Dudelange (; ; ) is a commune with town status in southern

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. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 22,043 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with

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. The commune also includes the smaller town of Budersberg, to the north-west. The Mont Saint-Jean, close to Budersberg, hosts the ruins of a medieval castle. In 1794 the French Revolutionary Army committed atrocities against the local population in Dudelange, when they massacred 79 civilians. Dudelange is an important industrial town that grew out of the three villages and a steel mill in 1900. The D in the name of the ARBED steel company, later merged into

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, stood for Dudelange. As well as the Dudelange Radio Tower, an

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and

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, it is also the site of th
Centre national de l’audiovisuel
(CNA), a cultural institute founded in 1989 under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture in order to preserve, promote and exhibit Luxembourg's audiovisual and photographic heritage. The centre hosts a two-screen cinema, a restaurant and a library focused on the visual arts On 14 February 2017 the Dudelange train collision happened here.

Population

Sports

Dudelange is home to Luxembourg's most successful football club in recent times. F91 Dudelange won nine national titles between 2000 and 2011.

Notable people

* Dominique Lang (1874–1919), Impressionist painter "Dominique Lang (1874–1919)"
, ''Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaines''. Retrieved 22 January 2011. * Jean Hengen (1912–2005), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Luxembourg, 1971-1990 * Pierre Cao (born 1937) a Luxembourgish composer and conductor * Germaine Goetzinger (born 1947) a Luxembourgish writer, historian, educator and feminist * Jean Back (born 1953) a Luxembourgish writer, photographer and civil servant * Roland Bombardella (born 1957), soldier and retired sprinter, competed in the

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Politics

* Nicolas Biever (1894–1965) a Luxembourgish politician * Bernard Berg (1931–2019) a Luxembourgish politician and trade unionist * Colette Flesch (born 1937), politician and former fencer, competed at the 1960, 1964 and

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

* Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (born 1941) a Luxembourgish politician * Mars Di Bartolomeo (born 1952) a Luxembourgish politician * Alex Bodry (born 1958) a politician from Luxembourg. * Lydia Mutsch (born 1961) a Luxembourgish politician * Josée Lorsché (born 1961), Green member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2011 * Etienne Schneider (born 1971) a Luxembourgish politician and economist, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy.

Sport

* Jos Romersa (1915–2016) a Luxembourgish gymnast who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

* Camille Libar (1917–1991) a football player and manager from Luxembourg * Bruno Mattiussi (1926–1981) a Luxembourgish boxer, competed at light middleweight at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

* Fred Stürmer (1927–2014) a Luxembourgish boxer, competed in the middleweight at the

* Jean Schmit (1931–2010), cyclist, competed in events at the

* Robert Schiel (born 1939) a Luxembourgish fencer, competed at the 1960, 1972 and

* Roger Gilson (1947–1995), cyclist, competed in the individual road race at the

* René Peters (born 1981), footballer, former captain of the national team and played 91 games for them * Kari Peters (born 1985) a Luxembourgish cross-country skier, competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics * Ben Gastauer (born 1987), professional cyclist * Fleur Maxwell (born 1988) a Luxembourgish figure skater, competed in the

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Twin towns – sister cities

Dudelange is twinned with: * Arganil, Portugal * Berane, Montenegro * Feltre, Italy * Lauenburg, Germany *

Lębork Lębork (; ; ) is a town on the Łeba River, Łeba and Okalica rivers in the Gdańsk Pomerania region in northern Poland. It is the capital of Lębork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its population is 37,000. History Middle Ages The region fo ...

(until 1945 Lauenburg), Poland * Manom, France

References

External links

*
Commune of Dudelange official website

Miscellaneous links
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