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2005 Luxembourgian Communal Election
The 2005 Luxembourgian communal elections were held on 9 October 2005. Elections are held every six years across all of Luxembourg's then-118 communes. Results Seven lists ran in more than one commune: the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), the Democratic Party (DP), the Greens, the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), the Left, and the Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL). Of these, the six former parties won seats, as did four local parties that ran in only one commune each. In the chart below, '-' represents that the party did not run in that commune, whereas '0' represents that the party did run, but won no council seats. Grey denotes the mayor's party. Results for communes using proportional representation only. The party system does not apply in the majoritarian communes, making comparisons difficult. {{Luxembourgian elections Local elections in Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe. It borders Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union (together with Brussels, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg) and the seat of several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its French and German neighbors; while Luxembourgish is legally the only national language of the Luxembourgish people, French and German are also used in administrative and judicial matters and all three are considered administrative languages of the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dippach
Dippach ( ) is a commune and small town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan .... The commune's administrative centre is Schouweiler. The River Mess, a tributary of the Alzette, rises here. , the town of Dippach, which lies in the north-east of the commune, has a population of 790. Other villages within the commune include Bettange-sur-Mess, Schouweiler, and Sprinkange. Population Twin towns — sister cities Dippach is twinned with: * Landiras, France Aerial views File:Aerial view of Dippach, Luxembourg.jpg, Aerial view of the localities of Dippach (''Dippech'')... File:Aerial view of Bettange-sur-Mess and Dippach-Gare, Luxembourg.jpg, ... and of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junglinster
Junglinster ( lb, Jonglënster) is a commune in central Luxembourg, which draws its name from its principal town, Junglinster. It is one of six communes in the Luxembourg canton of Grevenmacher. The 18th-century St Martin's church is a national monument. History The oldest mention of ''Lincera'' (the "linster" part of the place name) is in documents going back to 983, with the status of parish first attested in 1128. Population , the town of Junglinster has a population of 3,254, whilst the wider commune of Junglinster has a population of 7,621. Figures from the same year report that 64.11% of the population of the commune holds Luxembourgish nationality, with the five largest immigrant populations in the commune being those of Portuguese (7.77%), French (5.12%), German (3.88%), Belgian (3.27%) and British (1.91%) nationalities. Transmitters The commune hosts two of the world's most powerful longwave transmitters, with the older transmitter based just north of the town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperange
Hesperange (; lb, Hesper ; german: Hesperingen) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located south-east of Luxembourg City. The total population of the commune is 14.701 people. This breaks down into 6.909 Luxembourgers, 2.021 French, 1.758 Portuguese, 1.052 Italians, 627 Belgians, 514 Germans, 241 Spanish, 207 British, 190 Polish, 106 Dutch, and 1.076 persons of other nationalities. (2014 official data) , the town of Hesperange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 2.651. 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 Luxembourgian communes in having five towns with over a thousand inhabitants (see: '' List of towns in Luxembourg by population''). The mayor of the commune is Charel Trénkwaasser. Hesperange Castle, now a ruin, has a history dating from the 13th century. Hesperange has a park called Hesper Park whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grevenmacher Communal Council
Grevenmacher (; ) is a commune with town status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. It gives its name to and is the capital of the canton of Grevenmacher, and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Grevenmacher. The town is situated on the left bank of the river Moselle, in a wine growing region. , the commune of Grevenmacher has a population of 4,921. Population Twin towns — sister cities Grevenmacher is twinned with: * Aubière, France Notable people * Frantz Seimetz (1858–1934) a Luxembourg Impressionist portrait and landscape artist * Joseph Lortz (1887–1975) a Roman Catholic church historian, Reformation historian and ecumenist * Marcel Paulus (1920–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics * Rob Krier (born 1938) a Luxembourgian sculptor, architect and urban designer * Octavie Modert (born 1966) a politician from Luxembourg See also *Hagelsdorf Hagelsdorf is a small village in the commune of Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grevenmacher
Grevenmacher (; ) is a commune with town status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. It gives its name to and is the capital of the canton of Grevenmacher, and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Grevenmacher. The town is situated on the left bank of the river Moselle, in a wine growing region. , the commune of Grevenmacher has a population of 4,921. Population Twin towns — sister cities Grevenmacher is twinned with: * Aubière, France Notable people * Frantz Seimetz (1858–1934) a Luxembourg Impressionist portrait and landscape artist * Joseph Lortz (1887–1975) a Roman Catholic church historian, Reformation historian and ecumenist * Marcel Paulus (1920–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics * Rob Krier (born 1938) a Luxembourgian sculptor, architect and urban designer * Octavie Modert (born 1966) a politician from Luxembourg See also *Hagelsdorf Hagelsdorf is a small village in the commune of Biwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ettelbruck
