Haguenau

"Haguenau (en francés, Hagenau en alemán) es una localidad y comuna francesa situada en el departamento de Bajo Rin, en la región de Alsacia. Tiene una población municipal en 2007 de 35 112 habitantes y una densidad de 192 h/km². Haguenau es la cuarta ciudad de Alsacia con mayor población y está localizada a unos 30 km al norte de Estrasburgo, a orillas del río Moder. El municipio alberga el bosque protegido más grande de la región, la forêt de Haguenau, de 18 000 hectáreas de superficie."

"Haguenau (French: Haguenau, pronounced: [ano]; Alsatian: Hàwenau [havna] or Hàjenöi; German: Hagenau) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of France, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is second in size in the Bas-Rhin only to Strasbourg, some 30 km (19 mi) to the south. To the north of the town, the Forest of Haguenau (French: Forêt de Haguenau) is the largest undivided forest in France. Haguenau was founded by German dukes and has swapped back and forth several times between Germany and France over the centuries, with its spelling altering between "Hagenau" and "Haguenau" by the turn. It was last German at the end of World War I, then briefly part of the independent Republic of Alsace-Lorraine before being annexed by France in 1919. Haguenau is a rapidly growing town, its population having increased from 22,644 inhabitants in 1968 to 34,891 inhabitants in 2006. Haguenau's metropolitan area has grown from 43,904 inhabitants in 1968 to 64,562 inhabitants in 2006."