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Dudelange

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Dudelange (; ; ) is a commune with city status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 22,043 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France.

Key facts

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Dudelange
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lb
Settlement.settlement_type
Commune
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Diddeleng Gemeng.jpg
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The town hall
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LUX Dudelange COA.svg
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200px
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Country
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Canton
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Esch-sur-Alzette
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LSAP
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Mayor
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Metric
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of 100
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of 100
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of 100
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of 100

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Population
  • Sports
  • Notable people
  • Politics
  • Sport
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Dudelange (; ; ) is a commune with city status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 22,043 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France.

The commune also includes the smaller town of Budersberg, to the north-west. The Mont Saint-Jean, close to Budersberg, hosts the ruins of a medieval castle. In 1794 the French Revolutionary Army committed atrocities against the local population in Dudelange, when they massacred 79 civilians.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dudelange” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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