluin

Sport

The town of Halluin is very sportive.
the treads Halluinoises (32e edition in 2007) are known on the regional plans, nationals and international.

There are nineteen associations and sporting clubs with Halluin.

Principal the club are the Athletics Halluin Val of Lily (AHVL), the Union halluinoise of football (UH foot) and, of course, the Volleyball club Michelet Halluin (VCMH) which evolves/moves in main road 2.

Sports equipment

There are twenty sporting spaces left again on sixteen sites.

The public swimming pool located road of Neuville is composed of a basin of 250 m ², of a room of musculation, two saunas and a room of relieving.

The Hildevert-Wancquet complex is composed of the track of athletics Jean Wadoux, of the dojo Marie-Claire Restoux, the ground of honor of the foot, a ground syntetic and one out of schist for the practice of the foot, of a ground of minis-foot, a plate multisports and a general sports room.

The sports complexes Edouard Branly, Hector Berlioz and Alexandre Faidherbe are general sports rooms.

The complex Jules Guesde includes/understands the stage Didier Deschamps, the room omnisport Danny Dhondt, the tennis courts covered and external and shooting range.

The room André Dochy is specialized in the musculation and that of the Municipal Circle Saint-Joseph acceuille the card decks and darts, the table tennis, billiards as well as the bourle.

In different district from the city there are also sporting installations such as baskets of tennis shoe or mini grounds of foot.

Markets and Secondhand trades

Two markets take place on the commune:

  • Wednesday morning: Nkong-Zem market of 8:30 to 12:00 (eight tradesmen take part in it)
  • Saturday morning: place of General-of-Gaulle of 8:30 at 13:30
A hundred tradesmen sell their goods to with it. This market belongs to the largest markets of the metropolis and attracts each very many week a public.

There are two annual stock sale in the city

  • the Whit Monday in the center town (700 exhibitors)
  • Mid-April in the district of Colbras (400 exhibitors)

Festivity

  • Festivals of the Lily : 1st Sunday of July, one finds oneself with the marina of Halluin-Menin for a festival at the edge of the river. It is' occasion to develop the productions of local artists (music, theater, visual arts…).

  • Folklore of the world : one Sunday of July, singers and dancers of the four continents come to give representations in partnership with the festival from Bray-Dunes.
  • Concert of summer : during the second fortnight of August, a concert in the open air on the Large one Places.
  • the Festival of Tisserands : 3rd Saturday of September.
  • Concert of Christmas : towards the December 15th, Halluin accommodates a great traditional formation (National orchestra of Lille, Orchestre of Douai…).

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  • In 2005, the city accommodates the cities for " plays of the amitié" , sporting tests which proceed at the time of the weekend of Pentecost.

See too

  • Flat of the Giant Lilies

  • of North
  • Common of North
  • List of the giants of the North of France
  • Romance Flanders

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