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For other uses, see <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(disambiguation)" title="Luxembourg (disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig">Luxembourg (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <table class="infobox geography vcard" style="width:22em; font-size:88%;"> <tr class="adr"> <th colspan="3" align="center" class="mergedtoprow" style="padding:0.25em 0.33em 0.33em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:1.25em;"><span class="fn org country-name">Grand Duchy of Luxembourg</span><br/> <div style="padding-top:0.25em;"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li style="font-size:88%;"><span lang="lb"><i>Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg</i></span>  <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:81%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgish_language" title="Luxembourgish language">Luxembourgish</a>)</span></li> <li style="font-size:88%;"><span lang="de"><i>Großherzogtum Luxemburg</i></span>  <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:81%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>)</span></li> <li style="font-size:88%;"><span lang="fr"><i>Grand-Duché de Luxembourg</i></span>  <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:81%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>)</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> </th> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td class="maptable" colspan="3" align="center" style="padding:0.5em 0;"> <table align="center" style="width:100%;background:none;"> <tr> <td align="center" style="width:58%; vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg" class="image" title="Flag of Luxembourg"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/125px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" width="125" height="75" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/188px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/250px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"/></a></td> <td align="center" style="width:auto;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Luxembourg.svg" class="image" title="Coat of arms of Luxembourg"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Coat_of_arms_of_Luxembourg.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" width="85" height="83" 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href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_w%C3%ABlle_bleiwe_wat_mir_sinn" title="Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn">Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn</a>"</span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:81%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgish_language" title="Luxembourgish language">Luxembourgish</a>)</span></span><br/> <small style="font-size:85%;">"We want to remain what we are"</small></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="anthem" colspan="3" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2em;"><b>Anthem: </b><i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ons_Heemecht" title="Ons Heemecht">Ons Heemecht</a></i><br/> <small style="font-size:85%;"><i>Our Homeland</i></small><br/> <center> <div class="mediaContainer" style="position:relative;display:block;width:220px"><audio id="mwe_player_0" style="width:220px" poster="//bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.25wmf23/resources/assets/file-type-icons/fileicon-ogg.png" controls="" 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href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_anthem" title="Royal anthem" class="mw-redirect">Royal anthem</a>: </b><i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Wilhelmus" title="De Wilhelmus">De Wilhelmus</a></i> <sup>a</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding:0.6em 0 0.3em;text-align:center;"> <div class="center"> <div class="floatnone"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Luxembourg.svg" class="image" title="Location of Luxembourg (dark green)– in Europe (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) – [Legend]"><img alt="Location of Luxembourg (dark green)– in Europe (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) – [Legend]" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/EU-Luxembourg.svg/250px-EU-Luxembourg.svg.png" width="250" height="210" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/EU-Luxembourg.svg/375px-EU-Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/EU-Luxembourg.svg/500px-EU-Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2045" data-file-height="1720"/></a></div> </div> <div style="padding:0.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:85%;"> <div style="text-align:center;font-size:11px;line-height:1.15em;"><span style="font-size:11px;">Location of <span style="font-size:2px;"> </span><strong class="selflink">Luxembourg</strong><span style="font-size:8px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">  </span></span>(<span style="font-size:9px;">dark green</span>)</span> <p style="width:250px;font-size:11px;text-align:left;margin-left:1.2ex;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.15em;">– in <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a><span style="font-size:8px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">  </span></span>(<span style="font-size:9px;">green & dark grey</span>)<br/> – in the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a><span style="font-size:8px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">  </span></span>(<span style="font-size:9px;">green</span>)  –  [<span style="font-size:10px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Luxembourg.svg" title="File:EU-Luxembourg.svg">Legend</a></span>]</p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2"><b>Capital</b><br/> and largest city</td> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(city)" title="Luxembourg (city)">Luxembourg</a><br/> <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Luxembourg&params=49_36_N_6_7_E_type:country"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°36′N</span> <span class="longitude">6°7′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.600°N 6.117°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.600; 6.117</span></span></span></a></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="white-space:nowrap;">Official languages</th> <td> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgish_language" title="Luxembourgish language">Luxembourgish</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgers" title="Luxembourgers">Luxembourger</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Luxembourg" title="Politics of Luxembourg">Government</a></th> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">Unitary</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a></span></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Grand Duke of Luxembourg">Monarch</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grand_Dukes_of_Luxembourg" title="List of Grand Dukes of Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect">list</a>)</small></span></td> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg">Henri</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Luxembourg" title="Prime Minister of Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect">Prime Minister</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Luxembourg" title="List of Prime Ministers of Luxembourg">list</a>)</small></span></td> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Bettel" title="Xavier Bettel">Xavier Bettel</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Legislature</th> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Luxembourg)" title="Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)">Chamber of Deputies</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="3"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">Independence</a></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">from <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">French Empire</a><br/> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1815)" title="Treaty of Paris (1815)">Treaty of Paris</a>)</td> <td>9 June 1815 </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_London_(1839)" title="Treaty of London (1839)">1st Treaty of London</a></td> <td>19 April 1839 </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_London_(1867)" title="Treaty of London (1867)">2nd Treaty of London</a></td> <td>11 May 1867 </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><span class="nowrap">End of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_union" title="Personal union">personal union</a></span></td> <td>23 November 1890 </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_European_Union#Founding_members" title="Enlargement of the European Union">Founded</a> the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Community" title="European Economic Community">EEC</a></span> <span class="nowrap">(now the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>)</span></td> <td>1 January 1958 </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="3"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Luxembourg" title="Geography of Luxembourg">Area</a></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Total</td> <td>2,586.4 km<sup><small>2</small></sup> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">179th</a>)<br/> 998 sq mi</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Water (%)</td> <td>0.60%</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="3"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Luxembourg" title="Demographics of Luxembourg">Population</a></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">2014 estimate</td> <td>549,680<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population" title="List of countries by population" class="mw-redirect">170th</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">2001 census</td> <td>439,539</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Density</td> <td>194.1/km<sup><small>2</small></sup> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_population_density" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density">60th</a>)<br/> 501.3/sq mi</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a></b> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</td> <td>2015 estimate</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Total</td> <td>$46.043 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP)">94th</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Per capita</td> <td>$82,042<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">2nd</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a></b> (nominal)</td> <td>2015 estimate</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Total</td> <td>$63.5 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">71st</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Per capita</td> <td>$113,113<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita">1st</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient">Gini</a></b> (2011)</td> <td>27.2<sup id="cite_ref-eurogini_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eurogini-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><br/> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span style="color:forestgreen">low</span></span> <b>·</b> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality" title="List of countries by income equality">6th</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a></b> (2013)</td> <td><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"/></span> 0.881<sup id="cite_ref-HDI_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDI-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><br/> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span style="color:darkgreen">very high</span></span> <b>·</b> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">21st</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;">Currency</th> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">Euro</a> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_sign" title="Euro sign">€</a>)<sup>b</sup> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">EUR</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="2">Time zone</th> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a> <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+1)</span></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em;padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;">Summer (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</td> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+2)</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Drives on the</th> <td>right</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Luxembourg" title="Telephone numbers in Luxembourg">Calling code</a></th> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Luxembourg" title="Telephone numbers in Luxembourg">+352</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="2" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:LU" title="ISO 3166-2:LU">LU</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th> <td><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.lu" title=".lu">.lu</a><sup>c</sup></td> </tr> <tr style="font-size:85%;"> <td align="right"><span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><sup>a.</sup></span></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left:0;">Not the same as the <i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Het_Wilhelmus" title="Het Wilhelmus" class="mw-redirect">Het Wilhelmus</a></i> of the Netherlands.</td> </tr> <tr style="font-size:85%;" class="mergedrow"> <td align="right"><span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><sup>b.</sup></span></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left:0;">Before 1999, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgish_franc" title="Luxembourgish franc">Luxembourgish franc</a>.</td> </tr> <tr style="font-size:85%;" class="mergedrow"> <td align="right"><span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><sup>c.</sup></span></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left:0;">The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.eu" title=".eu">.eu</a> domain is also used, as it is shared with other <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> member states.</td> </tr> <tr style="font-size:85%;" class="mergedbottomrow"> <td align="right"><span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><sup>d.</sup></span></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left:0;"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_ddd"><b><a href="#ref_ddd">^</a></b></span> <span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2172.html#Govt">"CIA – The World Factbook – Field Listing – Distribution of family income – Gini index"</a>. United States government<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 May</span> 2013</span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuxembourg&rft.btitle=CIA%26nbsp%3B%E2%80%93+The+World+Factbook%26nbsp%3B%E2%80%93+Field+Listing%26nbsp%3B%E2%80%93+Distribution+of+family+income%26nbsp%3B%E2%80%93+Gini+index&rft.genre=book&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Ffields%2F2172.html%23Govt&rft.pub=United+States+government&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></td> </tr> </table> <p><b>Luxembourg</b> (<span class="nowrap"><span class="noexcerpt"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-us-Luxembourg.ogg" title="Listen"><img alt="Listen" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Speakerlink-new.svg/11px-Speakerlink-new.svg.png" width="11" height="11" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Speakerlink-new.svg/17px-Speakerlink-new.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Speakerlink-new.svg/22px-Speakerlink-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="11" data-file-height="11"/></a><sup><span style="color: #00e; font: bold 80% sans-serif; padding: 0 .1em;" class="IPA"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-us-Luxembourg.ogg" title="File:En-us-Luxembourg.ogg">i</a></span></sup></span><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">ˈ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'l' in 'lie'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">l</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ʌ/ short 'u' in 'bud'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">ʌ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'k' in 'kind'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">k</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'s' in 'sigh'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">s</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/əm/ 'm' in 'rhythm'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">əm</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'b' in 'buy'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">b</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ɜr/ 'ir' in 'bird'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">ɜr</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'g' in 'guy'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">ɡ</span></a></span><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span></span>), officially the <b>Grand Duchy of Luxembourg</b> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgish_language" title="Luxembourgish language">Luxembourgish</a>: <span lang="lb"><i>Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg</i></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <span lang="fr"><i>Grand-Duché de Luxembourg</i></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <span lang="de"><i>Großherzogtum Luxemburg</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup>), is a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landlocked" title="Landlocked" class="mw-redirect">landlocked</a> country in <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a>. It is bordered by <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> to the west and north, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> to the east, and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> to the south. It comprises two principal regions: the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oesling" title="Oesling">Oesling</a> in the north as part of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardennes" title="Ardennes">Ardennes</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massif" title="Massif">massif</a>, and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutland_(Luxembourg)" title="Gutland (Luxembourg)">Gutland</a> ("good country") in the south.