Hesperange

Commune in Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Hesperange

Hesper

Commune

View on Hesperange with its castle

Coat of arms

Map of Luxembourg with Hesperange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red

Coordinates: 49°34′15″N 6°09′05″E﻿ / ﻿49.5708°N 6.1514°E﻿ / 49.5708; 6.1514Coordinates: 49°34′15″N 6°09′05″E﻿ / ﻿49.5708°N 6.1514°E﻿ / 49.5708; 6.1514
Country|  Luxembourg
Canton| Luxembourg
Area

• Total| 27.22 km2 (10.51 sq mi)
• Rank| 32nd of 102
Highest elevation

| 334 m (1,096 ft)
• Rank| 90th of 102
Lowest elevation

| 255 m (837 ft)
• Rank| 58th  of 102
Population

(2018)

• Total| 15,246
• Rank| 7th of 102
• Density| 560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Rank| 14th of 102
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2| LU0000303
Website| hesperange.lu

Hesperange (French pronunciation: ​[ɛspəʁɑ̃ʒ]; Luxembourgish: Hesper [ˈhæspɐ]; German: Hesperingen) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located south-east of Luxembourg City.

The total population of the commune is 14.701 people. This breaks down into 6.909 Luxembourgers, 2.021 French, 1.758 Portuguese, 1.052 Italians, 627 Belgians, 514 Germans, 241 Spanish, 207 British, 190 Polish, 106 Dutch, and 1.076 persons of other nationalities. (2014 official data)

As of 2008[update], the town of Hesperange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 2.651. Other towns within the commune include Alzingen, Fentange, Howald, and Itzig. Each of these five towns has a population of over 1,000, making Hesperange unique amongst Luxembourgian communes in having five towns with over a thousand inhabitants (see: List of towns in Luxembourg by population).

The mayor of the commune is Marc Lies.

Hesperange Castle, now a ruin, has a history dating from the 13th century.[1]

Hesperange has a park called Hesper Park which has a memorial commemorating the death of three American soldiers who died in a tank accident on the nearby bridge over the Alzette river on 26 December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.

## Population[edit]

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## Twin towns — sister cities[edit]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Luxembourg

Hesperange is twinned with:[3]

* Malchin, Germany
* Szerencs, Hungary

## Sports[edit]

Hesperange is home of FC Swift Hesperange, a football club that plays in the top-flight National Division. The club's home games are played at Stade Alphonse Theis. They have won the Luxembourg Cup on one occasion (1989–90).

## Gallery[edit]

* Municipality Building

* Hesperange at Night

* Highway Bridge

* Winter Fields

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Hesperange: History", Association des châteaux luxembourgeois. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
2. ^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. ^ "Jumelage". hesperange.lu (in French). Hesperange. Retrieved 2019-09-04.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Hesperange at Wikimedia Commons
* Commune de Hesperange (Municipality of Hesperange)
* Friends of the History of Hesperange
* Hesperange Schools

Places adjacent to Hesperange

|  | Luxembourg City | Sandweiler

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Hesperange

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