Rumelange

Rumelange

Rëmeleng
Rumelange ; Rëmeleng
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Map of Luxembourg with Rumelange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
	Coordinates: 49°27′35″N 6°01′50″E / 49.4597°N 6.0306°ECoordinates: 49°27′35″N 6°01′50″E / 49.4597°N 6.0306°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Esch-sur-Alzette
Area
• Total	6.83 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Area rank	101st of 102
Highest elevation	432 m (1,417 ft)
• Rank	27th of 102
Lowest elevation	287 m (942 ft)
• Rank	88th of 102
Population (2018)
• Total	5,545
• Rank	26th of 102
• Density	810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
• Density rank	9th of 102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
	LU0000212
Website	rumelange.lu

Rumelange (Luxembourgish: Rëmeleng [ˈʀəməleŋ] (listen); German: Rümelingen) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg, on the border with France.

Populated places[]

The commune consists of the following villages:

Rumelange
(lieu-dit)

History[]

Rumelange was formed on 25 September 1891, when it was detached from the commune of Kayl. The law forming Rumelange was passed on 27 June 1891.^[1]

Population[]

As of the 1 February 2011 census, the commune had a population of 5,038. As of 2008, the town of Rumelange, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 4,818.

Museum[]

It is the site of some of the underground iron mines no longer in operation. Rumelange is home to Luxembourg's National Mining Museum.^[2]

Inside the National Mining Museum

Notable people[]

Batty Weber (1860–1940) an influential journalist and author
Alfred Kieffer (1904–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
Foni Tissen (1909–1975) a Luxembourg schoolteacher and artist of hyperrealistic, darkly humorous paintings
Emile Kirscht (1913–1994) a Luxembourg painter and a co-founder of the Iconomaques group of abstract artists in Luxembourg ^[3]
Ernest Toussaint (1908-1942) boxer, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics; resistance member

Twin towns — sister cities[]

Rumelange is twinned with:^[4]

Petnjica, Montenegro

References[]

^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1891, No. 38" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
^ "National Mining Museum" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
^ "Emile Kirscht", Luxemburger Lexikon, Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg 2006
^ "Potpisivanje sporazuma o bratimljenju Opštine Petnjica sa Opštinom Rumelange u Luksemburgu". petnjica.co.me (in Montenegrin). Opština Petnjica. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-09-04.