Schifflange

Schifflange

Schëffleng
Schifflange ; Schëffleng
Commune
	The railway station and bell tower
	Coat of arms
	Map of Luxembourg with Schifflange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
	Coordinates: 49°30′20″N 6°00′45″E / 49.5056°N 6.0125°ECoordinates: 49°30′20″N 6°00′45″E / 49.5056°N 6.0125°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Esch-sur-Alzette
Government
• Mayor	Paul Weimerskirch (CSV)
Area
• Total	7.71 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Area rank	99th of 102
Highest elevation	406 m (1,332 ft)
• Rank	44th of 102
Lowest elevation	275 m (902 ft)
• Rank	76th of 102
Population (2018)
• Total	10,750
• Rank	9th of 102
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
• Density rank	4th of 102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
	LU0000214
Website	schifflange.lu

Schifflange (Luxembourgish: Schëffleng pronounced [ˈʃəfleŋ] (listen), German: Schifflingen) is a commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette.

As of 2014, the town of Schifflange, which lies in the west of the commune, has a population of 9,332.^{[citation needed]}

Schifflange was formed on 15 August 1876, when it was detached from the commune of Esch-sur-Alzette. The law forming Schifflange was passed on the 6 July 1876.^[1]

Steelworks[]

A steelworks in Schifflange was founded in 1871 by the Metz family as Usine METZ (Esch-Schifflange), the steelworks became part of ARBED in 1911. In the 1980s the plant was converted to the continuous casting of blooms, then in the 90s an electric furnace installed.^[2] In 1994 the company merged with the Belgian company Métallurgique et Minière de Rodange-Athus (MMRA) forming ARES (Aciéries Rodange Esch-Schifflange). In the first decade of the 21st century ownership passed from Arcelor to ArcelorMittal, in 2008 becoming ArcelorMittal Rodange and Schifflange S.A. together with the plant in Rodange.^[3]

Notable people[]

Gilles Müller, an ATP Tour tennis player.^{[citation needed]}
Miralem Pjanić, footballer with FC Schifflange 95.^[4]
Monique Scheier-Schneider, secretary of the Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation.^[5]

Twin towns — sister cities[]

Schifflange is twinned with:^[6]

Drusenheim, France

References[]

^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1876, No. 49" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
^ "ARBED - Esch - Schifflange". www.industrie.lu (in French).
^ "Presentation ArcelorMittal Rodange & Schifflange S.A." www.ares.lu.
^ Roma, A. S. (2016-06-07). "Miralem Pjanic: This is the story of my life". AS Roma. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ Aykroyd, Lucas (2015-05-17). "IIHF class of 2015 honoured". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
^ "Ville jumelée". schifflange.lu (in French). Schifflange. Retrieved 2019-09-04.