Pétange
Sign in to savePétange (; ; ) is a commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette and is the fifth-most populous commune in Luxembourg, as well as the most populous without town status. Pétange lies at the borders with both Belgium and France.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pétange
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Stadhaus Péiteng 01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The town hall
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms petange luxbrg.png
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Pétange map.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Luxembourg with Pétange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Canton
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Esch-sur-Alzette
- Settlement.leader_party
- CSV
- 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
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Pétange (; ; ) is a commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette and is the fifth-most populous commune in Luxembourg, as well as the most populous without town status. Pétange lies at the borders with both Belgium and France.
, the town of Pétange, which lies in the north of the commune, has a population of 10,086. Other towns within the commune include Lamadelaine and Rodange. The commune is one of the smallest communes of Luxembourg, yet is the fifth-most populous. It is the most-populous commune without city status.