Rumelange

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.

Rumelange Rëmeleng (Luxembourgish) Rümelingen (German)
Commune
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Rumelange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49.4597°N 6.0306°E / 49.4597; 6.0306
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Esch-sur-Alzette
Government
• Mayor	Henri Haine
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  (2024)
• Total	5,775
• Rank	28th of 100
• Density	850/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

Populated places

The commune consists of the following villages:

• Rumelange
• Haut-Tétange (lieu-dit)

Population

^[1]

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]

Inside the National Mining Museum

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

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

Rumelange is twinned with:^[5]

• Petnjica, Montenegro

References

1. "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
2. (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1891, No. 38" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
3. "National Mining Museum" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
4. "Emile Kirscht", Luxemburger Lexikon, Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg 2006
5. "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.

External links

• Media related to Rumelange at Wikimedia Commons