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> Luxembourg had a population of 524,853 in October 2012<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup> and has an area of 2,586 square kilometres (998 sq mi), making it one of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_microstates" title="European microstates">smallest sovereign nations in Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-europa1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-europa1-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>As a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy" title="Representative democracy">representative democracy</a> with a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarch</a>, it is headed by a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_duke" title="Grand duke">grand duke</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg">Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg</a>, and is the world's only remaining <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_duchy" title="Grand duchy">grand duchy</a>. Luxembourg is a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country" title="Developed country">developed country</a>, with an advanced economy and the world's second highest <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">GDP (PPP) per capita</a>, according to the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>. Its central location has historically made it of great strategic importance to numerous powers, dating back to its founding as a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortification" title="Fortification">fortress</a>, its hosting of a vital <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Franks" title="Kingdom of the Franks" class="mw-redirect">Frankish</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle" title="Castle">castle</a> during the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages" title="Early Middle Ages">Early Middle Ages</a>, and its role as a bastion for the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Road" title="Spanish Road">Spanish Road</a> between 16th and 17th centuries.</p> <p>Luxembourg is a founding member of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development" title="Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development">OECD</a>, the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux" title="Benelux">Benelux</a>, reflecting its political consensus in favour of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_integration" title="Economic integration">economic</a>, political, and military integration. <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(city)" title="Luxembourg (city)">The city of Luxembourg</a>, which is the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital</a> and largest city, is the seat of several institutions and agencies of the EU. On 18 October 2012, Luxembourg was elected to a temporary seat on the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> for the first time in its history. The country served on the Security Council from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup> Reflecting its geographic position, Luxembourg's culture is a fusion of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_language" title="Romance language" class="mw-redirect">Romanic</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages" title="Germanic languages">Germanic</a> Europe, integrating customs of each. Accordingly, Luxembourg is a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism" title="Multilingualism">trilingual</a> country: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgish_language" title="Luxembourgish language">Luxembourgish</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> are <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">official languages</a>. Although a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_state" title="Secular state">secular state</a>, Luxembourg is predominantly <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic" title="Roman Catholic" class="mw-redirect">Roman Catholic</a>.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Nineteenth_century"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Nineteenth century</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Twentieth_century"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Twentieth century</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Politics"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Politics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Administrative_divisions"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Administrative divisions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Foreign_relations"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Foreign relations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Military"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Military</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Climate"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Climate</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Transport"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Transport</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Communications"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Communications</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Datacentres"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Datacentres</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Demographics"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Ethnicity"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ethnicity</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Language"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Language</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Health"><span class="tocnumber">5.5</span> <span class="toctext">Health</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Culture"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Culture</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Sports"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Cuisine"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Cuisine</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Media"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Media</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Luxembourg" title="History of Luxembourg">History of Luxembourg</a></div> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Luxembourg" title="Celtic Luxembourg">Celtic Luxembourg</a></div> <p>The recorded history of Luxembourg begins with the acquisition of Lucilinburhuc<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup> (today <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Castle" title="Luxembourg Castle" class="mw-redirect">Luxembourg Castle</a>) situated on the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bock_(Luxembourg)" title="Bock (Luxembourg)">Bock</a> rock by <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_of_Luxembourg" title="Siegfried of Luxembourg">Siegfried, Count of Ardennes</a>, in 963 through an exchange act with <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Maximin%27s_Abbey,_Trier" title="St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier">St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup> Around this <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifications" title="Fortifications" class="mw-redirect">fort</a>, a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a> gradually developed, which became the centre of a state of great strategic value. In the 14th and early 15th centuries, three members of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Luxembourg" title="House of Luxembourg">House of Luxembourg</a> reigned as <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperors</a>. In 1437, the House of Luxembourg suffered a succession crisis, precipitated by the lack of a male heir to assume the throne, which led to the territories being sold by Duchess <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth,_Duchess_of_Luxembourg" title="Elisabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg">Elisabeth</a> to <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Good" title="Philip the Good">Philip the Good</a> of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Burgundy" title="Duchy of Burgundy">Burgundy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_IV._(HRR).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Karl_IV._%28HRR%29.jpg/59px-Karl_IV._%28HRR%29.jpg" width="59" height="120" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Karl_IV._%28HRR%29.jpg/88px-Karl_IV._%28HRR%29.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Karl_IV._%28HRR%29.jpg/117px-Karl_IV._%28HRR%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="600"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles IV</a>, the 14th century Holy Roman Emperor and king of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia" title="Kingdom of Bohemia">Bohemia</a> from the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Luxembourg" title="House of Luxembourg">House of Luxembourg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup></p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:24.5px auto;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Festungsplan.von.Luxemburg.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Festungsplan.von.Luxemburg.jpg/120px-Festungsplan.von.Luxemburg.jpg" width="120" height="101" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Festungsplan.von.Luxemburg.jpg/180px-Festungsplan.von.Luxemburg.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Festungsplan.von.Luxemburg.jpg/240px-Festungsplan.von.Luxemburg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1830" data-file-height="1536"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Historic map (undated) of Luxembourg city's fortifications</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg_fortress_before_demolition.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Luxembourg_fortress_before_demolition.jpg/120px-Luxembourg_fortress_before_demolition.jpg" width="120" height="90" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Luxembourg_fortress_before_demolition.jpg/180px-Luxembourg_fortress_before_demolition.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Luxembourg_fortress_before_demolition.jpg/240px-Luxembourg_fortress_before_demolition.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Photograph of the fortress of Luxembourg prior to demolition in 1867</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <p>In the following centuries, Luxembourg's fortress was steadily enlarged and strengthened by its successive occupants, the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbons" title="Bourbons" class="mw-redirect">Bourbons</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg" title="Habsburg" class="mw-redirect">Habsburgs</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenzollern" title="Hohenzollern" class="mw-redirect">Hohenzollerns</a> and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">French</a>.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Nineteenth_century">Nineteenth century</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nineteenth century">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Luxembourg" title="History of rail transport in Luxembourg">History of rail transport in Luxembourg</a></div> <p>After the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1815)" title="Treaty of Paris (1815)">defeat</a> of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> in 1815, Luxembourg was disputed between <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a> and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="United Kingdom of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna" title="Congress of Vienna">Congress of Vienna</a> formed Luxembourg as a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy" title="Grand Duchy" class="mw-redirect">Grand Duchy</a> within the German Confederation in personal union with the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, being at the same time a part of the Netherlands and ruled as one of its provinces, with the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_of_Luxembourg" title="Fortress of Luxembourg">Fortress of Luxembourg</a> manned by Prussian troops.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> This arrangement was revised by the 1839 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_London,_1839" title="Treaty of London, 1839" class="mw-redirect">First Treaty of London</a>, from which date Luxembourg's full independence is reckoned.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxemburg-Petrussetal-Viaduc.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Luxemburg-Petrussetal-Viaduc.jpg/220px-Luxemburg-Petrussetal-Viaduc.jpg" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Luxemburg-Petrussetal-Viaduc.jpg/330px-Luxemburg-Petrussetal-Viaduc.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Luxemburg-Petrussetal-Viaduc.jpg/440px-Luxemburg-Petrussetal-Viaduc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxemburg-Petrussetal-Viaduc.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Luxembourg City: The Passerelle, also known as the viaduct or old bridge, over the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9trusse" title="Pétrusse">Pétrusse</a> river valley, opened 1861</div> </div> </div> <p>At the time of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian Revolution</a> of 1830–1839, and by the 1839 Treaty establishing full independence, Luxembourg's territory was reduced by more than half, as the predominantly <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francophone" title="Francophone" class="mw-redirect">francophone</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(Belgium)" title="Luxembourg (Belgium)">western part of the country</a> was transferred to <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. In 1842, Luxembourg joined the German Customs Union (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zollverein" title="Zollverein">Zollverein</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup> This resulted in the opening of the German market, the development of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_industry_in_Luxembourg" title="Steel industry in Luxembourg">Luxembourg's steel industry</a>, and expansion of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Nationale_des_Chemins_de_Fer_Luxembourgeois" title="Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois">Luxembourg's railway network</a> from 1855 to 1875, particularly the construction of the Luxembourg-<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thionville" title="Thionville">Thionville</a> railway line, with connections from there to the European industrial regions.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup> While Prussian troops still manned the fortress, in 1861 the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerelle_(Luxembourg)" title="Passerelle (Luxembourg)">Passerelle</a> was opened, the first road bridge spanning the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9trusse" title="Pétrusse">Pétrusse</a> river valley, connecting the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville_Haute" title="Ville Haute">Ville Haute</a> and the main fortification on the Bock with <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_railway_station" title="Luxembourg railway station">Luxembourg railway station</a>, opened in 1859, on the then fortified Bourbon plateau to the south.</p> <p>After the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Crisis" title="Luxembourg Crisis">Luxembourg Crisis</a> of 1866 nearly led to war between Prussia and France, the Grand Duchy's independence and neutrality were again affirmed by the 1867 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_London,_1867" title="Treaty of London, 1867" class="mw-redirect">Second Treaty of London</a>, Prussia's troops were withdrawn from the Fortress of Luxembourg and its Bock and surrounding fortifications were dismantled.