Luxembourg (Belgium)

Luxembourg Official name is Province de Luxembourg (French). (, , , , ) is the southernmost province of Belgium and Wallonia. 

The capital is Arlon, in the southeast of the province. The province is also called "Belgian Luxembourg" and should not be confused with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Geography
It borders on (clockwise starting from the east) the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, France in the south, and the Belgian provinces of Namur in the west and Liège in the north. Neither Luxembourg nor neighboring Namur border Flanders.

It has the smallest population of all the Belgian provinces, about 291,000 in 2022. With , it is the largest province of Belgium. It is also significantly larger and significantly less populous than the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

The main natural regions in the province are Belgian Lorraine in the southern part, the Ardennes in the centre and northern part, and the Famenne and Condroz in the very northwestern part of the province.

With , the Baraque de Fraiture in the municipality of Vielsalm is the highest point of the province. Second is the Galata with   in the municipality of Saint-Hubert.

The main rivers in the province of Luxembourg are:
 Semois, a right tributary of the Meuse river, that flows from east to west in the south of the province
 Sauer (German, Luxembourgish) or Sûre (French), a left tributary of the Moselle river, flowing to the country of Luxembourg in the east
 Lesse, another right tributary of the Meuse river, flowing to near the city of Dinant in the west
 Ourthe, another right tributary of the Meuse river, flowing to the city of Liège in the north

History
The province was separated from the neighbouring Luxembourg by the Third Partition of Luxembourg in 1839, after the Belgian Revolution, and declared to remain a part of Belgium.

During World War I, Luxembourg was occupied by the German Empire.

The Battle of the Bulge, a German counter-attack against the Allied offensive in the Ardennes in the winter of 1944/45, took also place in the province of Luxembourg.

Language
Most of the residents of Luxembourg speak French, but there is a small Luxembourgish-speaking minority, in Arelerland (the eastern part of Belgian Lorraine: Arlon and surroundings), near the border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the southeast.

The dialect of Luxembourg (although slightly spoken) is Walloon. In the western part of Belgian Lorraine people speak Gaumais (the region is called the Gaume). Both are Romance languages.

Administrative division
The province of Luxembourg is divided into 5 arrondissements and a total of 43 municipalities.


+ Municipalities by arrondissements, with their numbers in the map Arlon Bastogne Marche-en-Famenne 175px
 Arlon (1)
 Attert (2)
 Aubange (3)
 Martelange (26)
 Messancy (28) 175px
 Bastogne (4)
 Fauvillers (13)
 Gouvy (15)
 Houffalize (19)
 Sainte-Ode (35)
 Vaux-sur-Sûre (41)
 Vielsalm (42) 175px
 Durbuy (10)
 Erezée (11)
 Hotton (18)
 La Roche-en-Ardenne (20)
 Manhay (24)
 Marche-en-Famenne (25)
 Nassogne (30)
 Rendeux (33)
 Tenneville (39) Neufchâteau Virton 175px
 Bertrix (6)
 Bouillon (7)
 Daverdisse (9)
 Herbeumont (17)
 Léglise (21)
 Libin (22)
 Libramont-Chevigny (23)
 Neufchâteau (31)
 Paliseul (32)
 Saint-Hubert (36)
 Tellin (38)
 Wellin (44) 175px
 Chiny (8)
 Étalle (12)
 Florenville (14)
 Habay (16)
 Meix-devant-Virton (27)
 Musson (29)
 Rouvroy (34)
 Saint-Léger (37)
 Tintigny (40)
 Virton (43) 

Population by arrondissement
Population x 1,000 (on 1 January since 1980).Institut national de statistique - Direction générale Statistique et information économique

Arrondissement197019801990200020102020Arlon 48 49 49 52 58 63Bastogne 35 36 37 41 45 49Marche-en-Famenne 40 42 46 50 54 57Neufchâteau 53 52 53 56 60 64Virton 42 44 45 48 52 54Province of Luxembourg 217 222 231 247 269 287

References

Other websites

  Official site of the province 
 Tourist Information in Belgian Luxembourg - Official website