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Luxembourg Province
​((wa)province of Lussimbork,
(lb)provënz Lëtzebuerg)
The logo of the province of Luxembourg
The logo of the province of Luxembourg
Information
CountryLogo representing the flag of the country BelgiumBelgium
Chief townArlon
LakeDoyards, Nisramont
WatercourseLesse, Ourthe, Salm, Semois, Safe, Your
Minimum altitude191 m (bank of the Semois at Rochehaut)
Maximum altitude652 m (Baraque de Fraiture)
Area4 440 km²
Population288 515 hab. ()
Density64,98 inhab./km²
NiceLuxembourgish
Telephone prefix 32 followed by 61, 63, 84 or 86
SpindleUTC 01:00
Location
49 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ N 5 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E
Official site
Touristic site

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The Luxembourg province is a province in the south of Belgium located in Wallonia and whose capital is Arlon.

Understand

The province is the southernmost, the most extensive and the least populated in Belgium. It borders on the France in the south-west (departments of Ardennes, of the Meuse and of Meurthe-et-Moselle) and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the East.

Its territory was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg until the French Revolution, then of the Department of Forests until 1814, then of the Kingdom of Netherlands until the Belgian Revolution of 1830, and finally of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg until 1839 when it joined Belgium as a province.

Regions

The Ardennes massif, comprising the northern two thirds of the province, is dominated by landscapes of forests and livestock. The highest point in altitude 652 meters of the province is located at Baraque de Fraiture in the town of Vielsalm.

The extreme south of the province, called Belgian Lorraine, is made up of, roughly speaking, from Gaume to the west and from the country ofArlon to the east, two cultural sub-regions whose division does not correspond exactly to that of Belgian Lorraine nor to that of the current communes, the most notable exception being the commune of Martelange which is part of the country of Arlon but is located in the Ardennes. Geologically, Belgian Lorraine has the particularity of having a succession of three west-east oriented cuestas whose front is to the north.

Municipalities

The province has 44 municipalities.

Ardennes

  • 1 Bastogne  – The city is known for its siege during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 2 Manhay  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 3 Rendering  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 4 Tenneville  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 5 Bertrix  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 6 Broth  – Small town, nestled in a bend of the Semois in the shade of its medieval castle. (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 7 Daverdisse  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 8 Herbeumont  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 9 Léglise  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 10 Libin  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 11 Libramont-Chevigny  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 12 Neufchâteau  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 13 Paliseul  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 14 Saint-Hubert  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 15 Tellin  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 16 Martelange  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 17 Bertogne  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 18 Fauvillers  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 19 Gouvy  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 20 Houffalize  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 21 Sainte-Ode  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 22 Vaux-sur-Sûre  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 23 Vielsalm  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 24 La Roche-en-Ardenne  (last update Feb. 2018)

Famenne

  • 25 Marche-en-Famenne  – The most important city of the Famenne and generally considered as its capital. (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 26 Hotton  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 27 Durbuy  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 28 Érezée  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 29 Wellin  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 30 Nassogne  (last update Feb. 2018)

Belgian Lorraine

  • 31 Arlon  – Provincial capital at the gates of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 32 Land  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 33 Aubange  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 34 Chiny  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 35 Stall  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 36 Florenville  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 37 Habay  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 38 Meix-devant-Virton  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 39 Messancy  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 40 Musson  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 41 Rouvroy  – The village of Torgny, the southernmost in Belgium, is considered the hottest village in Belgium. (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 42 Saint-Leger  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 43 Tintigny  (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 44 Virton  – Capital of Gaume (last update Feb. 2018)

Speak

The official language is French throughout the province. The endogenous languages ​​are Walloon in the Ardennes, Gaumais in Gaume and Luxembourgish in the country ofArlon.

To go

By plane

There is no airport in the province. The nearest airports are those of Luxembourg, Charleroi, Brussels or Cork.

The aerodrome of Saint-Hubert can accommodate private tourist planes.

By train

Rail transport in Belgian Luxembourg is dominated by the axis Brussels-Namur-Luxembourg. The main stations of this line in Luxembourg are that of Marloie, Libramont and Arlon. Correspondence to Marloie for Cork and in Libramont for Bertrix-Dinant and Bertrix-Virton-Arlon.

By car

The province is crossed by European axes E411Brussels-Luxembourg and E25Cork-Luxembourg.

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