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span>[</span>23<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Netherlands" title="King of the Netherlands" class="mw-redirect">King of the Netherlands</a> remained <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_State" title="Head of State" class="mw-redirect">Head of State</a> as <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Grand Duke of Luxembourg">Grand Duke of Luxembourg</a>, maintaining <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_union" title="Personal union">personal union</a> between the two countries until 1890. At the death of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_the_Netherlands" title="William III of the Netherlands">William III</a>, the Netherlands throne passed to his daughter <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands" title="Wilhelmina of the Netherlands">Wilhelmina</a>, while Luxembourg (then restricted to male heirs by the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau_Family_Pact" title="Nassau Family Pact">Nassau Family Pact</a>) passed to <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg">Adolph of Nassau-Weilburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span>[</span>24<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>At the time of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_war" title="Franco-Prussian war" class="mw-redirect">Franco-Prussian war</a> in 1870, despite allegations about French use of the Luxembourg railways for passing soldiers from <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metz" title="Metz">Metz</a> (then part of France) through the Duchy, and for forwarding provisions to Thionville, Luxembourg's neutrality was respected by <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_German_Confederation" title="North German Confederation">Germany</a>, and neither France nor Germany invaded the country.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span>[</span>25<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span>[</span>26<span>]</span></a></sup> But in 1871, as a result of Germany's defeat of France, Luxembourg's boundary with <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_(duchy)" title="Lorraine (duchy)">Lorraine</a>, containing Metz and Thionville, changed from being a frontier with a part of France to a frontier with territory annexed to the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> as <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine" title="Alsace-Lorraine">Alsace-Lorraine</a> under the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Frankfurt_(1871)" title="Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)">Treaty of Frankfurt</a>, allowing Germany the military advantage of controlling and expanding the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Railways_in_Alsace-Lorraine" title="Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine">railways there</a>.</p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg_(city)_-_view_from_Metz_square.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Luxembourg_%28city%29_-_view_from_Metz_square.jpg/220px-Luxembourg_%28city%29_-_view_from_Metz_square.jpg" width="220" height="99" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Luxembourg_%28city%29_-_view_from_Metz_square.jpg/330px-Luxembourg_%28city%29_-_view_from_Metz_square.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Luxembourg_%28city%29_-_view_from_Metz_square.jpg/440px-Luxembourg_%28city%29_-_view_from_Metz_square.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5006" data-file-height="2257"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg_(city)_-_view_from_Metz_square.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> View to Place de la Constitution and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%ABlle_Fra" title="Gëlle Fra">Gëlle Fra</a> monument, from <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(city)" title="Luxembourg (city)">the capital's Metz square</a> at the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Bridge" title="Adolphe Bridge">Adolphe Bridge</a> end of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue_de_la_Libert%C3%A9" title="Avenue de la Liberté">Avenue de la Liberté</a>, connecting with the railway station</div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Twentieth_century">Twentieth century</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Twentieth century">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alsace-lorraine.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Alsace-lorraine.JPG/220px-Alsace-lorraine.JPG" width="220" height="293" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Alsace-lorraine.JPG/330px-Alsace-lorraine.JPG 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Alsace-lorraine.JPG/440px-Alsace-lorraine.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1701" data-file-height="2262"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alsace-lorraine.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Frontier with German Empire's Alsace-Lorraine, from 1871 to 1918</div> </div> </div> <p>In August 1914, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Germany" title="Imperial Germany" class="mw-redirect">Imperial Germany</a> violated Luxembourg's neutrality by invading it in its war against France. This allowed Germany to use the railway lines, while at the same time denying them to France. Nevertheless, despite the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Luxembourg_during_World_War_I" title="German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I">German occupation</a>, Luxembourg was allowed to maintain much of its independence and political mechanisms.</p> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cfl.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Cfl.png/220px-Cfl.png" width="220" height="218" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Cfl.png/330px-Cfl.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Cfl.png/440px-Cfl.png 2x" data-file-width="733" data-file-height="726"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cfl.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Current cross-border railway network, connecting Luxembourg City with Luxembourg's neighbouring countries, north (Belgium) - south (France) and east (Germany) - west (France)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup></div> </div> </div> <p>In 1940, after the outbreak of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Luxembourg's neutrality was again violated when the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> entered the country, "entirely without justification".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span>[</span>28<span>]</span></a></sup> In contrast to the First World War, under the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Luxembourg_during_World_War_II" title="German occupation of Luxembourg during World War II">German occupation of Luxembourg during World War II</a> the country was treated as German territory and informally annexed to the adjacent province of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Reich" title="Third Reich" class="mw-redirect">Third Reich</a>. A <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_in_exile" title="Government in exile">government in exile</a> based in <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> supported the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a>, sending a small group of volunteers who participated in the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" title="Invasion of Normandy">Normandy invasion</a>. Luxembourg was liberated in September 1944, and became a founding member of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> in 1945. Luxembourg's neutral status under the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Luxembourg" title="Constitution of Luxembourg">constitution</a> formally ended in 1948, and in 1949 it became a founding member of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>.</p> <p>In 1951, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Community" title="European Coal and Steel Community">European Coal and Steel Community</a>, which in 1957 would become the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Community" title="European Economic Community">European Economic Community</a> and in 1993 the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, and in 1999 Luxembourg joined the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> currency area. In 2005, a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum_on_EU_treaty_in_Luxembourg" title="Referendum on EU treaty in Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect">referendum on the EU treaty establishing a constitution for Europe</a> was held in Luxembourg.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span>[</span>29<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Politics">Politics</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Politics">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main articles: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Luxembourg" title="Politics of Luxembourg">Politics of Luxembourg</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Luxembourg" title="Law of Luxembourg">Law of Luxembourg</a></div> <p>Luxembourg is a parliamentary democracy headed by a constitutional monarch. Under the constitution of 1868, executive power is exercised by the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Grand Duke of Luxembourg">Grand Duke</a> and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">cabinet</a>, which consists of several other ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span>[</span>30<span>]</span></a></sup> The Grand Duke has the power to dissolve the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a>, in which case new elections must be held within three months. However, since 1919, sovereignty has resided with the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation" title="Nation">Nation</a>, exercised by the Grand Duke in accordance with the Constitution and the law.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span>[</span>31<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Legislative power is vested in the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Luxembourg" title="Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect">Chamber of Deputies</a>, a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicameral" title="Unicameral" class="mw-redirect">unicameral</a> legislature of sixty members, who are directly elected to five-year terms from four <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_circonscriptions_(Luxembourg)" title="Legislative circonscriptions (Luxembourg)">constituencies</a>. A second body, the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_State_of_Luxembourg" title="Council of State of Luxembourg">Council of State</a> (<i>Conseil d'État</i>), composed of twenty-one ordinary citizens appointed by the Grand Duke, advises the Chamber of Deputies in the drafting of legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span>[</span>32<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The Grand Duchy has three lower tribunals (<i>justices de paix</i>; in <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esch-sur-Alzette" title="Esch-sur-Alzette">Esch-sur-Alzette</a>, the city of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(city)" title="Luxembourg (city)">Luxembourg</a>, and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diekirch" title="Diekirch">Diekirch</a>), two district tribunals (Luxembourg and Diekirch) and a Superior Court of Justice (Luxembourg), which includes the Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation. There is also an Administrative Tribunal and an Administrative Court, as well as a Constitutional Court, all of which are located in the capital.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main articles: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Luxembourg" title="Districts of Luxembourg">Districts of Luxembourg</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons_of_Luxembourg" title="Cantons of Luxembourg">Cantons of Luxembourg</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communes_of_Luxembourg" title="Communes of Luxembourg">Communes of Luxembourg</a></div> <div class="hatnote">Further information: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Luxembourg" title="Administrative divisions of Luxembourg">Administrative divisions of Luxembourg</a></div> <p>Luxembourg is divided into 3 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Luxembourg" title="Districts of Luxembourg">districts</a>, which are further divided into 12 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons_of_Luxembourg" title="Cantons of Luxembourg">cantons</a> and then 106 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communes_of_Luxembourg" title="Communes of Luxembourg">communes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span>[</span>33<span>]</span></a></sup> Twelve of the communes have <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Luxembourg" title="List of cities in Luxembourg">city status</a>, of which the city of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(city)" title="Luxembourg (city)">Luxembourg</a> is the largest.</p> <p>The districts are <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diekirch_District" title="Diekirch District">Diekirch</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevenmacher_District" title="Grevenmacher District">Grevenmacher</a>, and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_District" title="Luxembourg District">Luxembourg</a>.</p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LuxembourgPartitionsMap_english.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/LuxembourgPartitionsMap_english.png/91px-LuxembourgPartitionsMap_english.png" width="91" height="120" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/LuxembourgPartitionsMap_english.png/137px-LuxembourgPartitionsMap_english.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/LuxembourgPartitionsMap_english.png/183px-LuxembourgPartitionsMap_english.png 2x" data-file-width="433" data-file-height="569"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The three <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitions_of_Luxembourg" title="Partitions of Luxembourg">Partitions of Luxembourg</a> have greatly reduced Luxembourg's territory.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxemburg_districts.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Luxemburg_districts.svg/94px-Luxemburg_districts.svg.png" width="94" height="120" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Luxemburg_districts.svg/141px-Luxemburg_districts.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Luxemburg_districts.svg/188px-Luxemburg_districts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="731"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Districts of Luxembourg</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Foreign relations">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Luxembourg" title="Foreign relations of Luxembourg">Foreign relations of Luxembourg</a></div> <p>Luxembourg has long been a prominent supporter of European political and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_integration" title="Economic integration">economic integration</a>. In efforts foreshadowing European integration, Luxembourg and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> in 1921 formed the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium-Luxembourg_Economic_Union" title="Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union" class="mw-redirect">Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union</a> (BLEU) to create an inter-exchangeable <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency" title="Currency">currency</a> and a common <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customs_(tax)" title="Customs (tax)" class="mw-redirect">customs</a> regime. Luxembourg is a member of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux_Economic_Union" title="Benelux Economic Union" class="mw-redirect">Benelux Economic Union</a> and was one of the founding members of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Community" title="European Economic Community">European Economic Community</a> (now the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>). It also participates in the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement" title="Schengen Agreement">Schengen Group</a> (named after <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen,_Luxembourg" title="Schengen, Luxembourg">the Luxembourg village of Schengen</a> where the agreements were signed), whose goal is the free movement of citizens among member states. At the same time, the majority of Luxembourgers have consistently believed that European unity makes sense only in the context of a dynamic transatlantic relationship, and thus have traditionally pursued a pro-<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, pro-US foreign policy.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p> <p>Luxembourg is the site of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Justice" title="European Court of Justice">European Court of Justice</a>, the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Auditors" title="European Court of Auditors">European Court of Auditors</a>, the Statistical Office of the European Communities ("<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurostat" title="Eurostat">Eurostat</a>") and other vital EU organs. The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Secretariat of the European Parliament">Secretariat of the European Parliament</a> is located in Luxembourg, but the Parliament usually meets in nearby <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a>.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Military">Military</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Military">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Army" title="Luxembourg Army">Luxembourg Army</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nato_awacs.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Nato_awacs.jpg/220px-Nato_awacs.jpg" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Nato_awacs.jpg/330px-Nato_awacs.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Nato_awacs.jpg/440px-Nato_awacs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1123"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nato_awacs.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> A <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> owned <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry" title="Boeing E-3 Sentry">AWACS</a> aircraft.