Rumelange
Rumelange
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 Map of Luxembourg with Rumelange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red | |
| Coordinates:49°27′35″N6°01′50″E/ 49.4597°N 6.0306°E | |
| Country |  Luxembourg |
| Canton | Esch-sur-Alzette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.83 km2(2.64 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 101stof 100 |
| Highest elevation | 432 m (1,417 ft) |
| • Rank | 27thof 100 |
| Lowest elevation | 287 m (942 ft) |
| • Rank | 88th of 100 |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 5,692 |
| • Rank | 26thof 100 |
| • Density | 830/km2(2,200/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9thof 100 |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| LAU 2 | LU0000212 |
| Website | rumelange.lu |
Rumelange(French pronunciation:[ʁymlɑ̃ʒ];Luxembourgish:Rëmeleng[ˈʀəməleŋ];German:Rümelingen[ˈʁyːməl̩ɪŋən]) is acommunewithtown statusin south-westernLuxembourg,on the border withFrance.
Populated places
[edit]The commune consists of the following villages:
- Rumelange
- Haut-Tétange (lieu-dit)
Population
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History
[edit]Rumelange was formed on 25 September 1891, when it was detached from the commune ofKayl.The law forming Rumelange was passed on 27 June 1891.[2]
Population
[edit]As of 1 January 2023, the commune had a population of 5,692.
Museum
[edit]It is the site of some of the underground iron mines no longer in operation. Rumelange is home to Luxembourg'sNational Mining Museum.[3]
Notable people
[edit]- Batty Weber(1860–1940) an influential journalist and author
- Alfred Kieffer(1904–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the1924 Summer Olympics
- Foni Tissen(1909–1975) a Luxembourg schoolteacher and artist of hyperrealistic, darkly humorous paintings
- Ernest Toussaint(1908–1942) boxer, competed in the1936 Summer Olympics;resistance member
- Emile Kirscht(1913–1994) a Luxembourg painter and a co-founder of theIconomaquesgroup of abstract artists in Luxembourg[4]
- Raymond Vouel(1923–1987), a Luxembourg politician andDeputy Prime Minister,1974/1976
Twin towns — sister cities
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Petnjica,Montenegro
References
[edit]- ^"Population par canton et commune".statistiques.public.lu.Retrieved11 January2022.
- ^(in French and German)"Mémorial A, 1891, No. 38"(PDF).Service central de législation.Retrieved2006-08-15.
- ^"National Mining Museum"Archived2011-07-22 at theWayback 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.Retrieved2019-09-04.
External links
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Media related toRumelangeat Wikimedia Commons
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