Rumelange (French pronunciation: [ʁymlɑ̃ʒ]; Luxembourgish: Rëmeleng [ˈʀəməleŋ] ; German: Rümelingen [ˈʁyːməl̩ɪŋən]) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg, on the border with France.
Rumelange
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 Coat of arms | |
 Map of Luxembourg with Rumelange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red | |
| Coordinates: 49°27′35″N 6°01′50″E / 49.4597°N 6.0306°E | |
| Country |  Luxembourg |
| Canton | Esch-sur-Alzette |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Henri Haine |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.83 km2 (2.64 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 101st of 100 |
| Highest elevation | 432 m (1,417 ft) |
| • Rank | 27th of 100 |
| Lowest elevation | 287 m (942 ft) |
| • Rank | 88th of 100 |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 5,692 |
| • Rank | 26th of 100 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9th of 100 |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
| LAU 2 | LU0000212 |
| Website | rumelange.lu |
Populated places
editThe commune consists of the following villages:
- Rumelange
- Haut-Tétange (lieu-dit)
Population
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History
editRumelange was formed on 25 September 1891, when it was detached from the commune of Kayl. The law forming Rumelange was passed on 27 June 1891.[2]
Population
editAs of 1 January 2023, the commune had a population of 5,692.
Museum
editIt is the site of some of the underground iron mines no longer in operation. Rumelange is home to Luxembourg's National Mining Museum.[3]
Notable people
edit- Batty Weber (1860–1940) an influential journalist and author
- Alfred Kieffer (1904–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Foni Tissen (1909–1975) a Luxembourg schoolteacher and artist of hyperrealistic, darkly humorous paintings
- Ernest Toussaint (1908–1942) boxer, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics; resistance member
- Emile Kirscht (1913–1994) a Luxembourg painter and a co-founder of the Iconomaques group of abstract artists in Luxembourg [4]
- Raymond Vouel (1923–1987), a Luxembourg politician and Deputy Prime Minister, 1974/1976
Twin towns — sister cities
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Petnjica, Montenegro
References
edit- ^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1891, No. 38" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
- ^ "National Mining Museum" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ "Emile Kirscht", Luxemburger Lexikon, Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg 2006
- ^ "Potpisivanje sporazuma o bratimljenju Opštine Petnjica sa Opštinom Rumelange u Luksemburgu". petnjica.co.me (in Montenegrin). Opština Petnjica. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
External links
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