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Parc Merl
Parc Merl (Luxemburgish ''Märeler Park'') is an urban park in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Despite its name, the park is not located in the quarter of Merl, but in Hollerich Hollerich ( lb, Hollerech) is a quarter in south-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. , the quarter has a population of 7,132 inhabitants. Hollerich railway station is located on Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois Line 70, which conn .... It is bordered by ''avenue du 10 Septembre'' ( N5) to the north-west, ''boulevard Pierre Dupong'' to the south-west, ''rue de Bragance'' to the south-east, and ''avenue Guillaume'' to the north-east. : Parks in Luxembourg City {{Luxembourgcanton-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollerich
Hollerich ( lb, Hollerech) is a quarter in south-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. , the quarter has a population of 7,132 inhabitants. Hollerich railway station is located on Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois Line 70, which connects Luxembourg City to the south-west of the country. Hollerich station is only 600 metres to the south-west of the country's main terminus, Luxembourg railway station, and just to the west of a major junction that separates traffic exiting Luxembourg station to the south. The urban park Parc Merl is located on its border with Belair. Education The Campus Geesseknäppchen, the largest educational campus in Luxembourg City, is located within the quarter. Five educational establishments are premised on the site; the Athénée de Luxembourg, the International School of Luxembourg, Lycée Aline Mayrisch, the Lycée Michel Rodange, the Lycée Technique École de Commerce et de Gestion) and the Conservatoire de Luxembourg. The campus bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg, the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated by road from Brussels, from Paris, and from Cologne. The city contains Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed. , Luxembourg City has a population of 128,514 inhabitants, which is more than three times the population of the country's second most populous commune ( Esch-sur-Alzette). The city's population consists of 160 nationalities. Foreigners represent 70% of the city's population, whilst Luxembourgers represent 30% of the population; the number of foreign-bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe. It borders Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union (together with Brussels, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg) and the seat of several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its French culture, French and German culture, German neighbors; while Luxembourgish is legally the only national language of the Luxembourgers, Luxembourgish people, French language, French and German language, German are also used in administrative and judicial ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg Communal Council
Luxembourg communal council (french: Conseil communal de Luxembourg) is the local council for the commune of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It consists of twenty-seven members, elected every six years by proportional representation. Current composition The last elections were held on 9 October 2011, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party (DP). In the '' collège échevinal'', the DP forms a coalition with The Greens, who have the third-largest contingent, under the leadership of DP mayor Lydie Polfer. 2017 elections Below are the results of the communal elections of 8 October 2017. This council will take office in January 2018. 2005 elections See also * Mayor of Luxembourg City The Mayor of Luxembourg City is the mayor of Luxembourg's capital and largest city, Luxembourg City. The officeholder, like other mayors in Luxembourg, is appointed by the Grand Duke amongst council members. Due to the city's importance within t ... Footnotes Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxemburgish
Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of the Moselle Franconian language, Luxembourgish has similarities with other varieties of High German and the wider group of West Germanic languages. The status of Luxembourgish as an official language in Luxembourg and the existence there of a regulatory body have removed Luxembourgish, at least in part, from the domain of Standard German, its traditional . History Luxembourgish was considered a German dialect like many others until about World War II but then it underwent ausbau, that is it created its own standard form in vocabulary, grammar and spelling and therefore is seen today as an independent language, an ausbau language. Due to the fact that Luxembourgish has a maximum of some 285,000 native speakers, resources in the language li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... and other Municipal corporation, incorporated places that offer recreation and Open space reserve, green space to residents of, and visitors to, the municipality. The design, operation, and maintenance, repair and operations, maintenance is usually done by government agencies, typically on the Local government, local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a park conservancy, "friends of" group, or private sector company. Common features of municipal parks include playgrounds, gardens, hiking, running and fitness trails or paths, bridle paths, sports field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarters Of Luxembourg City
The Quarters of Luxembourg City (french: quartiers, lb, Quartierën) are the smallest administrative division for local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-lo ... in Luxembourg City, the capital and largest city in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. There are currently twenty-four quarters, covering the commune of Luxembourg City in its entirety. They are: References See also * Quarters of Esch-sur-Alzette {{Luxembourg-stub it:Lussemburgo (città)#Amministrazione e geografia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merl, Luxembourg
Merl ( lb, Märel) is a quarter in western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. , the quarter has a population of 6,264 inhabitants. References Further reading * Quarters of Luxembourg City {{Luxembourgcanton-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N5 Road (Luxembourg)
This is a list of roads designated N5. Roads entries are sorted in alphabetical order by country. * N5 (Bangladesh), a Bangladeshi national highway connecting the capital Dhaka and the town of Banglabandha * N5 road (Belgium), a road connecting Brussels and Philippeville * N5 road (Democratic Republic of the Congo), a road connecting Bukavu and Uvira * N5 road (France), a road connecting Dijon and the frontier of Switzerland * N5 road (Gabon), a road connecting Kougouleu and Bibasse * N5 road (Ghana), a road connecting Adam and Ho * N5 road (Ireland), a road connecting Dublin (via the N4) and Westport * N5 road (Luxembourg) * N5 highway (Pakistan), a road connecting Karachi and Torkham * N5 highway (Philippines) * N5 (Portugal), a road in Portugal * N5 road (Senegal) * N5 (South Africa), a road connecting Harrismith and Winburg * N5 road (Switzerland) * Nebraska Highway 5, a state highway in the U.S. state of Nebraska See also * List of highways numbered 5 Route 5, or Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
