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Lycée Michel Rodange, abbreviated to LMRL, is a
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in
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, in southern
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. It is located on
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, along with several other educational institutions, most of which, including Lycée Michel Rodange, is in the
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of
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 conne ...
, in the south-west of the city. It was founded by law on 5 August 1968 as the 'Nouveau Lycée de Luxembourg' ( en, Luxembourg New School), but was renamed by
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on 19 January 1970 to its current name, after
Michel Rodange Michel Rodange (3 January 1827 – 27 August 1876) was a Luxembourgish writer and poet, best known for writing Luxembourg's national epic, ''Reynard, Renert'' ull original title: ''Renert oder de Fuuß am Frack an a Ma'nsgrëßt''national epic A national epic is an epic poem or a literary work of epic scope which seeks or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular nation—not necessarily a nation state, but at least an ethnic or linguistic group with as ...
, ''
Rénert the Fox Reynard the Fox is a literary cycle of medieval allegorical Dutch, English, French and German fables. The first extant versions of the cycle date from the second half of the 12th century. The genre was popular throughout the Late Middle Ages, as ...
''. Rodange counts
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, the President of the
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as its alumnus.


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Lycée Michel Rodange official website
Michel Rodange Michel Rodange (3 January 1827 – 27 August 1876) was a Luxembourgish writer and poet, best known for writing Luxembourg's national epic, ''Reynard, Renert'' ull original title: ''Renert oder de Fuuß am Frack an a Ma'nsgrëßt''Educational institutions established in 1968 Educational institutions in Luxembourg 1960s establishments in Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-school-stub