Colmar-Berg

Colmar-Berg

Colmer-Bierg
Colmar-Berg ; Colmer-Bierg
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Map of Luxembourg with Colmar-Berg highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
	Coordinates: 49°48′40″N 6°05′50″E / 49.8111°N 6.0972°ECoordinates: 49°48′40″N 6°05′50″E / 49.8111°N 6.0972°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Mersch
Area
• Total	12.31 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Area rank	88th of 102
Highest elevation	372 m (1,220 ft)
• Rank	73rd of 102
Lowest elevation	201 m (659 ft)
• Rank	26th of 102
Population (2018)
• Total	2,218
• Rank	65th of 102
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
• Density rank	44th of 102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
	LU0000401
Website	colmar-berg.lu

Colmar-Berg (Luxembourgish: Colmer-Bierg, German: Colmar-Berg) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Attert and Alzette.

As of 2005, the town of Colmar-Berg, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 1,711. Colmar-Berg is the site of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg's principal residence, Berg Castle. It is also the site of a Goodyear tyre factory.

The commune was known as simply "Berg" until 25 March 1991.^[1]

The "Centre de Formation pour Conducteurs" (French for "Drivers' Training Centre") is also in Colmar-Berg. Every person has to make an "Obligatory Course" after they got their driving license in order for it to become a definitive license. This has to be done in the timespan after three months and before two years after the person passed their practical driving test.

Grand Duke's castle

References[]

^ "Mémorial A, 1991, No. 25" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-07-18.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

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[1] "Mémorial A, 1991, No. 25" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-07-18.^{[permanent dead link]}

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