Esch-Sur-Alzette: City in Luxembourg

Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-Uelzecht
Commune
The town seen from the Gaalgebierg park
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Esch-sur-Alzette highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°29′49″N 5°58′50″E / 49.4969°N 5.9806°E / 49.4969; 5.9806
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Esch-sur-Alzette
Government
• Mayor	Mischo Georges (CSV)
Area
• Total	14.35 km2 (5.54 sq mi)
• Rank	81st of 102
Highest elevation	426 m (1,398 ft)
• Rank	32nd of 102
Lowest elevation	279 m (915 ft)
• Rank	84th of 102
Population  (2020)
• Total	36,218
• Rank	2nd of 102
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
• Rank	63rd of 102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000204
Website	esch.lu

The town is usually referred to just as Esch, but there is also a village and commune further north, in the Wiltz canton, named Esch-sur-Sûre from which to distinguish it.

For a long time Esch-sur-Alzette was a small farming village in the valley of the Alzette river. This changed when important amounts of iron ore were found in the area in the 1850s. With the development of the mines and the steel industry the town's population multiplied tenfold in a couple of decades.

On 29 May 1906, Esch-sur-Alzette was promoted to city.

Esch-sur-Alzette is in the south-west of the country, on the border with France. It is the capital of the Red Lands region.

The commune is in the valley of the Alzette river, a right tributary of the Sauer river and which flows through the town, and has an area of 14.4 km² (5.6 sq mi). The altitude is 279–426 m (915–1,398 ft) high. At the city hall, the altitude is 287 m (942 ft) high.

Esch-sur-Alzette is surrounded by six communes of Luxembourg: Mondercange to the north, Schifflange to the northeast, Kayl to the east, Rumelange to the southeast and Sanem to the northwest. To the southwest, the commune borders the Audun-le-Tiche commune in the Moselle department of France; and to the west Russange also in the Moselle department.

There were 34,378 persons living in the commune in 2017, for a population density of 2,387.4 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette is twinned withː

 

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  Building in Esch-sur-Alzette
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  Théâtre d’Esch
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  Synagogue of Esch-sur-Alzette
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  Saint Joseph Couch

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