</div> </div> </div> <p>Luxembourg contributes an army of about 800 soldiers and 100 civil servants to its defense and to NATO. As a landlocked country, it has no <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">navy</a>.</p> <p>Luxembourg also lacks an <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air force</a>, though the 17 NATO <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_Warning_And_Control_System" title="Airborne Warning And Control System" class="mw-redirect">AWACS</a> aeroplanes are for convenience registered as aircraft of Luxembourg.<sup id="cite_ref-Aeroflight_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aeroflight-34"><span>[</span>34<span>]</span></a></sup> In accordance with a joint agreement with <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, both countries have put forth funding for one <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M" title="Airbus A400M" class="mw-redirect">A400M</a> military cargo plane.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span>[</span>35<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Geography">Geography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Luxembourg" title="Geography of Luxembourg">Geography of Luxembourg</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg-CIA_WFB_Map.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Luxembourg-CIA_WFB_Map.png/220px-Luxembourg-CIA_WFB_Map.png" width="220" height="236" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Luxembourg-CIA_WFB_Map.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Luxembourg-CIA_WFB_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="350"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg-CIA_WFB_Map.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> The largest towns are <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(city)" title="Luxembourg (city)">Luxembourg</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esch-sur-Alzette" title="Esch-sur-Alzette">Esch-sur-Alzette</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudelange" title="Dudelange">Dudelange</a>, and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differdange" title="Differdange">Differdange</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p>Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe, and ranked <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_area" title="List of countries by area" class="mw-redirect">179th</a> in size of all the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">194 independent countries of the world</a>; the country is about 2,586 square kilometres (998 sq mi) in size, and measures 82 km (51 mi) long and 57 km (35 mi) wide. It lies between latitudes <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_parallel_north" title="49th parallel north">49°</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_parallel_north" title="51st parallel north">51° N</a>, and longitudes <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_meridian_east" title="5th meridian east">5°</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_meridian_east" title="7th meridian east">7° E</a>.</p> <p>To the east, Luxembourg borders the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> <i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">Bundesland</a></i> of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhineland-Palatinate" title="Rhineland-Palatinate">Rhineland-Palatinate</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarland" title="Saarland">Saarland</a>, and, to the south, it borders the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> <i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gion_in_France" title="Région in France" class="mw-redirect">région</a></i> of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_(region)" title="Lorraine (region)">Lorraine</a>. The Grand Duchy borders the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Walloon Region</a>, in particular the latter's <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_regions_in_Belgium" title="Provinces of regions in Belgium" class="mw-redirect">provinces</a> of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(Belgium)" title="Luxembourg (Belgium)">Luxembourg</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge_(province)" title="Liège (province)">Liège</a>, part of which comprises the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-speaking_Community_of_Belgium" title="German-speaking Community of Belgium">German-speaking Community of Belgium</a>, to the west and to the north respectively.</p> <p>The northern third of the country is known as the '<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oesling" title="Oesling">Oesling</a>', and forms part of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardennes" title="Ardennes">Ardennes</a>. It is dominated by hills and low mountains, including the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneiff" title="Kneiff">Kneiff</a> near Wilwerdange,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span>[</span>36<span>]</span></a></sup> which is the highest point, at 560 metres (1,837 ft). Other mountains are the 'Buurgplaaz' at 559 metres near Huldange and the 'Napoléonsgaard' at 554 metres near Rambrouch. The region is sparsely populated, with only one town (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiltz" title="Wiltz">Wiltz</a>) with a population of more than four thousand people.</p> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clerve_Alscheid.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Clerve_Alscheid.jpg/220px-Clerve_Alscheid.jpg" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Clerve_Alscheid.jpg/330px-Clerve_Alscheid.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Clerve_Alscheid.jpg/440px-Clerve_Alscheid.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clerve_Alscheid.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Countryside of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alscheid" title="Alscheid">Alscheid</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p>The southern two-thirds of the country is called the "<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutland_(Luxembourg)" title="Gutland (Luxembourg)">Gutland</a>", and is more densely populated than the Oesling. It is also more diverse, and can be divided into five geographic sub-regions. The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_plateau" title="Luxembourg plateau">Luxembourg plateau</a>, in south-central Luxembourg, is a large, flat, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> formation, and the site of the city of Luxembourg. <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Switzerland_(Luxembourg)" title="Little Switzerland (Luxembourg)">Little Switzerland</a>, in the east of Luxembourg, has craggy terrain and thick forests. The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moselle_(river)" title="Moselle (river)" class="mw-redirect">Moselle</a> valley is the lowest-lying region, running along the southeastern border. The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lands" title="Red Lands">Red Lands</a>, in the far south and southwest, are Luxembourg's industrial heartland and home to many of Luxembourg's largest towns.</p> <p>The border between Luxembourg and Germany is formed by three <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River" title="River">rivers</a>: the Moselle, the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauer" title="Sauer">Sauer</a>, and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_River" title="Our River" class="mw-redirect">Our</a>. Other major rivers are the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzette" title="Alzette">Alzette</a>, the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attert_River" title="Attert River" class="mw-redirect">Attert</a>, the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerve" title="Clerve">Clerve</a>, and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiltz_River" title="Wiltz River" class="mw-redirect">Wiltz</a>. The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley" title="Valley">valleys</a> of the mid-Sauer and Attert form the border between the Gutland and the Oesling.</p> <p>According to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index, Luxembourg is one of the world's best performers in environmental protection, ranking 4th out of 132 assessed countries<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span>[</span>37<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Climate">Climate</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Luxembourg has an <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: Cfb), marked by high <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)" title="Precipitation (meteorology)" class="mw-redirect">precipitation</a>, particularly in late summer.The summers are cool and winters mild.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span>[</span>38<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Economy">Economy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Luxembourg" title="Economy of Luxembourg">Economy of Luxembourg</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg_treemap.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Luxembourg_treemap.png/220px-Luxembourg_treemap.png" width="220" height="172" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Luxembourg_treemap.png/330px-Luxembourg_treemap.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Luxembourg_treemap.png/440px-Luxembourg_treemap.png 2x" data-file-width="1108" data-file-height="868"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg_treemap.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Graphical depiction of Luxembourg's product exports in 28 colour-coded categories.</div> </div> </div> <p>Luxembourg's stable and high-income <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_system" title="Economic system">market economy</a> features moderate <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_growth" title="Economic growth">growth</a>, low <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation" title="Inflation">inflation</a>, and a high level of innovation.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span>[</span>39<span>]</span></a></sup> Unemployment is traditionally low, although it had risen to 6.1% by May 2012, due largely to the effect of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_global_financial_crisis" title="2008 global financial crisis" class="mw-redirect">2008 global financial crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span>[</span>40<span>]</span></a></sup> Consequently, Luxembourg's economy is forecast to have negligible growth in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span>[</span>41<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2011, according to the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">IMF</a>, Luxembourg was the second richest country in the world, with a per capita GDP on a purchasing-power parity (PPP) basis of $80,119.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span>[</span>42<span>]</span></a></sup> Luxembourg is ranked 13th in the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation" class="mw-redirect">Heritage Foundation</a>'s <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Economic_Freedom" title="Index of Economic Freedom">Index of Economic Freedom</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span>[</span>43<span>]</span></a></sup> 26th in the United Nations <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a>, and 4th in the Economist Intelligence Unit's <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-of-life_index" title="Quality-of-life index" class="mw-redirect">quality of life index</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span>[</span>44<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The industrial sector, which was dominated by <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a> until the 1960s, has since diversified to include chemicals, rubber, and other products. During the past decades, growth in the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial" title="Financial" class="mw-redirect">financial</a> sector has more than compensated for the decline in <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_industry_in_Luxembourg" title="Steel industry in Luxembourg">steel production</a>. Services, especially <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking" title="Banking" class="mw-redirect">banking</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_export" title="Financial export">finance</a>, account for the majority of economic output. Luxembourg is the world's second largest investment fund centre (after the United States), the most important private banking centre in the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone" title="Eurozone">eurozone</a> and Europe's leading centre for reinsurance companies. Moreover, the Luxembourg government has aimed to attract internet start-ups, with <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com" title="Amazon.com">Amazon</a> being two of the many internet companies that have shifted their regional headquarters to Luxembourg.</p> <p>In April 2009, concern about Luxembourg's banking secrecy laws, as well as its reputation as a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_haven" title="Tax haven">tax haven</a>, led to its being added to a "grey list" of nations with questionable banking arrangements by the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G20" title="G20" class="mw-redirect">G20</a>. In response, the country soon after adopted OECD standards on exchange of information and was subsequently added into the category of "jurisdictions that have substantially implemented the internationally agreed tax standard".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span>[</span>45<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span>[</span>46<span>]</span></a></sup> In March 2010, the <i>Sunday Telegraph</i> reported that most of Kim Jong-Il's $4bn in secret accounts is in Luxembourg banks.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span>[</span>47<span>]</span></a></sup> Amazon.co.uk also benefits from Luxembourg tax loopholes by channeling substantial UK revenues as reported by <i>The Guardian</i> in April 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span>[</span>48<span>]</span></a></sup> Luxembourg ranked third on the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Justice_Network" title="Tax Justice Network">Tax Justice Network</a>'s 2011 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Secrecy_Index" title="Financial Secrecy Index">Financial Secrecy Index</a> of the world's major tax havens, scoring only slightly behind the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span>[</span>49<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2013, Luxembourg is ranked as the 2nd safest tax haven in the world, behind <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>.</p> <p><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> is based on small, family-owned farms.</p> <p>Luxembourg has especially close trade and financial ties to <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> (see <i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux" title="Benelux">Benelux</a></i>), and as a member of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a> it enjoys the advantages of the open European <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_(economics)" title="Market (economics)">market</a>.</p> <p>With $147 billion (April 2013), the country ranks eleventh in the world in holdings of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Treasury_security" title="U.S. Treasury security" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Treasury securities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span>[</span>50<span>]</span></a></sup> The ranking is however imperfect as some foreign owners entrust the safekeeping of their securities to institutions that are neither in the United States nor in the owner's country of residence.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span>[</span>51<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Transport">Transport</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transport">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LUX_Check-In_Schalter.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/LUX_Check-In_Schalter.jpg/220px-LUX_Check-In_Schalter.jpg" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/LUX_Check-In_Schalter.jpg/330px-LUX_Check-In_Schalter.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/LUX_Check-In_Schalter.jpg/440px-LUX_Check-In_Schalter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LUX_Check-In_Schalter.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Luxembourg's international airline <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxair" title="Luxair">Luxair</a> is based at <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Airport" title="Luxembourg Airport" class="mw-redirect">Luxembourg Airport</a>, the country's only international airport.</div> </div> </div> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Luxembourg" title="Transport in Luxembourg">Transport in Luxembourg</a></div> <p>Luxembourg has efficient road, rail and air transport facilities and services. The road network has been significantly modernised in recent years with 147 km (91 mi) of motorways connecting the capital to adjacent countries. The advent of the high-speed <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV" title="TGV">TGV</a> link to <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> has led to renovation of the city's <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_railway_station" title="Luxembourg railway station">railway station</a> while a new passenger terminal at <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg-Findel_International_Airport" title="Luxembourg-Findel International Airport" class="mw-redirect">Luxembourg Airport</a> has opened some years ago. There are plans to introduce <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">trams</a> in the capital and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-rail" title="Light-rail" class="mw-redirect">light-rail</a> lines in adjacent areas within the next few years.