Huningue
Huningue is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of France. Huningue is a northern suburb of the Swiss city of Basel. It also borders Germany. The main square of the town is the Place Abbatucci, named after the Corsican-born French general Jean Charles Abbatucci who unsuccessfully defended it in 1796 against the Austrians and died here.Places of Interest
Highlights include Three Countries Bridge and Vitra Design Museum.
Three Countries Bridge
Bridge
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The Three Countries Bridge is an arch bridge which crosses the Rhine between the commune of Huningue and Weil am Rhein, within the Basel metropolitan area.
Vitra Design Museum
Museum
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The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The architect of this building was Frank O. Gehry. His architecture was based on the art movement of the early 20th century, deconstructivism.
Basel Badischer Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.
Basel Badischer Bahnhof is a railway station in the Swiss city of Basel 2 km south of the Germany–Switzerland border. Despite its location, its land is an enclave of the EU Customs Union of Germany, with German rules applying to its rail traffic and…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weil am Rhein and Saint-Louis.
Weil am Rhein
Photo: Joergens.mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weil am Rhein is a town and commune in the Lörrach district of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is on the east bank of the River Rhine, and extends to the tripoint of Switzerland, France, and Germany.
Saint-Louis
Photo: Comstagiaire SL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Louis is a city of 23,000 people in Alsace in the Grand-Est at the German and Swiss borders, just north of Basel. Saint-Louis is rich in cultural resources and fun activities.
Basel
Photo: Lucazzitto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One of Switzerland's underrated tourist destinations, Basel has a beautiful medieval old town centre, a fascinating carnival, and several world class art museums built by architects like Renzo Piano, Mario Botta and Herzog & De Meuron.
Huningue
- Type: Locality with 7,210 residents
- Also known as: “68149”
- Location: Arrondissement of Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.5911° or 47° 35′ 28″ northLongitude
7.5833° or 7° 34′ 60″ eastPopulation
7,210Elevation
248 metres (814 feet)Open location code
8FV9HHRM+C8GeoNames ID
6441479
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In Other Languages
“Huningue” goes by many names.
- French: “Huningue”
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