Luxembourg (Belgium)

Luxembourg (Belgium)

Infobox Belgian Province
EnglishName = Luxembourg
LocalNameInLanguage1 = ( _fr. Luxembourg)
LocalNameInLanguage2 =
LocalNameInLanguage3 =






region = BE-WAL
capital = Arlon
governor = Bernard Caprasse
area = 4,443
population_as_of = (2005)
population = 256,004
populationdensity = 58


officialsite = http://www.province.luxembourg.be/

Luxembourg (Dutch and German: "Luxemburg", _lb. Lëtzebuerg, Walloon: "Lussimbork") is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the East) the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, France, and the Belgian provinces of Namur and Liège. Its capital is Arlon, in the south-east of the province.

It has an area of 4,443 km², making it the largest Belgian province. At around a quarter of a million residents, it is also the province with the smallest number of inhabitants making it the most sparsely populated region in a densely populated country. Luxembourg province is divided into five administrative districts ("arrondissements" in French) containing 44 municipalities. The province also covers two regions (of Wallonia, one of the three actual "official" regions of Belgium) : the Ardennes on the north part and the Gaume on the south part.

The province was separated from the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in 1839, after the Belgian Revolution, and declared to remain a part of Belgium. The residents of Luxembourg are mostly Francophone, but there is a small Luxembourgish-speaking minority, near the border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

List of governors

* Jean-Baptiste Thorn (1830 – 1836)
* Victorin de Steenhault (1836 – 1841)
* Joseph de Riquet de Caraman et de Chimay (1841 – 1842)
* Charles Vandamme (1862 – 1884)
* Paul de Gerlache (1884 – 1891)
* Édouard Orban de Xivry (1891 – 1901)
* Emmanuel de Briey (1902 – 1932)
* Fernand Van den Corput (1932 – 1940)
* René Greindl (1940 – 1944)
* Fernand Van den Corput (1944 – 1945)
* Pierre Clerdent (1946 – 1953)
* Maurice Brasseur (1965 – 1976)
* Jacques Planchard (1976 – 1996)
* Bernard Caprasse (1996 – present day)

ubdivisions

Arlon District:
* Arlon
* Attert
* Aubange
* Martelange
* Messancy

Bastogne District:
* Bastogne
* Bertogne
* Fauvillers
* Gouvy
* Houffalize
* Sainte-Ode
* Vaux-sur-Sûre
* Vielsalm

Marche-en-Famenne District:
* Durbuy
* Erezée
* Hotton
* La Roche-en-Ardenne
* Manhay
* Marche-en-Famenne
* Nassogne
* Rendeux
* Tenneville

Neufchâteau District:
* Bertrix
* Bouillon
* Daverdisse
* Herbeumont
* Léglise
* Libin
* Libramont-Chevigny
* Neufchâteau
* Paliseul
* Saint-Hubert
* Tellin
* Wellin

Virton District:
* Chiny
* Étalle
* Florenville
* Habay
* Meix-devant-Virton
* Musson
* Rouvroy
* Saint-Léger
* Tintigny
* Virton

ee also

*History of Luxembourg

External links

* [http://www.province.luxembourg.be/ Official web site] (in French only)


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