</p> <p>The number of cars per 1000 persons amount to 680.1 in Luxembourg — lower than just two <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)" title="State (polity)">states</a>, namely the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Principality of Monaco</a> and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">British overseas territory of Gibraltar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span>[</span>52<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Communications">Communications</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Communications">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The telecommunications industry in Luxembourg is liberalised and the electronic communications networks are significantly developed. Competition between the different operators is guaranteed by the legislative framework Paquet Telecom<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span>[</span>53<span>]</span></a></sup> of the Government of 2011 which transposes the European Telecom Directives into Luxembourgean law. This encourages the investment in networks and services. The regulator ILR – Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span>[</span>54<span>]</span></a></sup> ensures the compliance to these legal rules</p> <p>Luxembourg has modern and widely deployed optical fiber and cable networks throughout the country. In 2010, the Luxembourg Government launched its National strategy for very high-speed networks with the aim to become a global leader in terms of very high-speed broadband by achieving full 1 Gbit/s coverage of the country by 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span>[</span>55<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2011, Luxembourg had an <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-generation_access" title="Next-generation access">NGA</a> coverage of 75%.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span>[</span>56<span>]</span></a></sup> In April 2013, Luxembourg featured the 6th highest download speed worldwide and the 2nd highest in Europe: 32,46 Mbit/s.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a></sup> The country's location in Central Europe, stable economy and low taxes favour the telecommunication industry.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span>[</span>58<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span>[</span>59<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span>[</span>60<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>It ranks 2nd in the world in the development of the Information and Communication Technologies in the ITU ICT Development Index and 8th in the Global Broadband Quality Study 2009 by the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a> and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oviedo" title="University of Oviedo">University of Oviedo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span>[</span>61<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span>[</span>62<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span>[</span>63<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span>[</span>64<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Centre_Drosbach_Luxembourg_Signs_-_June_2012.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Centre_Drosbach_Luxembourg_Signs_-_June_2012.jpg/220px-Centre_Drosbach_Luxembourg_Signs_-_June_2012.jpg" width="220" height="162" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Centre_Drosbach_Luxembourg_Signs_-_June_2012.jpg/330px-Centre_Drosbach_Luxembourg_Signs_-_June_2012.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Centre_Drosbach_Luxembourg_Signs_-_June_2012.jpg/440px-Centre_Drosbach_Luxembourg_Signs_-_June_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3782" data-file-height="2790"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Centre_Drosbach_Luxembourg_Signs_-_June_2012.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Signs in front of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centre_Drosbach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Centre Drosbach (page does not exist)">Centre Drosbach</a> on the Cloche d'or, in the city of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg_(city)" title="Luxemburg (city)" class="mw-redirect">Luxembourg</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p>Luxembourg is connected to all major European Internet Exchanges (AMS-IX Amsterdam,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span>[</span>65<span>]</span></a></sup> DE-CIX Frankfurt,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span>[</span>66<span>]</span></a></sup> LINX London),<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span>[</span>67<span>]</span></a></sup> datacenters and POPs through redundant optical networks.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span>[</span>68<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span>[</span>69<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span>[</span>70<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span>[</span>71<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span>[</span>72<span>]</span></a></sup> In addition, the country is connected to the virtual meetme room services (vmmr)<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span>[</span>73<span>]</span></a></sup> of the international data hub operator Ancotel.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span>[</span>74<span>]</span></a></sup> This enables Luxembourg to interconnect with all major telecommunication operators<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span>[</span>75<span>]</span></a></sup> and data carriers worldwide. The interconnection points are in Frankfurt, London, New York and Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span>[</span>76<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Several providers interconnect Luxembourg to the major European data hubs:</p> <ul> <li>Teralink<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span>[</span>77<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%26TLuxembourg" title="P&TLuxembourg">P&TLuxembourg</a>, also called EPT Luxembourg: incumbent operator)<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span>[</span>78<span>]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LuxConnect" title="LuxConnect">LuxConnect</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span>[</span>79<span>]</span></a></sup> (shareholder : Government) LuxConnect tested the 100G coherent transmission of data signals between Luxembourg and Amsterdam in June 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span>[</span>80<span>]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Artelis/Cegecom<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span>[</span>81<span>]</span></a></sup> (alternative telecommunications provider in Luxembourg and Saarland)</li> <li>Satellite connectivity – Teleports (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SES_S.A." title="SES S.A.">SES</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span>[</span>82<span>]</span></a></sup> Broadcasting Center Europe<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span>[</span>83<span>]</span></a></sup> and P&T Luxembourg Teleport.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span>[</span>84<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span>[</span>85<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span>[</span>86<span>]</span></a></sup></li> </ul> <p>Luxembourg is connected through an optical <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DWDM" title="DWDM" class="mw-redirect">DWDM</a> network, called Teralink<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span>[</span>87<span>]</span></a></sup> to several Tier 1 upstream providers like Level3 and Global Crossing. Teralink offers connectivities up to 100 Gbit/s. P&TLuxembourg established a coherent 100Gbit/s IP connection between Frankfurt and Luxembourg with live traffic in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span>[</span>88<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span>[</span>89<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span>[</span>90<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span>[</span>91<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The Internet IPV6 protocol has been introduced to the country by Restena and P&T Luxembourg.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span>[</span>92<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Luxembourg has one <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_exchange_point" title="Internet exchange point">Internet exchange point</a> and one Carrier <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_Exchange" title="Ethernet Exchange">Ethernet Exchange</a> point.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Commercial_Internet_Exchange" title="Luxembourg Commercial Internet Exchange" class="mw-redirect">LU-CIX</a> is Luxembourg's neutral and commercial Internet Exchange Point which was founded in 2009 by Cegecom, Datacentre Luxembourg, Global Media Systems, INEXIO, LuxConnect, P&T Luxemboug and Root eSolutions. It offers a short, fast and efficient route to the major European Internet networks.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span>[</span>93<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span>[</span>94<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2012, LIX, the neutral Internet exchange operated by the RESTENA Foundation, merged with LU-CIX.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span>[</span>95<span>]</span></a></sup> In March 2013, LU-CIX launched the 'Central European Peering Hub' in order to provide the opportunity to its members to connect to other IXs’ reseller programs, AMS-IX (Amsterdam), LINX (London), DE-CIX (Frankfurt) and France-IX (Paris), etc.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span>[</span>96<span>]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg_Ethernet_Exchange&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luxembourg Ethernet Exchange (page does not exist)">LIX</a> is the Luxembourg Ethernet Exchange located in the Tier IV certified eBRC datacentre.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span>[</span>97<span>]</span></a></sup></li> </ul> <p>The online portal De Guichet<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span>[</span>98<span>]</span></a></sup> of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a single one-stop online shop for citizens and companies to undertake various administrative operations (procedures, online forms, downloadable forms and advice) by Internet.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span>[</span>99<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_Peugeot_Citro%C3%ABn" title="PSA Peugeot Citroën">PSA Peugeot Citroën</a>, with <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%26TLuxembourg" title="P&TLuxembourg">P&TLuxembourg</a> as its partner, has introduced an integrated mobile telecommunication solution for the development of its telematic services in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span>[</span>100<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span>[</span>101<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Datacentres">Datacentres</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Datacentres">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Some 20 data centres<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span>[</span>102<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span>[</span>103<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span>[</span>104<span>]</span></a></sup> are operating in Luxembourg. Six data centers are Tier IV Design certified: three of ebrc,<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span>[</span>105<span>]</span></a></sup> two of LuxConnect <sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span>[</span>106<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span>[</span>107<span>]</span></a></sup> and one of European Data Hub.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span>[</span>108<span>]</span></a></sup> In a survey on 9 international data centers carried out in December 2012 and January 2013 and measuring availability (up-time) and performance (delay by which the data from the requested website was received), the top 3 positions were held by Luxembourg data centers.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span>[</span>109<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span>[</span>110<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Demographics">Demographics</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Luxembourg" title="Demographics of Luxembourg">Demographics of Luxembourg</a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ethnicity">Ethnicity</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ethnicity">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The people of Luxembourg are called <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourger" title="Luxembourger" class="mw-redirect">Luxembourgers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span>[</span>111<span>]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrant" title="Immigrant" class="mw-redirect">immigrant</a> population increased in the 20th century due to the arrival of immigrants from <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, with the majority coming from the latter: in 2013 there were about 88,000 inhabitants with <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Luxembourger" title="Portuguese Luxembourger">Portuguese</a> nationality.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span>[</span>112<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Since the beginning of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_wars" title="Yugoslav wars" class="mw-redirect">Yugoslav wars</a>, Luxembourg has seen many immigrants from <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a>, and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>. Annually, over 10,000 new immigrants arrive in Luxembourg, mostly from the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a> states, as well as Eastern Europe. In 2000, there were 162,000 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrant" title="Immigrant" class="mw-redirect">immigrants</a> in Luxembourg, accounting for 37% of the total population. There were an estimated 5,000 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undocumented_migrant" title="Undocumented migrant" class="mw-redirect">undocumented migrants</a> in Luxembourg in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span>[</span>113<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Language">Language</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Language">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LUX-5f2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/LUX-5f2.jpg/220px-LUX-5f2.jpg" width="220" height="111" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/LUX-5f2.jpg/330px-LUX-5f2.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/LUX-5f2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="407" data-file-height="206"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LUX-5f2.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Coin of the former <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgish_franc" title="Luxembourgish franc">Luxembourg franc</a> in two of the country's three languages: French (obverse, left) and Luxembourgish (reverse, right).</div> </div> </div> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main articles: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Luxembourg" title="Languages of Luxembourg">Languages of Luxembourg</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism_in_Luxembourg" title="Multilingualism in Luxembourg">Multilingualism in Luxembourg</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature_of_Luxembourg" title="Literature of Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect">Literature of Luxembourg</a></div> <p>Three languages are recognised as official in Luxembourg: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgish_language" title="Luxembourgish language">Luxembourgish</a>, a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconian_languages" title="Franconian languages">Franconian</a> language of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moselle_(river)" title="Moselle (river)" class="mw-redirect">Moselle</a> region that is also spoken in neighbouring parts of Belgium, France and Germany. Though Luxembourgish is part of the West Central German group of High German languages, more than 5,000 words in the language are of French origin.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span>[</span>114<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span>[</span>115<span>]</span></a></sup> The first printed sentences in Luxembourgish appeared in a weekly journal, the 'Luxemburger Wochenblatt', in the second edition of 14 April 1821.</p> <p>Apart from being one of the three official languages, Luxembourgish is also considered the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_language" title="National language">national language</a> of the Grand Duchy; it is the mother tongue or "language of the heart" for nearly all Luxembourgers.