Luxembourg (Belgium)

This article is about the province of Belgium. For the neighbouring independent country, see Luxembourg.

Luxembourg Luxemburg (Dutch, German)
Province of Belgium
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Coordinates:
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Capital	[[{{#property:P36}}]]
Government
• Governor	[[{{#property:P6}}]]
Area
• Total	4,443 km2 (1,715 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)
• Total	273,638
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
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Luxembourg (Dutch: <phonos file="Nl-Luxemburg.ogg">Luxemburg</phonos>; same in German but with a slightly different pronunciation; Luxembourgish: 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 (Luxembourgish: Arel, Dutch: Aarlen), 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 population, making it the most sparsely populated province in an otherwise very densely populated country.

It is significantly larger (70%) and much less populous than the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

About eighty percent of the province is part of the densely wooded Ardennes region.

The southernmost region of the province is called Gaume or Belgian Lorraine (main city: Virton).

The Arelerland or Arlon region (in red on the following map of the province) alongside the border with the neighbouring Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg has the particularity that many residents speak Luxembourgish instead of the Walloon (French) dialect(s) spoken elsewhere in the province.

The province was separated from the neighbouring Luxembourg by the Third Partition of Luxembourg, de jure in 1830/31 by the Conference of London dealing with the consequences of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, de facto in 1839, after William I, King of the Netherlands and Grand-Duke of Luxembourg, agreed to its decisions and thus given to the newly created Kingdom of Belgium.

Subdivisions

Luxembourg province is divided into five administrative districts (arrondissements in French) containing a total of 44 municipalities (communes in French).

Map no.	Municipality	Arrondissement
1	Arlon	Arlon
2	Attert	Arlon
3	Aubange	Arlon
4	Bastogne	Bastogne
5	Bertogne	Bastogne
6	Bertrix	Neufchâteau
7	Bouillon	Neufchâteau
8	Chiny	Virton
9	Daverdisse	Neufchâteau
10	Durbuy	Marche-en-Famenne
11	Érezée	Marche-en-Famenne
12	Étalle	Virton
13	Fauvillers	Bastogne
14	Florenville	Virton
15	Gouvy	Bastogne
16	Habay	Virton
17	Herbeumont	Neufchâteau
18	Hotton	Marche-en-Famenne
19	Houffalize	Bastogne
20	La Roche-en-Ardenne	Marche-en-Famenne
21	Léglise	Neufchâteau
22	Libin	Neufchâteau
23	Libramont-Chevigny	Neufchâteau
24	Manhay	Marche-en-Famenne
25	Marche-en-Famenne	Marche-en-Famenne
26	Martelange	Arlon
27	Meix-devant-Virton	Virton
28	Messancy	Arlon
29	Musson	Virton
30	Nassogne	Marche-en-Famenne
31	Neufchâteau	Neufchâteau
32	Paliseul	Neufchâteau
33	Rendeux	Marche-en-Famenne
34	Rouvroy	Virton
35	Sainte-Ode	Bastogne
36	Saint-Hubert	Neufchâteau
37	Saint-Léger	Virton
38	Tellin	Neufchâteau
39	Tenneville	Marche-en-Famenne
40	Tintigny	Virton
41	Vaux-sur-Sûre	Bastogne
42	Vielsalm	Bastogne
43	Virton	Virton
44	Wellin	Neufchâteau

See also

• History of Luxembourg

External links

• Official website