Eupen
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Eupen | |
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Location in Belgium
Location of Eupen in the province of Liège PFF, SPplus! | |
Area | |
• Total | 96 km2 (37 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 19,526 |
• Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 4700, 4701 |
NIS code | 63023 |
Area codes | 087 |
Website | www.eupen.be |
Eupen (German:
First mentioned in 1213 as belonging to the
German remains the official language in Eupen (also spoken in the form of the Eupen dialect), and the city serves as the capital for Belgium's German-speaking Community. The city has a small university, the Autonome Hochschule in der deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft , offering bachelor's degrees in Education and Nursing. In 2010, Eupen's association football team, K.A.S. Eupen, became the first club from the German-speaking Community to play in the Belgian Pro League.
On 1 January 2006, Eupen had a total population of 18,248 (8,892 males and 9,356 females). The total area is 103.74 km2 (40.05 sq mi) which gives a population density of 175.90 inhabitants per km2.
History
Early history
Eupen and the St. Nikolaus Chapel were first mentioned in 1213 as part of the
Habsburgs and Germans
Habsburg
In 1713, with the
Records show that a weaver named 'Schunck' was established as early as 1776. His eldest son, Nikolaus Severin Schunck (1799–1865), had six sons, of whom the third oldest, Arnold, would later found the firm in Heerlen. The youngest son, Joseph, remained at the weaving mill and there is still a weaving mill in Kettenis run by descendants of Nikolaus. The company became the famous Schunck.
20th century
After the
In 1949, the left tower of the St Nikolaus Church burnt down. The city centre was affected by flooding in 1953. Eupen merged with the municipality of Kettenis in 1976, amidst protest from that town.
In 1980, following a state reform ten years earlier, the
Climate
Eupen has a cool oceanic climate with some continental influences due to it being elevated in comparison to most of Belgium. Eupen is also wetter and cloudier than Liège in the valley to the west, as a result of orographic lift due to the elevation change. As a result of this along with frequent winter frosts, Eupen gets a significant snowfall amount by Belgian standards. It also gets 16 ice days on average each year, as in the day staying below 0 °C (32 °F), along with 71 frost days.[2]
Climate data for Eupen (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.7 (63.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
7.9 (46.2) |
4.5 (40.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
0.9 (33.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 114.2 (4.50) |
99.9 (3.93) |
94.4 (3.72) |
69.1 (2.72) |
86.9 (3.42) |
98.2 (3.87) |
103.6 (4.08) |
110.2 (4.34) |
98.6 (3.88) |
91.4 (3.60) |
101.0 (3.98) |
128.2 (5.05) |
1,195.7 (47.09) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 15.0 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 16.9 | 159.3 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 53 | 74 | 123 | 173 | 193 | 197 | 205 | 197 | 150 | 107 | 60 | 44 | 1,576 |
Source: Royal Meteorological Institute[2] |
Culture
- Rhenish Carnival occurring around Rosenmontag.
- Municipal Museum, Gospertstrasse
- IKOB: Museum of Contemporary Art
- Permanent exhibition of paintings at the Christian Silvain Foundation
Sport
Notable people
See also
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Klimaatstatistieken van de Belgische gemeenten" (PDF) (in Dutch). Royal Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ League table snapshot for Jupiler Pro League season 2010–11 as of Jun 01, 2011 Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Official Homepage
- Tourist Info
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.