Pétange - Pétange

Pétange (lux .: Péiteng; Eng .: Petingen) is the capital of the municipality of the same name, one of 116 municipalities in the Grand Duchy Luxembourg and belongs to the canton Esch-sur-Alzette, in the region Southwest Luxembourg.

background

• Neighboring communities are Differdange and Clemency in Luxembourg, Athus in Belgium, Mont-Saint-Martin, Longlaville and Saulnes in France.
• Next major city is Longwy in France, 15 km away, Arlon in Belgium is about 35 km away, Luxembourg city about 40 km.

getting there

By plane

• Luxembourg, 50 km away, about 1 hour's journey by train and bus
• Metz, about 100 km away

By train

The community Pétange has the train stations in Pétange, in Lamadelaine in Rodange.

Of Luxembourg run the train line 70 directly every hour Pétange - Rodange and after Longwy (French border town); as well as the railway line 60 over the Pétange Esch-sur-Alzette reached, which takes about twice as long, and continues to follow Athus (Belgian border town). The only connection to or from international long-distance trains is via the main train station in Luxembourg. Out Central Europe most of the time the connections are transferred Luxembourg city, from southwest Germany also via Bettembourg.

The train stop in the neighboring Belgian municipality Athus is about 1 km from the border crossing, 2 km from Rodange train station. There is regional traffic after Arlon, with connection to the Belgian IC, and to Virton in the Ardennes.

From the French border station Longwy are used by railways in regional traffic Reims, there you have a connection to the inner-French long-distance traffic.

By bus

A number of bus routes connect both parts of the community and the surrounding towns and cities, but before you start your journey, you should entrust yourself to a local with the necessary knowledge of timetables.

In the street

Out Luxembourg over the national road 5, about 20 km. Follow the signs in Luxembourg City Longwy consequences;

From southern Germany, Saarland, on the highway from the border crossing Schengen in the direction Esch / Alzette, in front Esch / Alzette turn towards Arlon;

From Belgium, at Arlon turn towards Aubange, from there it is another 5 km;

From France, from Reims, above Verdun and Longwy in the direction Luxembourg drive.

mobility

Bus routes - see section Getting here;

The locals quickly switch from pedestrians to drivers, cyclists are rather rare;

Tourist Attractions

Departure at the station of an old ore railway Fond-de-Gras, Train 1900.

On the Title mountain, between Fond-de-Gras and Lamadelaine, excavations have been carried out on a Celtic-Roman settlement for decades.

The Giele botter, a former open-cast mining area, is ideal for long and interesting walks. The starting point for this is the parking lot at the cemetery, opposite the train station. You can go to the nature reserve Fond-de-Gras wander through. About 5 - 6 km.

activities

In Rodange there is a new swimming pool PIKO, which, depending on the weather, is operated either as an indoor pool or an outdoor pool, opening times can be found on the website of the municipal administration.

In Pétange there is an indoor swimming pool with a 25 m pool.

shop

Many grocery stores, bakers, newsagents are also open on Sunday mornings.

kitchen

There are a number of restaurants, but Pétange does not have any tourist-oriented gastronomy.

nightlife

accommodation

trips

literature

Web links

• http://www.petange.lu - Pétange official website