Esch-sur-Alzette

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

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

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Related pages
 Cantons of Luxembourg
 Communes of Luxembourg
 List of cities in Luxembourg

References

Other websites

 Official website 

Category:Communes of Esch-sur-Alzette