Dudelange
Sign in to saveDudelange (; ; ) 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
- Settlement.name
- Dudelange
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- lb
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Diddeleng Gemeng.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The town hall
- Settlement.image_shield
- LUX Dudelange COA.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Canton
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Esch-sur-Alzette
- Settlement.leader_party
- LSAP
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_rank
- of 100
- Settlement.elevation_max_rank
- of 100
- Settlement.elevation_min_rank
- of 100
- Settlement.population_rank
- of 100
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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.
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.