Stiring-Wendel
Stiring-Wendel | |
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Coordinates: 49°12′N 6°56′E / 49.20°N 6.93°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Moselle |
Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
Canton | Stiring-Wendel |
Intercommunality | CA Forbach Porte de France |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Yves Ludwig[1] |
Area 1 | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 11,067 |
• Density | 3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 57660 /57350 |
Elevation | 205–254 m (673–833 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Stiring-Wendel (French pronunciation: [stiʁɛ̃ vɑ̃dɛl]; Lorraine Franconian: Stiringe; German Stieringen-Wendel) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, wedged between Forbach, Schœneck, Spicheren and Saarbrücken.
History
Charles de Wendel undertook construction of the very modern Stiring factory in 1846, mainly to manufacture railway rails. A coal extraction shaft was sunk near the factory buildings, and during the Second French Empire the Compagnie de Stiring sold coal to the Wendel company at generally favorable prices. In 1865 the Wendel metallurgical factories were taking 7⁄8 of the output from the Compagnie de Stiring, paying below market prices.[3]
Charles de Wendel and his partner Théodore de Gargan founded the city of Stiring-Wendel. The workers' town, dominated by the factories and their managers, was a model that was followed in France into the 1930s.[4] Charles de Wendel initiated a policy of recruiting from the children of his workers, with son following father. In the 1850s he began a system by which promotions would be assured, based on seniority, which encouraged loyalty.[5] The industrial family Wendel built a church, a school and residential facilities for the workers.
By imperial decree of
After World War I, in 1918, Alsace-Lorraine came under French control once again.
There was significant combat in the Forbach and Stiring-Wendel area during
France began administering the German
The people of Forbach and Stiring-Wendel are generally bi-lingual (French-German).
Population
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 13,757 | — |
1975 | 12,665 | −1.17% |
1982 | 13,581 | +1.00% |
1990 | 13,743 | +0.15% |
1999 | 13,129 | −0.51% |
2009 | 12,337 | −0.62% |
2014 | 12,430 | +0.15% |
2020 | 11,043 | −1.95% |
Source: INSEE[9] |
Notable people from Stiring-Wendel
- Sophie Huber, Beijing 2008 Olympics swimmer (Born in Forbach)
- Patricia Kaas, Singer (Born in Forbach)
- Nicolas Untersteller, Famous Painter and member of Académie des Beaux-Arts
- Charles de Wendel, Industrialist, Founder
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Desmars 1998, p. 521.
- ^ The De Wendel Company ... Musée d'Orsay, p. 2.
- ^ Gordon 1996, p. 146.
- ^ "Forbach. La guerre de 1870 et la bataille du 6 août expliquées à l'office de tourisme". www.republicain-lorrain.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Évacuation et expulsion des mosellans". Commune de STIRING-WENDEL (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "liberation 1945 stiring wendel". 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Sources
- Desmars, Bernard (July–September 1998), "La Difficile Genèse du Bassin Houiller Lorrain (1815-1870)", Histoire, Économie et Société, 17 (3, L'État Comme Fonctionnement Socio-symbolique (vers 1547-vers 1635)), Armand Colin: 505–529, JSTOR 23612599
- Gordon, David M. (1996), Liberalism and Social Reform: Industrial Growth and Progressiste Politics in France, 1880-1914, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-313-29811-0, retrieved 4 August 2017
- The De Wendel Company, Three Centuries of Industry in Lorraine (1704-2004), Musée d'Orsay, retrieved 4 August 2017