Dudelange

Dudelange
Diddeleng (Luxembourgish)
Düdelingen (German)
Commune
The town hall
The town hall
Coat of arms of Dudelange
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Dudelange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Map of Luxembourg with Dudelange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°29′00″N 6°05′00″E / 49.4833°N 6.0833°E / 49.4833; 6.0833
Country Luxembourg
CantonEsch-sur-Alzette
Government
 • MayorDan Biancalana (LSAP)
Area
 • Total
21.38 km2 (8.25 sq mi)
 • Rank51st of 100
Highest elevation
435 m (1,427 ft)
 • Rank26th of 100
Lowest elevation
256 m (840 ft)
 • Rank60th of 100
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
21,953
 • Rank4th of 100
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
  • Rank7th of 100
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2LU0000203
Websitedudelange.lu
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Dudelange (French: [dyd(ə)lɑ̃ʒ]; Luxembourgish: Diddeleng [ˈdidəleŋ] ⓘ; German: Düdelingen [ˈdyːdəlɪŋən]) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 22,043 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France.

The commune also includes the smaller town of Budersberg, to the north-west. The Mont Saint-Jean, close to Budersberg, hosts the ruins of a medieval castle. In 1794 the French Revolutionary Army committed atrocities against the local population in Dudelange, when they massacred 79 civilians.[1]

Dudelange is an important industrial town that grew out of the three villages and a steel mill in 1900. The D in the name of the ARBED steel company, later merged into ArcelorMittal, stood for Dudelange. As well as the Dudelange Radio Tower, an FM radio and television transmitter, it is also the site of the Centre national de l’audiovisuel (CNA), a cultural institute founded in 1989 under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture in order to preserve, promote and exhibit Luxembourg's audiovisual and photographic heritage. The centre hosts a two-screen cinema, a restaurant and a library focused on the visual arts

On the 14 February 2017 the Dudelange train collision happened here.

Population

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Sports

Dudelange is home to Luxembourg's most successful football club in recent times. F91 Dudelange won nine national titles between 2000 and 2011.

Notable people

Germaine Goetzinger, 2013
Colette Flesch, 2007
Etienne Schneider, 2017

Politics

Sport

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Dudelange is twinned with:[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Manuel D'Histoire Nationale 7e édition p. 161 par Nicolas Margue et Joseph Meyers, 1966
  2. ^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Dominique Lang (1874–1919)" Archived 2010-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaines. (in French) Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Villes jumelées" (in French). Dudelange. Archived from the original on 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Dudelange.