Ettelbruck ( lb, Ettelbréck , german: Ettelbrück ) is a commune with town status in central Luxembourg, with a population of inhabitants. History Until 1850, both Erpeldange and Schieren were part of the Ettelbruck commune as well, but both towns were detached from Ettelbruck by law on 1 July 1850. Nazi Germany occupied Ettelbruck on 10 May 1940. US forces first liberated the town on 11 September 1944 but Germany retook the town on 16 December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. US General George S. Patton on Christmas Day, 25 December 1944, led US troops in the final liberation of Ettelbruck from Nazi occupation. One of Ettelbruck's main squares is named ''Patton Square'', and is located at the exact spot where the German offensive into Luxembourg's Alzette Valley was stopped, ending its attempt to reoccupy the country as a whole. From 1954 to 2004, the town held a ''Remembrance Day'' celebration each July honoring General Patton and the US, British, French, Belgian and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Hoffmann (politician)
André Hoffmann (born 18 October 1941, in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish politician from the Left-wing politics, leftist the Left (Luxembourg), The Left grouping. He was formerly leader of the Communist Party of Luxembourg, Communist Party (KPL). He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies, but resigned in 2000 to become ''Échevin (Luxembourg), échevin'' of Esch-sur-Alzette, being replaced in the Chamber by Aloyse Bisdorff. He remained on Esch-sur-Alzette communal council until 2008, when he was replaced by Marc Baum to allow Hoffmann to concentrate on the 2009 Luxembourgian legislative election, 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies. Hoffmann was born in Luxembourg City, but moved to Esch in 1970 upon becoming a teacher at the Lycée de Garçons Esch-sur-Alzette. Hoffmann led the 'Committee for the No' that campaigned for a 'no' vote in the 2005 Luxembourgian European Constitution referendum, 2005 referendum on the ratification of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aly Jaerling
Alphonse 'Aly' Jaerling (born 30 January 1948 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourgish politician. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies from 1999, when he was first elected for the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) until 2009. He is also a member of Esch-sur-Alzette's communal council (1993 – 1999, 2000 – ). Jaerling left the ADR on 1 May 2006, protesting at the shift in the party's emphasis away from pension reform, which had originally been the ADR's ''raison d'être'', and decrying the 'nationalism' espoused by the party. The party had recently renamed itself from 'Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice', a name that it had borne since 1992, as part of its gradual metamorphosis from a single-issue party to one of the established parties. However, Jaerling's departure dealt the party a major blow, reducing the party's deputation in the Chamber of Deputies to four seats, ending its qualification as a party caucus (it qualifies now only as a 'group'), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch-sur-Alzette Communal Council
Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, . It lies in the south-west of the country, on the border with France and in the valley of the Alzette, which flows through the city. The city is usually referred to as just Esch; however, the full name distinguishes it from the village and commune of Esch-sur-Sûre which lies further north. The country's capital, Luxembourg City, is roughly to the north-east. Esch was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2022, alongside Kaunas and Novi Sad. History For a long time Esch was a small farming village in the valley of the Uelzecht river. This changed when important amounts of iron ore were found in the area in the 1850s. With the development of the mines and the steel industry the town's population multiplied tenfold in a couple of decad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch-sur-Alzette
Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, . It lies in the south-west of the country, on the border with France and in the valley of the Alzette, which flows through the city. The city is usually referred to as just Esch; however, the full name distinguishes it from the village and commune of Esch-sur-Sûre which lies further north. The country's capital, Luxembourg City, is roughly to the north-east. Esch was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2022, alongside Kaunas and Novi Sad. History For a long time Esch was a small farming village in the valley of the Uelzecht river. This changed when important amounts of iron ore were found in the area in the 1850s. With the development of the mines and the steel industry the town's population multiplied tenfold in a couple of decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echternach Communal Council
Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in Luxembourg. History The town grew around the Abbey of Echternach, which was founded in 698 by St Willibrord, an English monk from Ripon, Northumbria (in present-day North Yorkshire, England), who became the first bishop of Utrecht and worked to Christianize the Frisians. As bishop, he was the Echternach monastery's abbot until his death in 739. It is in his honour that the notable Dancing procession of Echternach takes place annually on Whit Tuesday. The river Sauer that flows past the town now forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany; in the later Roman Empire and under the Merovingians by contrast, the Sauer did not form a border or march in this area. The Roman villa at Echternach (traces of which were rediscov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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