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span>[</span>116<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Each of the three languages is used as the primary language in certain spheres. Luxembourgish is the language that Luxembourgers generally use to speak to each other, but it is not often used as the written language. Since the 1980s, an increasing number of novels have however been written in Luxembourgish. Most official (written) business is carried out in French. German is usually the first language taught in school and is the language of much of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media" title="Mass media">media</a> and of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" title="Roman Catholic Church" class="mw-redirect">church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span>[</span>117<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Luxembourg's education system is trilingual: the first years of primary school are in Luxembourgish, before changing to German, while in secondary school, the language of instruction changes to French.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span>[</span>118<span>]</span></a></sup> Proficiency in all three languages is required for graduation from secondary school, but half the students leave school without a certified qualification, with the children of immigrants being particularly disadvantaged.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span>[</span>119<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In addition to the three official languages, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> is taught in the compulsory schooling and much of the population of Luxembourg can speak English, especially in Luxembourg City. <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>, the language of the largest <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrant" title="Immigrant" class="mw-redirect">immigrant</a> community, is also spoken by large parts of the population, but by relatively few from outside their community.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span>[</span>120<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>French is the preferred language of the government. Official legislation must be conducted in French.</p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:172px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg_City_from_Adolphe_Bridge_01.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Luxembourg_City_from_Adolphe_Bridge_01.jpg/170px-Luxembourg_City_from_Adolphe_Bridge_01.jpg" width="170" height="113" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Luxembourg_City_from_Adolphe_Bridge_01.jpg/255px-Luxembourg_City_from_Adolphe_Bridge_01.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Luxembourg_City_from_Adolphe_Bridge_01.jpg/340px-Luxembourg_City_from_Adolphe_Bridge_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4178" data-file-height="2786"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg_City_from_Adolphe_Bridge_01.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_Cathedral,_Luxembourg" title="Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg">Notre-Dame Cathedral</a>, Luxembourg City</div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Religion">Religion</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Religion">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Luxembourg" title="Religion in Luxembourg">Religion in Luxembourg</a></div> <p>Luxembourg is a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_state" title="Secular state">secular state</a>, but the state recognises certain religions as officially mandated religions. This gives the state a hand in religious administration and appointment of clergy, in exchange for which the state pays certain running costs and wages. Currently, religions covered by such arrangements are <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" title="Roman Catholicism" class="mw-redirect">Roman Catholicism</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodoxy" title="Greek Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect">Greek Orthodoxy</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglicanism</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodoxy</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennonitism" title="Mennonitism" class="mw-redirect">Mennonitism</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span>[</span>121<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Since 1980 it has been illegal for the government to collect statistics on religious beliefs or practices.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span>[</span>122<span>]</span></a></sup> An estimation by the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook">CIA Factbook</a> for the year 2000 is that 87% of Luxembourgers are <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>, including the royal family, the remaining 13% being made up of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslims</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestants</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox Christians</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>, and those of other or <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">no religion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_World_Factbook_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook-123"><span>[</span>123<span>]</span></a></sup> According to a 2010 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Research Center</a> study 70.4% are Christian, 2.3% Muslim, 26.8% unaffiliated and 0.5% other religions<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span>[</span>124<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>According to a 2005 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobarometer" title="Eurobarometer">Eurobarometer poll</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-EUROBAROMETER_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EUROBAROMETER-125"><span>[</span>125<span>]</span></a></sup> 44% of Luxembourg citizens responded that "they believe there is a <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>", whereas 28% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 22% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force".</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:University_luxemburg_lmp_main.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/University_luxemburg_lmp_main.jpg/220px-University_luxemburg_lmp_main.jpg" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/University_luxemburg_lmp_main.jpg/330px-University_luxemburg_lmp_main.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/University_luxemburg_lmp_main.jpg/440px-University_luxemburg_lmp_main.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:University_luxemburg_lmp_main.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Luxembourg" title="University of Luxembourg">University of Luxembourg</a> is the only university in the country.</div> </div> </div> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_secondary_schools_in_Luxembourg" title="List of secondary schools in Luxembourg">List of secondary schools in Luxembourg</a></div> <p>The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Luxembourg" title="University of Luxembourg">University of Luxembourg</a> is the only university in the country.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Health">Health</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Health">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Luxembourg sells the most alcohol in Europe per capita.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span>[</span>126<span>]</span></a></sup> However, the large proportion of alcohol purchased by customers from neighbouring countries contributes to the statistically high level of alcohol sales per capita; this level of alcohol sales is thus not representative of the actual alcohol consumption of the Luxembourg population.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span>[</span>127<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Culture">Culture</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Culture">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main articles: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Luxembourg" title="Culture of Luxembourg">Culture of Luxembourg</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_Luxembourg" title="National symbols of Luxembourg">National symbols of Luxembourg</a></div> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:172px;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Steichen.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Edward_Steichen.jpg/170px-Edward_Steichen.jpg" width="170" height="335" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Edward_Steichen.jpg/255px-Edward_Steichen.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Edward_Steichen.jpg/340px-Edward_Steichen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="874"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Steichen.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Steichen" title="Edward Steichen">Edward Steichen</a>, Luxembourgish photographer and painter</div> </div> </div> <p>Luxembourg has been overshadowed by the culture of its neighbours. It retains a number of folk traditions, having been for much of its history a profoundly rural country. There are several notable museums, located mostly in the capital. These include the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_History_and_Art" title="National Museum of History and Art">National Museum of History and Art</a> (MNHA), the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_City_History_Museum" title="Luxembourg City History Museum">Luxembourg City History Museum</a>, and the new <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Jean_Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art" class="mw-redirect">Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art</a> (Mudam). The <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Military_History_(Luxembourg)" title="National Museum of Military History (Luxembourg)">National Museum of Military History (MNHM)</a> in Diekirch is especially known for its representations of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>. The city of Luxembourg itself is on the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_List" title="World Heritage List" class="mw-redirect">World Heritage List</a>, on account of the historical importance of its fortifications.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span>[</span>128<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The country has produced some internationally knowned artists, including the painters <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9o_Kerg" title="Théo Kerg">Théo Kerg</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kutter" title="Joseph Kutter">Joseph Kutter</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Majerus" title="Michel Majerus">Michel Majerus</a>, and photographer <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Steichen" title="Edward Steichen">Edward Steichen</a>, whose <i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_of_Man" title="The Family of Man">The Family of Man</a></i> exhibition has been placed on UNESCO's <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Programme" title="Memory of the World Programme">Memory of the World</a> register, and is now permanently housed in <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clervaux" title="Clervaux">Clervaux</a>. Movie star <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Young" title="Loretta Young">Loretta Young</a> was of Luxembourgish descent.</p> <p>Luxembourg was the first city to be named <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Capital_of_Culture" title="European Capital of Culture">European Capital of Culture</a> twice. The first time was in 1995. In 2007, the European Capital of Culture<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span>[</span>129<span>]</span></a></sup> was to be a cross-border area consisting of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland in Germany, the Walloon Region and the German-speaking part of Belgium, and the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_(region)" title="Lorraine (region)">Lorraine</a> area in <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. The event was an attempt to promote mobility and the exchange of ideas, crossing borders in all areas, physical, psychological, artistic and emotional.</p> <p>Luxembourg was represented at the World <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2010" title="Expo 2010">Expo 2010</a> in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010 with its own pavilion.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span>[</span>130<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span>[</span>131<span>]</span></a></sup> The pavilion was based on the transliteration of the word Luxembourg into Chinese, "Lu Sen Bao", which means "Forest and Fortress". It represented Luxembourg as the "Green Heart in Europe".<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span>[</span>132<span>]</span></a></sup><br style="clear:both;"/></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Sports">Sports</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sports">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Luxembourg" title="Sport in Luxembourg">Sport in Luxembourg</a></div> <p>Unlike most countries in Europe, sport in Luxembourg is not concentrated upon a particular <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_sport" title="National sport">national sport</a>, but encompasses a number of sports, both <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_sport" title="Team sport">team</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_sport" title="Individual sport">individual</a>. Despite the lack of a central sporting focus, over 100,000 people in Luxembourg, which has a total population of only 512,353, are licensed members of one sports federation or another.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span>[</span>133<span>]</span></a></sup> The largest sports venue in the country is <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Coque" title="D'Coque">d'Coque</a>, an <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_arena" title="Indoor arena" class="mw-redirect">indoor arena</a> and Olympic swimming pool in <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchberg,_Luxembourg" title="Kirchberg, Luxembourg">Kirchberg</a>, north-eastern <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_City" title="Luxembourg City" class="mw-redirect">Luxembourg City</a>, which has a capacity of 8,300. The arena is used for basketball, handball, gymnastics, and volleyball, including the final of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Women%27s_European_Volleyball_Championship" title="2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship">2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship</a>. The largest, and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_stadium" title="National stadium" class="mw-redirect">national</a>, stadium is the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Josy_Barthel" title="Stade Josy Barthel">Stade Josy Barthel</a>, in western Luxembourg City; named after the country's only official Olympic gold medallist, the stadium has a capacity of 8,054.</p> <p>Notable sportspeople include (see also <i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Luxembourgish_Sportspeople_of_the_Year" title="List of Luxembourgish Sportspeople of the Year" class="mw-redirect">List of Luxembourgish Sportspeople of the Year</a></i>):</p> <ul> <li>Alpine skier <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Girardelli" title="Marc Girardelli">Marc Girardelli</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIS_Alpine_Ski_World_Cup" title="FIS Alpine Ski World Cup">World Cup</a> overall champion five times between 1985 and 1993</li> <li>Cyclists <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Frantz" title="Nicolas Frantz">Nicolas Frantz</a>, winner of the 1927 and 1928 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tours_de_France" title="Tours de France" class="mw-redirect">Tours de France</a>; <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly_Gaul" title="Charly Gaul">Charly Gaul</a>, winner of the 1956 and 1959 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giri_d%27Italia" title="Giri d'Italia" class="mw-redirect">Giri d'Italia</a>; <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsy_Jacobs" title="Elsy Jacobs">Elsy Jacobs</a>, first ever <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_road_race" title="UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race">women's Road World Champion</a> in 1958; and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Schleck" title="Andy Schleck">Andy Schleck</a>, winner of the 2011 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France" title="Tour de France">Tour de France</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-distance_runner" title="Middle-distance runner" class="mw-redirect">Middle-distance runner</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josy_Barthel" title="Josy Barthel">Josy Barthel</a>, winner of the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_1500_metres" title="Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres">men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li>1961 <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_water_skiing_champion" title="World water skiing champion" class="mw-redirect">world water skiing champion</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvie_H%C3%BClsemann" title="Sylvie Hülsemann">Sylvie Hülsemann</a></li> <li>Tennis players <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Kremer" title="Anne Kremer">Anne Kremer</a>, <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Minella" title="Mandy Minella">Mandy Minella</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_M%C3%BCller" title="Gilles Müller">Gilles Müller</a></li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Cuisine">Cuisine</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Cuisine">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_cuisine" title="Luxembourg cuisine">Luxembourg cuisine</a></div> <p>Luxembourg cuisine reflects its position on the border between the Latin and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic</a> worlds, being heavily influenced by the cuisines of neighboring <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and Germany. More recently, it has been enriched by its many <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> immigrants.