Hesperange (; ; ) is a commune and town in southern

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

. It is located south-east of

Luxembourg City Luxembourg (; ; ), also known as Luxembourg City ( or ; ; or ), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the Communes of Luxembourg, country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxe ...

. The total population of the commune is 16,443 as of 2023, making it the seventh-most populous in the country. , the town of Hesperange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 2,914. Other towns within the commune include Alzingen, Fentange,

Howald Howald () is a town in the commune of Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg. The town merges almost seamlessly with Luxembourg City's south-eastern suburban quarter of South Bonnevoie, which lies to the north of Howald. , the town has a populat ...

, and Itzig. Each of these five towns has a population of over 1,000, making Hesperange unique amongst Luxembourgish communes in having five towns with over a thousand inhabitants (see: ''List of towns in Luxembourg by population''). Hesperange Castle, now a ruin, has a history dating from the 13th century. Hesperange has a park called Hesper Park which has a memorial commemorating the death of three American soldiers who died in a tank accident on the nearby bridge over the Alzette river on 26 December 1944 during the

Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive or Unternehmen Die Wacht am Rhein, Wacht am Rhein, was the last major German Offensive (military), offensive Military campaign, campaign on the Western Front (World War II), Western ...

Population

Notable people

* Albert Bousser (1906–1995), a Luxembourgish politician, railway inspector, trade unionist and Mayor of Hesperange * Roger Manderscheid (1933 in Itzig – 2010), a writer, won the Batty Weber Prize in 1990 * Vicky Krieps (born 1983), a Luxembourgish-German actress

Twin towns — sister cities

Hesperange is twinned with: *

Malchin Malchin () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in north-eastern Germany. History The name of the town is of Slavic origin. It was granted town rights in ...

, Germany * Szerencs, Hungary

Sports

Hesperange is home of

FC Swift Hesperange Football Club Swift Hesperange (, ) is a association football, football football club, club, based in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg. History *1916: Club founded as ''FC Swift Hesperange'' *1940: Club renamed as ''FV Rot-Weiß Hesperingen'' ...

, a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club that plays in the top-flight National Division. The club's home games are played at Stade Alphonse Theis. They have won the

Luxembourg National Division The National Division (, , ), known as the BGL Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest association football, football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to sea ...

on one occasion (2022–23) and the

Luxembourg Cup The Luxembourg Cup () is the national Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian Association football, football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons du ...

, also on one occasion (1989–90).

Gallery

Image:Hesperange 2.jpg, Municipality Building Image:Hesperange 3.jpg, Hesperange at Night Image:Hesperange 4.jpg, Highway Bridge Image:Hesperange 6.jpg, Winter Fields

References

External links

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Commune de Hesperange (Municipality of Hesperange)

Friends of the History of Hesperange

Hesperange Schools
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