49°37'n 6°8'e constitutional monarchy -...

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Belgique

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France

Belgique

Deutsch

land

France

6°8'E49°37'N

1839

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Luxembourg,

the capital

Constitutional monarchy

Founding member of the EU

Decimal system: 1 kg = 1,000 g

Metric system: 1 m = 100 cm

Currency: 1 EUR = 100 cents

Luxembourg, one of the

three ’capitals’ of the EU

Xavier Bettel

Prime Minister,

Minister of State

National flag

Borders

Time zone

563,000

inhabitants

148 km

73 km

135 km

Year of its independence

HRH Grand Duke Henri

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CLIMATE, TERRITORY AND GEOGRAPHY

CLIMATE

JANUARY JULY1.4° C 18.6° C

(average)

The Valley of the

Seven Castles

The Land of the

Red Rocks

Sûre (135 km)

Maximum altitude (560 m)

WILWERDANGE WASSERBILLIG

The Moselle region

Moselle (38 km)

Minimum altitude (130 m)

The Ardennes

Alzette (68 km)

Woodland area

91,400 ha (35%)

Water surfaces (0.6%)

The Mullerthal region,

Luxembourg’s Little Switzerland

Luxembourg,

the capital


MULTICULTURAL POPULATION

Most populated cities

Dudelange

19,700

Differdange

24,300

Esch-sur-Alzette

33,300

Luxembourg

111,300

Foreign residents (45.9%)

563,000 inhabitants

+/- 170 different nationalities

live in Luxembourg

Luxembourgers (54.1%)

Portuguese (16.4%)

French (7.0%)

Italians (3.5%)

Belgians (3.3%)

Germans (2.3%)

Other nationalities

- EU 7.0%

- Third country nationals 6.5%


LINGUISTIC SITUATION

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At work

In secondary education

In early childhood

education

Legislative language

Administrative and

judicial languages

In everyday life

In the media

At work

Grand-ducal police

In fundamental education

At the Chamber of Deputies

(parliament)

National language:

Lëtzebuergesch


LABOUR MARKET

AdministrationFinance

Commerce

Social services

International

70%of the country's workforce are

immigrants or non-resident commuters

7.1% unemployment rate

164,000 non-resident commuters

71%foreigners employed on

the domestic labour

market

371,600 employees (2014)

Employment rate

(15-64 years): 66.6%

Industry

Craft industry


ECONOMY AND KEY ECONOMIC SECTORS

Health technologies

Audiovisual production

Shipping

Research and

innovation

Finance

Environmental

technologies

Digital economy

Logistics

Aerospace sector

Automotive

components

sector

Industry

Tourism

Craft industry

Logistics

Agriculture

Broadband Internet

coverage: 96%

Luxembourg =

seat of European

institutions

Founding member of major

international organisations:

EU, UN, NATO, OECD, Benelux


NATIONAL SYMBOLS

National day

National day

‘Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn’

National motto

National anthem

De Renert

National flag

Flame of remembrance

Military parade

Torchlight procession

Wilhelmus

Anthem of the grand-ducal house


Coat of arms of the state

Gëlle Fra

Fireworks

JUNE


CULTURE AND TRADITIONS

Echternach hopping

procession (UNESCO)

European Capital of

Culture 1995 and 2007

Fuesend/Carnival

Blues’n Jazz Rallye Liichtmëssdag

Schueberfouer

Clervaux castle:

’The Family of Man’

photo exhibition (UNESCO)

Open-air

festivals

Bretzelsonndeg

Open-air concerts

PhilharmonieRockhal

Wine route

MUDAM, Museum

of Modern Art

Grand Duke Jean

Grand Theatre of

the City of Luxembourg

National Museum

of History and Art

Fortress and old city centre

of Luxembourg (UNESCO)


QUALITY OF LIFE

Mobility

13:55

97% of households have

a ’minimum standard’

High housing prices

317 policemen per

100,000 inhabitants

SOCIAL

SECURITY

Effective healthcare system

Computer

TV

Refrigerator

Washing machine

Life expectancy at birth:

81.9 years

Mobile phone

Vehicles per household: 1.26

1,346 €average/flat:

95.230.1

People living in a six-person-

household have an average

space per person of:

People living on their own

have an average space of:

Education system

public: 89%

private: 11%

85% of the population

feel safe

92.4%94.9%

95.0%95.8%

98.1%

69% of households

are owners

7.5/10: overall life satisfaction

of Luxembourgers (Eurostat)Annual median income by

adult equivalent: 33,300 EUR

POLICE

SOLD


POLITICS AND INSTITUTIONS

Constitutional monarchy

Head of State:


President of the Council of State:

Viviane Ecker

Voters

Head of government:

Xavier Bettel

Democratic Party

Green Party

Luxembourg Socialist

Workers’ Party

Courts and tribunals

Treaty of London

LSAP

Déi Gréng President of the Chamber of Deputies

(parliament):

Mars Di Bartolomeo

Year of

indep

endenc

e

Introd

uction

of un

iversal

suff

rage

1839

1919

105 municipalities12 cantons

DP: 13LSAP: 13

Déi Gréng: 6

CSV: 23

ADR: 3Déi Lénk: 2

60 MPs

Chamber of Deputies

DP


MOBILITY

P+R

Luxembourg

International airport of

Luxembourg-Findel

Free and dense

motorway network

Park & Ride

mKaart: valid for the

entire public transport

network

e-car

600 km cycle pathsVelóH: 72 bike terminals

Soft mobility

Regional train

Luxembourg-Paris

Regional bus

As of 2017: tramway in

Luxembourg City

mBox

Taxi


IMPORT AND EXPORT

Transport equipment

Manufactured goods in metal

Mineral fuels

Machinery

Chemicals

Food products

Crude materials

Beverages and tobacco

19.1%

13.5%

8.2%

26.4%

15.6%

10.3%

9.5%

8.8%

8.4%

7.1%

2.5%

2.9%

1.9%

12.6%

0.8%

8.5%

GERMANY27.2%

FRANCE13.4%

EUROPE

90.5%

AMERICA7.1%

ASIA2.3%

AFRICA0.0%

EUROPE

86.3%

AMERICA

6.1%

ASIA

5.8%

AFRICA

1.6%

BELGIUM33.9%

BELGIUM13.0%

million EUR18,174

million EUR11,431

GERMANY27.8%FRANCE13.6%

Logistics: aircraft

Logistics: road

International airport

of Luxembourg-Findel

Logistics: train

Logistics: ship


LUXEMBOURG IN THE WORLD

BENE

LUX

Jean-Claude Juncker -

President of the European

Commission (2014-...)

Court of Justice of

the European Union

Robert Schuman -

’Founding father of the EU’

Jacques Santer -


Commission (1995-1999)

Gaston Thorn -


Commission (1981-1985)

Pierre Werner -

’Father of the euro’

European Investment

Bank (EIB)

European Court

of Auditors

Founding member

of the Benelux union

(1944)

Founding member of the ECSC (1951)

and the EEC (1957)

Founding member

of OECD, OSCE, UN, NATO...

Strong implication in the

European integration process

European Stability

Mechanism

Official Development

Assistance (1% of GNI)

Schengen Agreements


HISTORY

1354

963Luc

ilinburhu

c

1795

1815

1890

1848

1308 - 1437

1308 - 1437

1919

1912

First

World

W

arSecond

World

W

ar

The fortr

ess

of Lux

embourg

becomes a

true

‘Gibra

ltar of

the N

orth’

Henri VII (1308-1313)

Charles IV (1346-1378)

Wenceslas (1376-1400)

Sigismond (1410-1437)

Since the reign of Grand Duke

Adolf (1890-1905), Luxembourg

has had its own dynasty,

the Nassau-Weilbourg

Small fort acquired by

Count Siegfried

The Duchy of Luxembourg was

annexed to France as Département

des Forêts (1795)

Treaty of London (1839):

the Grand Duchy acquires

its current geographical form

Constitution: freedoms and

fundamental rights for citizens

Congress of Vienna: creation of the Grand Duchy

of Luxembourg, which was assigned to the

King of the Netherlands, William I (1

815)

Treaty of London (1867): status of a neutral state

and dismantling of the Luxembourg fortress

Neutral Luxembourg is

invaded by the German army

(1914)

First steelworks in the

south of the country (1870)

Grand Duchess

Marie-Adélaïde (1912-1919)

Grand Duchess

Charlotte (1919-1964)

Today’s territory

Ancient borders of the

Duchy of Luxembourg

(1815) to Prussia

(1659) to France

(1659) to France(1839) to Belgium

Grand Duke Henri (2000-...)

Grand Duke Jean (1964-2000)

These princes of

Luxembourg wore

the crown of the

Holy Roman Empire

The Duchy of Luxembourg

passes under Austrian

rule

Louis XIV has to return

the Duchy of Luxembourg

to Spain

Spain cedes the southern

part of the Duchy of

Luxembourg to France

The Duchy of Luxembourg

is passed on to the

Spanish Habsbourgs

Founding member of

the Benelux union (1944)

Founding member

of OECD, UN, NATO...

Luxembourg is one of

the founding members

of the ECSC (1951) and

the EEC (1957)

Neutral Luxembourg is

invaded by the German army

(1940)

Luxembourg City is liberated

by the American army

(10 September 1944)

Emperor Charles IV elevates

the County of Luxembourg

to the rank of duchy

A province of the

Netherlands

(15th to 18th century)


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