Hamm is a
quarter in eastern
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 Gr ...
, in southern
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 is the home of the
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, the final resting place of 5,076 American servicemen, including
General Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France ...
.
, the quarter has a population of 1,478 inhabitants.
Commune
Hamm was a
commune in the
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ente ...
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 ...
between 20 December 1873, when it was split from the commune of
Sandweiler
Sandweiler () is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located east of Luxembourg City.
As of , the town of Sandweiler, which lies in the south-west of the commune, has a population of . Other settlements within the commune include ...
, and 26 March 1920, when it was merged into the
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
of Luxembourg, along with
Hollerich
Hollerich ( lb, Hollerech) is a quarter in south-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.
, the quarter has a population of 7,132 inhabitants.
Hollerich railway station is located on Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois Line 70, which con ...
and
Rollingergrund.
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Footnotes
Quarters of Luxembourg City
Former communes of Luxembourg
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