Hesperange (French pronunciation: ​[ɛspəʁɑ̃ʒ]; Luxembourgish: Hesper [ˈhæspɐ]; German: Hesperingen) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located south-east of Luxembourg City.

Hesperange Hesper
Commune
View on Hesperange with its castle
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Hesperange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49.5708°N 6.1514°E / 49.5708; 6.1514
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Luxembourg
Area
• Total	27.22 km2 (10.51 sq mi)
• Rank	32nd of 102
Highest elevation	334 m (1,096 ft)
• Rank	90th of 102
Lowest elevation	255 m (837 ft)
• Rank	58th of 102
Population  (2018)
• Total	15,246
• Rank	7th of 102
• Density	560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Rank	14th of 102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000303
Website	hesperange.lu

The total population of the commune is 14.701 people. This breaks down into 6.909 Luxembourgers, 2.021 French, 1.758 Portuguese, 1.052 Italians, 627 Belgians, 514 Germans, 241 Spanish, 207 British, 190 Polish, 106 Dutch, and 1.076 persons of other nationalities. (2014 official data)

As of 2008^[update], the town of Hesperange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 2.651. Other towns within the commune include Alzingen, Fentange, Howald, and Itzig. Each of these five towns has a population of over 1,000, making Hesperange unique amongst Luxembourgian communes in having five towns with over a thousand inhabitants (see: List of towns in Luxembourg by population).

The mayor of the commune is Charel Trénkwaasser.

Hesperange Castle, now a ruin, has a history dating from the 13th century.[1]

Hesperange has a park called Hesper Park which has a memorial commemorating the death of three American soldiers who died in a tank accident on the nearby bridge over the Alzette river on 26 December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.

Population

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Twin towns — sister cities

Hesperange is twinned with:[3]

• Malchin, Germany
• Szerencs, Hungary

Sports

Hesperange is home of FC Swift Hesperange, a football club that plays in the top-flight National Division. The club's home games are played at Stade Alphonse Theis. They have won the Luxembourg Cup on one occasion (1989–90).

Gallery

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  Municipality Building
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  Hesperange at Night
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  Highway Bridge
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  Winter Fields

References

External links

• Media related to Hesperange at Wikimedia Commons
• Commune de Hesperange (Municipality of Hesperange)
• Friends of the History of Hesperange
• Hesperange Schools

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[de] Hesperingen

[ru] Эсперанж