Rumelange

Commune in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Rumelange Rëmeleng
Commune

Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Rumelange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°27′35″N 6°01′50″E / 49.4597°N 6.0306°E / 49.4597; 6.0306
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Esch-sur-Alzette
Area
• Total	6.83 km² (2.64 sq mi)
• Rank	101st of 100
Highest elevation	432 m (1,417 ft)
• Rank	27th of 100
Lowest elevation	287 m (942 ft)
• Rank	88th of 100
Population (2023)
• Total	5,692
• Rank	26th of 100
• Density	830/km² (2,200/sq mi)
• Rank	9th of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000212
Website	rumelange.lu

Rumelange (French pronunciation: [ʁymlɑ̃ʒ]; Luxembourgish: Rëmeleng [ˈʀəməleŋ] ^ⓘ; German: Rümelingen [ˈʁyːməl̩ɪŋən]) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg, on the border with France.

Populated places

The commune consists of the following villages:

Rumelange
Haut-Tétange (lieu-dit)

Population

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History

Rumelange was formed on 25 September 1891, when it was detached from the commune of Kayl. The law forming Rumelange was passed on 27 June 1891.^[2]

Population

As of 1 January 2023, the commune had a population of 5,692.

Museum

It is the site of some of the underground iron mines no longer in operation. Rumelange is home to Luxembourg's National Mining Museum.^[3]

Notable people

Batty Weber (1860–1940) an influential journalist and author
Alfred Kieffer (1904–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
Foni Tissen (1909–1975) a Luxembourg schoolteacher and artist of hyperrealistic, darkly humorous paintings
Ernest Toussaint (1908–1942) boxer, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics; resistance member
Emile Kirscht (1913–1994) a Luxembourg painter and a co-founder of the Iconomaques group of abstract artists in Luxembourg ^[4]
Raymond Vouel (1923–1987), a Luxembourg politician and Deputy Prime Minister, 1974/1976

Twin towns — sister cities

Rumelange is twinned with:^[5]

Petnjica, Montenegro

References

^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1891, No. 38" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
^ "National Mining Museum" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
^ "Emile Kirscht", Luxemburger Lexikon, Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg 2006
^ "Potpisivanje sporazuma o bratimljenju Opštine Petnjica sa Opštinom Rumelange u Luksemburgu". petnjica.co.me (in Montenegrin). Opština Petnjica. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-09-04.