Attert (; ; ) is a
municipality
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of
Wallonia
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located in the
province of Luxembourg
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,
Belgium
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.
On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 70.94 km
2, had 4,802 inhabitants, giving a
population density
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of 67.7 inhabitants per km
2.
The municipality consists of the following
districts
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: Attert,
Nobressart,
Nothomb,
Thiaumont, and
Tontelange.
Other population centers include:
The municipality falls within the Luxembourgish-speaking
Arelerland
The Land of Arlon ( ; ; ; ) is the traditionally Luxembourgish-speaking part of Belgian Lorraine, which is now predominantly French-speaking. Arlon is the main city of this region.
The area has borders with the Gaume to the west and with th ...
and several street name signs are bilingual.
Sister cities
Attert is twinned with:
Twinning page on official site
.
* Taktaharkány (Hungary
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) since 2003
* Kruishoutem (Belgium
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) since 2004
* Bakałarzewo (Poland
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) since 2005
* Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
See also
* List of protected heritage sites in Attert
References
External links
*
Municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium)
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