Préizerdaul

Préizerdaul (Luxembourgish pronunciation: [ˈpʀəɪ̯tsɐdɑʊ̯l] ^ⓘ) is a commune in western Luxembourg, in the canton of Redange. Until 17 July 2001, it was known as Bettborn, after its administrative centre.^[1] Préizerdaul was the first commune to change its name since before the First World War; to date, it is the only commune to have changed its name to a name of Luxembourgish origin.

Préizerdaul
Commune
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Préizerdaul highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49.7942°N 5.9375°E / 49.7942; 5.9375
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Redange
Government
• Mayor	Marc Gergen
Area
• Total	15.6 km2 (6.0 sq mi)
• Rank	72nd of 100
Highest elevation	402 m (1,319 ft)
• Rank	48th of 100
Lowest elevation	255 m (837 ft)
• Rank	58th of 100
Population  (2023)
• Total	1,827
• Rank	85th of 100
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Rank	3rd of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000702
Website	preizerdaul.lu

Towns within the commune include Bettborn, Platen, Pratz, and Reimberg.

Population

^[2]

Notable people

• James Schwebach (1847 in Platen – 1921) a Luxembourgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church & Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse in Wisconsin, 1892/1921
• Emile Calmes (born 1954 in Luxembourg City), a Luxembourgish politician; became Mayor of Préizerdaul in 1982

Twin towns — sister cities

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

Préizerdaul is twinned with:^[3]

• Péni, Burkina Faso
• San Agustín, El Salvador

References

1. "Mémorial A, 2001, No. 91" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2004. Retrieved 2006-08-11.
2. "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
3. "Préizerdauler noriichten 1/2019" (PDF). preizerdaul.lu (in German). Préizerdaul. p. 31. Retrieved 2019-09-08.

External links

• Media related to Préizerdaul at Wikimedia Commons