Arrondissement of Arlon

Last updated
Arrondissement of Arlon
Arrondissement d'Arlon
Arrondissement Arlon Belgium Map.svg
Location of the arrondissement in Luxembourg
Coordinates: 49°42′N5°48′E / 49.7°N 5.8°E / 49.7; 5.8
CountryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Region Flag of Wallonia.svg  Wallonia
Province Drapeau Arelerland.svg  Luxembourg
Municipalities 5
Area
  Total317.28 km2 (122.50 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2017)
  Total61,899
  Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

The Arrondissement of Arlon (French : Arrondissement d'Arlon; Dutch : Arrondissement Aarlen; German : Bezirk Arlon) is one of the five administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Luxembourg, Belgium. [1] [2] [3] It is an administrative arrondissement not to be confused with the exctint judicial arrondissement of Arlon, also comprising the municipalities of the Arrondissement of Virton.

Contents

Municipalities

The Administrative Arrondissement of Arlon consists of the following municipalities:

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luxembourg (Belgium)</span> Province of Belgium

Luxembourg, also called Belgian Luxembourg or West Luxembourg, is the southernmost province of Wallonia within Belgium. It borders the country of Luxembourg to the east, the French departments of Ardennes, Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle to the south and southwest, and the Walloon provinces of Namur and Liège to the north. Its capital and largest city is Arlon, in the south-east of the province, near the border of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arlon</span> Capital of Luxembourg province, Belgium

Arlon is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it is the smallest provincial capital in Belgium. Arlon is also the capital of its cultural region: the Arelerland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aubange</span> City and municipality in French Community, Belgium

Aubange is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martelange</span> Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Martelange is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Messancy</span> Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Messancy is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Musson</span> Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Musson is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint-Léger, Belgium</span> Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Saint-Léger is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">German-speaking Community of Belgium</span> One of three federal communities of Belgium

The German-speaking Community, also known as East Belgium, is one of the three federal communities of Belgium, with an area of 854 km2 (330 sq mi) in the Liège Province of Wallonia, including nine of the eleven municipalities of Eupen-Malmedy. The primary language of the community is German, making this one of the three official languages in Belgium. Traditionally the community and the wider area around it forms an intersection of various local languages and/or dialects, namely Limburgish, Ripuarian and Moselle Franconian varieties. The community population numbers around 79,000 – about 7.0% of Liège Province and about 0.7% of the national total.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Forêts</span>

Forêts was a department of the French First Republic, and later the First French Empire, in present-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. Its name, meaning 'forests', comes from the Ardennes forests. It was formed on 24 October 1795, after the Austrian Netherlands had been annexed by France on 1 October. Before annexation, the territory was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg and small parts of the Duchy of Bouillon. Its capital was Luxembourg City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Administrative centre</span> Seat of regional administration or local government

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arrondissement of Bastogne</span> Arrondissement in Wallonia, Belgium

The Arrondissement of Bastogne is one of the five administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is not a judicial arrondissement. Three of its municipalities, Gouvy, Houffalize and Vielsalm, are part of the Judicial Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne, while the rest of its municipalities are part of the Judicial Arrondissement of Neufchâteau.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne</span> Arrondissement in Wallonia, Belgium

The Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne is one of the five administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne also comprises the municipalities of Gouvy, Houffalize and Vielsalm in the Arrondissement of Bastogne.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arrondissement of Neufchâteau, Belgium</span> Arrondissement in Wallonia, Belgium

The Arrondissement of Neufchâteau is one of the five administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Neufchâteau also comprises the municipalities of Bastogne, Bertogne, Fauvillers, Sainte-Ode and Vaux-sur-Sûre in the Arrondissement of Bastogne.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arrondissement of Virton</span> Arrondissement in Wallonia, Belgium

The Arrondissement of Virton is one of the five administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athus</span> Town in Luxembourg Province, Belgium

Athus is a part of Aubange city Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Aubange, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Police tribunal (Belgium)</span> Belgian court for traffic and minor crimes

The police tribunal is the traffic court and trial court which tries minor contraventions in the judicial system of Belgium. It is the lowest Belgian court with criminal jurisdiction. There is a police tribunal for each judicial arrondissement ("district"), except for Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, where there are multiple police tribunals due to the area's sensitive linguistic situation. Most of them hear cases in multiple seats per arrondissement. As of 2018, there are 15 police tribunals in total, who hear cases in 38 seats. Further below, an overview is provided of all seats of the police tribunal per judicial arrondissement.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">N4 road (Belgium)</span> Highway in Belgium

The N4 road in Belgium is a highway that runs from Brussels to Luxembourg. It starts as chaussée de Wavre at Porte de Namur on the Brussels inner ring and runs south east through Wavre and Namur, Marche-en-Famenne, Bastogne, Martelange and Arlon before terminating as route de Luxembourg at the Luxembourg border. On its route is crosses the Meuse and Lessive Rivers and the Belgian Ardennes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arelerland</span> Cultural region in Belgium

The Land of Arlon is the traditionally Luxembourgish-speaking part of Belgian Lorraine, which is now predominantly French-speaking. Arlon is the main city of this region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belgian Lorraine</span> Natural region in Belgium

Belgian Lorraine is the part of Lorraine that lies in the south of the Belgian province of Luxembourg, in Wallonia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arlon-Marche-en-Famenne-Bastogne-Neufchâteau-Virton (Walloon Parliament constituency)</span> Political subdivision in Belgium

Arlon-Marche-en-Famenne-Bastogne-Neufchâteau-Virton is a parliamentary constituency in Belgium used to elect members of the Parliament of Wallonia from 2019. It corresponds to the province of Luxembourg. It was created from the former constituencies of Arlon-Marche-Bastogne and Neufchâteau-Virton and was first contested for the 2019 Belgian regional elections.

References

  1. "Année difficle mais pas catastrophique pour l'UCM Luxembourg". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  2. Lesthaeghe, Ron (January 2010). "Long-term Spatial Continuities in Demographic Innovations: Insights from the Belgian Example, 1846-2000" (PDF). Population Studies Center Research Report.
  3. Wille, Christian; Roos, Ursula (2020). Cross-border everyday lives on the Luxembourg border? An empirical approach: the example of cross-border commuters and residential migrants. Nomos. ISBN   978-3-8487-5444-1.

See also