Title: Esch-sur-Alzette Content: Esch-sur-Alzette ( , or Esch an der Alzig, ) is a commune with city status in south-western Luxembourg, capital of the canton Esch-sur-Alzette. The town is usually referred to just as Esch, but there is also a village and commune further north, in the Wiltz canton, named Esch-sur-Sûre from which to distinguish it. ==History== For a long time Esch-sur-Alzette was a small farming village in the valley of the Alzette river. This changed when important amounts of iron ore were found in the area in the 1850s. With the development of the mines and the steel industry the town's population multiplied tenfold in a couple of decades. On 29 May 1906, Esch-sur-Alzette was promoted to city. ==Geography== Esch-sur-Alzette is in the south-west of the country, on the border with France. It is the capital of the Red Lands region. The commune is in the valley of the Alzette river, a right tributary of the Sauer river and which flows through the town, and has an area of . The altitude is high. At the city hall, the altitude is high. Esch-sur-Alzette is surrounded by six communes of Luxembourg: Mondercange to the north, Schifflange to the northeast, Kayl to the east, Rumelange to the southeast and Sanem to the northwest. To the southwest, the commune borders the Audun-le- Tiche commune in the Moselle department of France; and to the west Russange also in the Moselle department. ==Population== There were 34,378 persons living in the commune in 2017, for a population density of inhabitants/km². Evolution of the population in Esch-sur-Alzette Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:36000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:4000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:1000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:a text:1960 bar:b text:1970 bar:c text:1981 bar:d text:1991 bar:e text:2001 bar:f text:2011 bar:g text:2017 PlotData= color:barra width:25 align:left bar:a from:0 till: 27954 bar:b from:0 till: 27574 bar:c from:0 till: 25144 bar:d from:0 till: 24018 bar:e from:0 till: 27146 bar:f from:0 till: 30630 bar:g from:0 till: 34378 PlotData= bar:a at: 27954 fontsize:S text: 27,954 shift:(-10,5) bar:b at: 27574 fontsize:S text: 27,574 shift:(-14,5) bar:c at: 25144 fontsize:S text: 25,144 shift:(-14,5) bar:d at: 24018 fontsize:S text: 24,018 shift:(-14,5) bar:e at: 27146 fontsize:S text: 27,146 shift:(-14,7) bar:f at: 30630 fontsize:S text: 30,630 shift:(-14,5) bar:g at: 34378 fontsize:S text: 34,378 shift:(-14,8) ==Twinned and partner towns== Esch-sur- Alzette is twinned withː * Coimbra, Portugal * Cologne, Germany * Liège, Belgium * Lille, France * Mödling, Austria * Offenbach am Main, Germany * Puteaux, France * Rotterdam, Netherlands * Turin, Italy * Velletri, Italy * Zemun, Serbia == Gallery == thumb|center|upright=4.4|Panoramic view of Esch- sur-Alzette File:Esch-sur-Alzette - 60 rue de l'Alzette 2015-05.jpg|Building in Esch-sur-Alzette File:Theater Esch-sur-Alzette 01.jpg|Théâtre d’Esch File:Synagogue Esch sur Alzette-4.JPG|Synagogue of Esch-sur-Alzette File:Esch- Uelzecht (Jousefskierch).jpg|Saint Joseph Couch File:LUX Esch-Alzette 006 2016 - Hôtel de Ville.jpg|Town hall ==Related pages== * Cantons of Luxembourg * Communes of Luxembourg * List of cities in Luxembourg