</p> <p>Most native Luxembourg dishes, consumed as the traditional daily fare, share roots in the country's <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasantry" title="Peasantry" class="mw-redirect">peasantry</a>, as in <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cuisine" title="German cuisine">Germany</a>, in marked contrast to the more sophisticated<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cuisine" title="French cuisine">French</a>.</p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JuddMatGaardebounen_Beer.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/JuddMatGaardebounen_Beer.JPG/80px-JuddMatGaardebounen_Beer.JPG" width="80" height="120" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/JuddMatGaardebounen_Beer.JPG/120px-JuddMatGaardebounen_Beer.JPG 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/JuddMatGaardebounen_Beer.JPG/159px-JuddMatGaardebounen_Beer.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judd_mat_Gaardebounen" title="Judd mat Gaardebounen">Judd mat Gaardebounen</a></i> served with boiled potatoes and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diekirch" title="Diekirch">Diekirch</a> beer</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bouneschlupp16.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Bouneschlupp16.jpg/120px-Bouneschlupp16.jpg" width="120" height="90" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Bouneschlupp16.jpg/180px-Bouneschlupp16.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Bouneschlupp16.jpg/240px-Bouneschlupp16.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2775" data-file-height="2074"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouneschlupp" title="Bouneschlupp">Bouneschlupp</a></i> is considered to be a Luxemburgish national dish</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tr%C3%A4ipen.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Tr%C3%A4ipen.jpg/120px-Tr%C3%A4ipen.jpg" width="120" height="90" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Tr%C3%A4ipen.jpg/180px-Tr%C3%A4ipen.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Tr%C3%A4ipen.jpg/240px-Tr%C3%A4ipen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A4ipen" title="Träipen">Träipen</a></i>, sometimes <i>treipen</i>, is the Luxembourg variant of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding" title="Black pudding">black pudding</a></p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Media">Media</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Media">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The main languages of media in Luxembourg are French and German. The newspaper with the largest circulation is the German-language daily <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburger_Wort" title="Luxemburger Wort">Luxemburger Wort</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span>[</span>134<span>]</span></a></sup> In addition there are both English and Portuguese radio and national print publications but accurate audience figures are difficult to gauge since the national media survey by ILRES <sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span>[</span>135<span>]</span></a></sup> is conducted in French.</p> <p>Luxembourg is known in Europe for its radio and television stations (<a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg_(French)" title="Radio Luxembourg (French)" class="mw-redirect">Radio Luxembourg</a> and <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTL_Group" title="RTL Group">RTL Group</a>). It is also the uplink home of <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SES_S.A." title="SES S.A.">SES</a>, carrier of major European satellite services for Germany and Britain.</p> <p>Due to a 1988 law that established a special tax scheme for audiovisual investment, the film and co-production in Luxembourg has grown steadily.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span>[</span>136<span>]</span></a></sup> There are some 30 registered production companies in Luxembourg.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span>[</span>137<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span>[</span>138<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Luxembourg has won an <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a> in 2014 in the <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Animated_Short_Film" title="Academy Award for Animated Short Film" class="mw-redirect">Animated Short Films</a> category with <i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Hublot" title="Mr Hublot">Mr Hublot</a></i>.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Luxembourg" title="Outline of Luxembourg">Outline of Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Luxembourg" title="Architecture of Luxembourg">Architecture of Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Luxembourg" title="List of castles in Luxembourg">List of castles in Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_leaks" title="Luxembourg leaks" class="mw-redirect">Luxembourg leaks</a></li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist references-column-width" style="-moz-column-width: 30em; -webkit-column-width: 30em; column-width: 30em; list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://www.lequotidien.lu/politique-et-societe/55384.html">[1]</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" since April 2015">dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup></span></li> <li id="cite_note-imf2-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-imf2_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-imf2_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-imf2_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-imf2_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=47&pr.y=10&sy=2010&ey=2015&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=137&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=">"Luxembourg"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-04-02</span></span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuxembourg&rft.btitle=Film+Fund+Luxembourg&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fen.filmfund.lu%2Fthe-film-fund%2Fmission%2Findex.php&rft.pub=En.filmfund.lu&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-138"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-138">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://www.cna.public.lu/film/infos-pratiques/index-professionnels/societes-production-studios/index.html">"Luxembourgish Film Production Companies"</a>. Cna.public.lu<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-04-02</span></span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuxembourg&rft.btitle=Luxembourgish+Film+Production+Companies&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cna.public.lu%2Ffilm%2Finfos-pratiques%2Findex-professionnels%2Fsocietes-production-studios%2Findex.html&rft.pub=Cna.public.lu&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> </ol> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Further_reading">Further reading</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><span class="citation book">Kreins, Jean-Marie (2003). <i>Histoire du Luxembourg</i> (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presses_Universitaires_de_France" title="Presses Universitaires de France">Presses Universitaires de France</a>. <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-13-053852-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-13-053852-3">978-2-13-053852-3</a>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuxembourg&rft.aufirst=Jean-Marie&rft.au=Kreins%2C+Jean-Marie&rft.aulast=Kreins&rft.btitle=Histoire+du+Luxembourg&rft.date=2003&rft.edition=3rd&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=978-2-13-053852-3&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Presses+Universitaires+de+France&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></li> <li><span class="citation book">Thewes, Guy (July 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://www.gouvernement.lu/publications/download/gouvernements_1848_2.pdf"><i>Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848</i></a> (PDF) (in French) (Édition limitée ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-87999-118-8" title="Special:BookSources/2-87999-118-8">2-87999-118-8</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 July</span> 2007</span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuxembourg&rft.aufirst=Guy&rft.aulast=Thewes&rft.au=Thewes%2C+Guy&rft.btitle=Les+gouvernements+du+Grand-Duch%C3%A9+de+Luxembourg+depuis+1848&rft.date=July+2003&rft.edition=%C3%89dition+limit%C3%A9e&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gouvernement.lu%2Fpublications%2Fdownload%2Fgouvernements_1848_2.pdf&rft.isbn=2-87999-118-8&rft.place=Luxembourg+City&rft.pub=Service+Information+et+Presse&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://www.mediacom.public.lu/comm_elec/plan_action_TIC-mars2009/Plan_d_action_TIC_-_LU2009.pdf">Plan d'action national luxembourgeois en matière de TIC et de haut-débit</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://www.mediacom.public.lu/comm_elec/plan_action_TIC-mars2009/Plan_d_action_TIC_-_LU2009.pdf">CEE- Europe’s Digital Competitiveness Report –Volume 2: i2010 –ICT Country Profiles- page 40-41</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://www.luxembourgforict.lu/en/news/2009/10/Lu-Cix/Lucix_EN.pdf">Inauguration of LU-CIX</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://www.eu2005.lu/en/savoir_lux/culture/culture_mouvement/index.php">Art and Culture in Luxembourg</a></li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luxembourg&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span 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src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300"/> </span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td> <td style="width:33%"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/North.svg/17px-North.svg.png" title="North" width="17" height="17" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/North.svg/26px-North.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/North.svg/34px-North.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="17" data-file-height="17"/></td> <td style="width:33%" rowspan="3"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" width="23" height="14" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"/> </span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:33%"> <table style="width:100%"> <tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right"> <div class="floatright"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/West.svg/17px-West.svg.png" title="West" width="17" height="17" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/West.svg/26px-West.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/West.svg/34px-West.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="17" data-file-height="17"/></div> </td> <td style="width:0%; text-align: center" nowrap="nowrap">  <b><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" width="23" height="14" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"/> </span><strong class="selflink">Luxembourg</strong></b>  </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left"> <div class="floatleft"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Boxed_East_arrow.svg/17px-Boxed_East_arrow.svg.png" title="East" width="17" height="17" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Boxed_East_arrow.svg/26px-Boxed_East_arrow.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"/> </span><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td style="width:33%"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, 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of Luxembourg">Partitions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_occupations_of_Luxembourg" title="Military occupations of Luxembourg">Military occupations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Luxembourg" title="History of the Jews in Luxembourg">Jewish history</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:History_of_Luxembourg" title="Category:History of Luxembourg"><i>more...</i></a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Luxembourg" title="Geography of Luxembourg">Geography</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks 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City" class="mw-redirect">Luxembourg City</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarters_of_Luxembourg_City" title="Quarters of Luxembourg City">quarters</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Luxembourg" title="Extreme points of Luxembourg">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutland_(Luxembourg)" title="Gutland (Luxembourg)">Gutland</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Switzerland_(Luxembourg)" title="Little Switzerland (Luxembourg)">Little Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_plateau" title="Luxembourg plateau">Luxembourg plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moselle_Valley" title="Moselle Valley" class="mw-redirect">Moselle Valley</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect">list</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Luxembourger" title="Portuguese Luxembourger">Portuguese Luxembourger</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Luxembourgian_people" title="Category:Luxembourgian people"><i>more...</i></a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Luxembourg" title="Culture of Luxembourg">Culture</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Boy_Scouts_Association" title="Luxembourg Boy Scouts Association">Boy Scouts</a></li> <li><a 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title="Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150409005451/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a 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href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburg" title="Luksemburg – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et">Eesti</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BE%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF" title="Λουξεμβούργο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el">Ελληνικά</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lussemb%C3%BBrgh" title="Lussembûrgh – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="eml" hreflang="eml">Emiliàn e rumagnòl</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Люксембург Мастор – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv">Эрзянь</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es"><a 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="لوکزامبورگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa">فارسی</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif">Fiji Hindi</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemborg" title="Luksemborg – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo">Føroyskt</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(pays)" title="Luxembourg (pays) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr">Français</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BAksemboarch_(l%C3%A2n)" title="Lúksemboarch (lân) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy">Frysk</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksammbuur" title="Luksammbuur – Fulah" lang="ff" hreflang="ff">Fulfulde</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lussemburc" title="Lussemburc – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur">Furlan</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucsamburg" title="Lucsamburg – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga">Gaeilge</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucsemburg" title="Lucsemburg – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv">Gaelg</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCksemburg" title="Lüksemburg – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag">Gagauz</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucsamburg" title="Lucsamburg – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd">Gàidhlig</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgo" title="Luxemburgo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl">Galego</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9D%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%97" title="લક્ઝેમ્બર્ગ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B9-s%C3%AAm-p%C3%B3" title="Lù-sêm-pó – Hakka" lang="hak" hreflang="hak">客家語/Hak-kâ-ngî</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D2%AF%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D2%BB%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B3" title="Лүксин Балһсна Нутг – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal">Хальмг</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A9%EC%85%88%EB%B6%80%EB%A5%B4%ED%81%AC" title="룩셈부르크 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko">한국어</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksamburg" title="Luksamburg – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha">Hausa</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukemapuka" title="Lukemapuka – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw">Hawai`i</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%84%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A3" title="Լյուքսեմբուրգ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy">Հայերեն</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97" title="लक्ज़मबर्ग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi">हिन्दी</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgska" title="Luxemburgska – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb">Hornjoserbsce</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburg" title="Luksemburg – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr">Hrvatski</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgia" title="Luxemburgia – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io">Ido</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo">Ilokano</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97" title="লুক্সেমবুর্গ – Bishnupuriya Manipuri" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy">বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburg" title="Luksemburg – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg" title="Luxemburg – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia">Interlingua</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgia" title="Luxemburgia – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie">Interlingue</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Люксембург (паддзахад) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os">Ирон</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BAxemborg" title="Lúxemborg – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is">Íslenska</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lussemburgo" title="Lussemburgo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it">Italiano</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92" title="לוקסמבורג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he">עברית</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburg" title="Luksemburg – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv">Basa Jawa</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://kl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(nunaat)" title="Luxembourg (nunaat) – Kalaallisut" lang="kl" hreflang="kl">Kalaallisut</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgo" title="Luxemburgo – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam">Kapampangan</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Люксембург – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc">Къарачай-малкъар</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%92%E1%83%98" title="ლუქსემბურგი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka">ქართული</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemb%C3%B9rsk%C3%B4" title="Luksembùrskô – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb">Kaszëbsczi</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Люксембург – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk">Қазақша</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lushaborg" title="Lushaborg – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw">Kernowek</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugizamburu" title="Lugizamburu – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw">Kinyarwanda</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg" title="Luxemburg – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw">Kiswahili</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Люксембург – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv">Коми</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg">Kongo</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liksanbou_(peyi)" title="Liksanbou (peyi) – Haitian" lang="ht" hreflang="ht">Kreyòl ayisyen</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BBksemb%C3%BBrg" title="Lûksembûrg – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku">Kurdî</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Люксембург – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky">Кыргызча</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburgo" title="Luksemburgo – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad">Ladino</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Люксембург – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez">Лезги</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B9%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%8A%E0%BA%B3%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%81" title="ປະເທດລູກຊຳບວກ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo">ລາວ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ltg"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ltg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburga" title="Luksemburga – Latgalian" lang="ltg" hreflang="ltg">Latgaļu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgum" title="Luxemburgum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la">Latina</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburga" title="Luksemburga – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv">Latviešu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ABtzebuerg_(Land)" title="Lëtzebuerg (Land) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle" title="good article"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liuksemburgas" title="Liuksemburgas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt">Lietuvių</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgo" title="Luxemburgo – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij">Ligure</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemb%C3%B6rg_(land)" title="Luxembörg (land) – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li">Limburgs</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksamburg" title="Luksamburg – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln">Lingála</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/lEtsyburg" title="lEtsyburg – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo">Lojban</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCssemburgh" title="Lüssemburgh – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo">Lumbaart</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg" title="Luxemburg – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu">Magyar</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Луксембург – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk">Македонски</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loksemborga" title="Loksemborga – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg">Malagasy</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D" title="ലക്സംബർഗ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml">മലയാളം</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lussemburgu" title="Lussemburgu – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt">Malti</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakapu%C5%8D" title="Rakapuō – Maori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi">Māori</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9D%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97" title="लक्झेंबर्ग – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr">मराठी</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%92%E1%83%98" title="ლუქსემბურგი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf">მარგალური</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC" title="لوكسيمبورج – Egyptian Spoken Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz">مصرى</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="لوکزامبورگ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn">مازِرونی</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms">Bahasa Melayu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Min Dong Chinese" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo">Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80" title="Люксембур – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf">Мокшень</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Люксембург – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn">Монгол</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B0%E1%80%87%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%98%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6" title="လူဇင်ဘတ်နိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgo" title="Luxemburgo – Nāhuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah">Nāhuatl</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-na"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://na.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruketemburg" title="Ruketemburg – Nauru" lang="na" hreflang="na">Dorerin Naoero</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg_(land)" title="Luxemburg (land) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl">Nederlands</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg_(laand)" title="Luxemburg (laand) – Low Saxon (Netherlands)" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL">Nedersaksies</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97" title="लक्जेम्बर्ग – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne">नेपाली</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97" title="लक्जेम्बर्ग – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new">नेपाल भाषा</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF" title="ルクセンブルク – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja">日本語</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Люксембург – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce">Нохчийн</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemborj" title="Luxemborj – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr">Nordfriisk</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemborg" title="Luksemborg – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih">Norfuk / Pitkern</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Norwegian (bokmål)" lang="no" hreflang="no">Norsk bokmål</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn">Norsk nynorsk</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Nouormand" lang="nrm" hreflang="nrm">Nouormand</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgia" title="Luxemburgia – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov">Novial</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemborg_(estat)" title="Luxemborg (estat) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc">Occitan</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Люксембург – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr">Олык марий</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%B2%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%97" title="ଲକ୍ସମବର୍ଗ – Oriya" lang="or" hreflang="or">ଓଡ଼ିଆ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laaksembargi" title="Laaksembargi – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om">Oromoo</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyuksemburg" title="Lyuksemburg – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz">Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%97" title="ਲਕਸਮਬਰਗ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pfl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pfl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugsebursch" title="Lugsebursch – Palatine German" lang="pfl" hreflang="pfl">Pälzisch</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="لکسمبرگ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb">پنجابی</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap">Papiamentu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="لوگزامبورگ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps">پښتو</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-koi"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://koi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Лецебург – Komi-Permyak" lang="koi" hreflang="koi">Перем Коми</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lussimbourk" title="Lussimbourk – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd">Picard</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lussemborgh" title="Lussemborgh – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms">Piemontèis</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemborg" title="Luxemborg – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds">Plattdüütsch</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburg" title="Luksemburg – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl">Polski</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnt"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pnt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BE%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF" title="Λουξεμβούργο – Pontic" lang="pnt" hreflang="pnt">Ποντιακά</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgo" title="Luxemburgo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt">Português</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyuksemburg" title="Lyuksemburg – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa">Qaraqalpaqsha</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCksemburg" title="Lüksemburg – Crimean Turkish" lang="crh" hreflang="crh">Qırımtatarca</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg" title="Luxemburg – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh">Ripoarisch</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg" title="Luxemburg – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro">Română</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburgo" title="Luksemburgo – Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy">Romani</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg" title="Luxemburg – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm">Rumantsch</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksimbur" title="Luksimbur – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu">Runa Simi</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Луксембурьско – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue">Русиньскый</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Люксембург – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru">Русский</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D2%AF%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Лүксембург – Sakha" lang="sah" hreflang="sah">Саха тыла</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg" title="Luxemburg – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se">Sámegiella</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97" title="लक्सम्बर्ग – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa">संस्कृतम्</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lussemburgu" title="Lussemburgu – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc">Sardu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco">Scots</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembuurich" title="Luxembuurich – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq">Seeltersk</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburgu" title="Luksemburgu – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq">Shqip</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lussimburgu" title="Lussimburgu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn">Sicilianu</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Simple English" lang="simple" hreflang="simple">Simple English</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusembogu" title="Lusembogu – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss">SiSwati</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembursko" title="Luxembursko – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk">Slovenčina</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburg" title="Luksemburg – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl">Slovenščina</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D1%AF%D1%94%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8A" title="Люѯємбоургъ – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu">Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksymburg" title="Luksymburg – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl">Ślůnski</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburg" title="Luksemburg – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so">Soomaaliga</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%95%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="لوکسەمبورگ – Sorani Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb">کوردی</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-srn"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://srn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburgkondre" title="Luksemburgkondre – Sranan Tongo" lang="srn" hreflang="srn">Sranantongo</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Луксембург – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr">Српски / srpski</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburg" title="Luksemburg – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luksemburg" title="Luksemburg – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su">Basa Sunda</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle" title="recommended article"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg" title="Luxemburg – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi">Suomi</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg" title="Luxemburg – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv">Svenska</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409005451/http://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl">Tagalog</a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta"><a 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