Hesperange

Hesperange (French pronunciation: [ɛspəʁɑ̃ʒ]; Luxembourgish: Hesper [ˈhæspɐ] ^ⓘ; German: Hesperingen) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located south-east of Luxembourg City.

Hesperange Hesper (Luxembourgish) Hesperingen (German)
Commune
View on Hesperange with its castle
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Hesperange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49.5708°N 6.1514°E / 49.5708; 6.1514
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Luxembourg
Government
• Mayor	Marc Lies (CSV)
Area
• Total	27.22 km2 (10.51 sq mi)
• Rank	32nd of 100
Highest elevation	334 m (1,096 ft)
• Rank	90th of 100
Lowest elevation	255 m (837 ft)
• Rank	58th of 100
Population  (2023)
• Total	16,433
• Rank	7th of 100
• Density	600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Rank	14th of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000303
Website	hesperange.lu

The total population of the commune is 16,443 as of 2023, making it the seventh-most populous in the country.

As of 2024^[update], the town of Hesperange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 2,914.^[1] Other towns within the commune include Alzingen, Fentange, Howald, 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.^[2]

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.

Population

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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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Luxembourg

Hesperange is twinned with:^[4]

• Malchin, Germany
• Szerencs, Hungary

Sports

Hesperange is home of FC Swift Hesperange, a football 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 on one occasion (2022–23) and the Luxembourg Cup, also on one occasion (1989–90).

Gallery

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  Municipality Building
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  Hesperange at Night
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  Highway Bridge
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  Winter Fields

References

1. "Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité". data.public.lu. 2024-01-07.
2. "Hesperange: History" Archived 2020-01-20 at the Wayback Machine, Association des châteaux luxembourgeois. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
3. "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
4. "Jumelage". hesperange.lu (in French). Hesperange. Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2019-09-04.

External links

• Media related to Hesperange at Wikimedia Commons
• Commune de Hesperange (Municipality of Hesperange)
• Friends of the History of Hesperange
• Hesperange Schools