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A4 Motorway (Luxembourg)
The Autoroute 4, abbreviated to A4 or otherwise known as the Esch-sur-Alzette motorway (french: Autoroute de Esch-sur-Alzette, lb, Escher Autobunn, german: Escher Autobahn), is a motorway in southern Luxembourg. It is long and connects Luxembourg City to Esch-sur-Alzette. Overview The A4 was opened in six separate sections: * 1969: Pontpierre – Lallange * 1972: Leudelange-Nord – Leudelange-Sud * 1974: Merl – Leudelange-Nord * 1976: Leudelange-Sud – Pontpierre * 1988: Lallange Lallange ( lb, Lalleng, german: Lallingen) is a quarter in northern Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg, Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical siz ... – Lankelz * 1992: Lankelz – Raemerech Route References External links *Administration des Ponts et Chaussées Motorways in Luxembourg {{Europe-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg, the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated by road from Brussels, from Paris, and from Cologne. The city contains Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed. , Luxembourg City has a population of 128,514 inhabitants, which is more than three times the population of the country's second most populous commune ( Esch-sur-Alzette). The city's population consists of 160 nationalities. Foreigners represent 70% of the city's population, whilst Luxembourgers represent 30% of the population; the number of foreign-born r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch Junction
Esch may refer to: * Esch (surname) * Esch-sur-Alzette, the second largest city in Luxembourg * Esch-sur-Sûre, a village in Luxembourg * Esch, Bernkastel-Wittlich, a municipality in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Esch, Vulkaneifel, a municipality in the district Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Esch, Netherlands Esch is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Boxtel. History The village was first mentioned in 773 or 774 as Hesc, and probably means "ash (''Fraxinus excelsior'') forest". Esch is a church vill ..., a former municipality now part of the municipality of Haaren * ESCH, NASDAQ symbol for Eschelon Telecom, Inc. {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foetz
Foetz () is a small town located in the commune of Mondercange, in south-western 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 .... , it has a population of 571 inhabitants. References Towns in Luxembourg Mondercange {{Esch-geo-stub ... [...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] |
