Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourgish) Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (French) Großherzogtum Luxemburg (German) Flag Coat of arms Motto: " Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn " "We want to stay what we are" Anthem: "Ons Heemecht" ("Our Homeland") Royal anthem: "De Wilhelmus" a Location of Luxembourg (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union ...
Towns and rivers in Luxembourg. Luxembourg is a small country located in the Low Countries, part of North-West Europe.It borders Belgium for 148 kilometres (92 miles) to the west and north, France (73 km [45 mi]) to the south, and Germany (138 km [86 mi]) to the east.
Luxembourg – small sovereign country located in Western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. [1] Luxembourg has a population of half a million people in an area of approximately 2,586 square kilometres (999 sq mi). [2] Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarchy, ruled by a Grand Duke.
Luxembourg (/ ˈ l ʌ k s əm b ɜːr ɡ /; French: Luxembourg [lyksɑ̃buʁ] ⓘ; Dutch: Luxemburg [ˈlyksəmˌbʏr(ə)x] ⓘ; German: Luxemburg [ˈlʊksm̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg [ˈlətsəbuəɕ] ⓘ; Walloon: Lussimbork), also called Belgian Luxembourg or West Luxembourg, [5] [6] is the southernmost province of Wallonia within Belgium.
The Low Countries as seen from NASA space satellite. The Low Countries (Dutch: de Lage Landen; French: les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the ...
Luxembourg Airport (IATA: LUX, ICAO: ELLX) is the main airport in Luxembourg. Previously called Luxembourg Findel Airport ( French : aéroport de Luxembourg-Findel ) due to its location at Findel , it is Luxembourg's only international airport and is the only airport in the country with a paved runway .
Luxembourg's fortress, located on a rocky outcrop known as the Bock, was steadily enlarged and strengthened over the years by successive owners. Some of these included the Bourbons , Habsburgs and Hohenzollerns , who made it one of the strongest fortresses on the European continent, the Fortress of Luxembourg .
The council would also have to hold sessions in Luxembourg City during April, June and October. It also confirmed Strasbourg as the seat of the Parliament. [2] With the prioritisation of Luxembourg City for future institutions, in 1977 the Court of Auditors became provisionally located in Luxembourg City. [28]