Editing Luxembourg (Belgium)

{{Short description|Province of Belgium}}
{{Expand French|Province de Luxembourg|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name               = Province of Luxembourg
| native_name_lang   = fr
| other_name         = Luxemburg {{nobold|(Dutch, German)}}
| settlement_type    = [[Provinces of Belgium|Province of Belgium]]
| image_flag         = [[File:Official flag of the Arelerland.svg|border|100px]]
| flag_size          = 120x80px
| image_shield       = {{#property:P94}}
| shield_size        = 100x90px
| coordinates        = {{coord|3=region:BE-WLX|display=inline,title}}
| image_map          = {{#property:P242}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{BEL}}
| subdivision_type1  = Region
| subdivision_name1  = {{BE-WAL}}
| seat_type          = Capital<br/>{{small|(and largest city)}}
| seat               = [[{{#property:P36}}]]
| leader_title       = Governor
| leader_name        = [[{{#property:P6}}]]
| area_total_km2     = 4459
| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bestat.statbel.fgov.be/bestat/crosstable.xhtml?view=90c1e218-dc4f-4827-824d-9b25abfefe59|title=be.STAT|website=bestat.statbel.fgov.be}}</ref>
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/nl/structuur-van-de-bevolking|title=Structuur van de bevolking &#124; Statbel|website=statbel.fgov.be}}</ref>
| population_total   = 295,146
| population_as_of   = 1 January 2024
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tgs00003/default/table?lang=en | title=EU regions by GDP, Eurostat|access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = €7.887 billion (2021)
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.904<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|title=Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab|url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/BEL/?levels=1%2B4&interpolation=1&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0&years=2019}}</ref><br/>{{color|green|very high}} · [[List of Belgian provinces by Human Development Index|10th of 11]]
| iso_code           = BE-WLX
| website            = {{URL|{{#property:P856}}}}
| image_blank_emblem = Luxembourg (Belgium) 2016.png
| blank_emblem_type  = [[Brandmark]]
| blank_emblem_size  = 120px
}}

'''Luxembourg''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ʌ|k|s|əm|b|ɜːr|ɡ}}; {{langx|fr|Luxembourg}} {{IPA|fr|lyksɑ̃buʁ||LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Luxembourg.wav}}; {{langx|nl|Luxemburg}} {{IPA|nl|ˈlyksəmˌbʏr(ə)x||Nl-Luxemburg.ogg}}; {{langx|de|Luxemburg}} {{IPA|de|ˈlʊksm̩bʊʁk||De-Luxemburg.ogg}}; {{langx|lb|Lëtzebuerg}} {{IPA|lb|ˈlətsəbuəɕ||lb-Lëtzebuerg.ogg}}; {{langx|wa|Lussimbork}}), also called '''Belgian Luxembourg''' or '''West Luxembourg''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://london.wtm.com/en/Exhibitors/4724170/ARDENNE-BELGIAN-LUXEMBOURG|title=ARDENNE / BELGIAN LUXEMBOURG – Find 2018 Exhibitors – WTM London|website=london.wtm.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://draftmag.com/the-improbable-ales-of-belgian-luxembourg/|title=The Improbable Ales of Belgian Luxembourg|date=18 August 2016|website=DRAFT}}</ref> is the southernmost [[Provinces of regions in Belgium|province]] of [[Wallonia]] within [[Belgium]]. It borders the country of [[Luxembourg]] to the east, the [[France|French]] departments of [[Ardennes (department)|Ardennes]], [[Meuse (department)|Meuse]] and [[Meurthe-et-Moselle]] to the south and southwest, and the [[Wallonia|Walloon]] provinces of [[Namur (province)|Namur]] and [[Liège (province)|Liège]] to the north. Its capital and largest city is [[Arlon]], in the south-east of the province, near the border of the [[Luxembourg|Grand Duchy of Luxembourg]].

It has an area of {{cvt|4,459|km2}}, making it the largest Belgian province. With around 295,000 residents as of January 2024, Luxembourg is also the least populated province, with a density of {{convert|64|/km2|abbr=on}}, making it a relatively sparsely settled part of a very densely populated region, as well as the lowest density in Belgium. It is significantly larger (71%) than, but has less than half the population of, the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. About eighty percent of the province is part of the densely wooded [[Ardennes]] region. The southernmost region of the province is called [[Gaume]] or [[Belgian Lorraine]] (main city: [[Virton]]).
 
The [[Arelerland]], the region around Arlon (coloured red on the map of arrondissements, below) bordering the neighbouring Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg has the particularity that many of its residents have historically spoken [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]] alongside of [[Walloon language|Walloon]] spoken elsewhere in the province.

The province was separated from the grand-duchy by the [[Third Partition of Luxembourg]], in 1830–31 by the Conference of London dealing with the consequences of the [[Belgian Revolution]] of 1830. In 1839, after [[William I of the Netherlands|William I]], [[List of monarchs of the Netherlands|King of the Netherlands]] and [[List of monarchs of Luxembourg|Grand Duke of Luxembourg]], agreed to the terms of the partition and the province was given to the newly created Kingdom of Belgium.

An unofficial flag of the province exists, with the current colours of Luxembourg (red, white, and blue), as well as the province's coat of arms on the foreground.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

==Subdivisions==
[[File:Province of Luxembourg composite arrondissements-fr 2024.png|right|270px|Province of Luxembourg composite map showing arrondissements (districts) and numbered municipalities.]]
Luxembourg province is divided into five [[Arrondissements of Belgium|administrative districts]] ({{langx|fr|arrondissements}}) containing a total of 43 [[municipalities of Belgium|municipalities]] ({{langx|fr|communes}}).

[[File:Flag of the Province of Luxembourg (Belgium).svg|thumb|The unofficial flag of the province]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Map no.
! Municipality
! Arrondissement
|-
| 1 || [[Arlon]] || [[Arrondissement of Arlon|Arlon]]
|-
| 2 || [[Attert]] || [[Arrondissement of Arlon|Arlon]]
|-
| 3 || [[Aubange]] || [[Arrondissement of Arlon|Arlon]]
|-
| 4 || [[Bastogne]] || [[Arrondissement of Bastogne|Bastogne]]
|-
| 6 || [[Bertrix]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 7 || [[Bouillon, Belgium|Bouillon]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 8 || [[Chiny]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 9 || [[Daverdisse]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 10 || [[Durbuy]] || [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|-
| 11 || [[Érezée]] || [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|-
| 12 || [[Étalle, Belgium|Étalle]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 13 || [[Fauvillers]] || [[Arrondissement of Bastogne|Bastogne]]
|-
| 14 || [[Florenville]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 15 || [[Gouvy]] || [[Arrondissement of Bastogne|Bastogne]]
|-
| 16 || [[Habay]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 17 || [[Herbeumont]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 18 || [[Hotton]] || [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|-
| 19 || [[Houffalize]] || [[Arrondissement of Bastogne|Bastogne]]
|-
| 20 || [[La Roche-en-Ardenne]] || [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|-
| 21 || [[Léglise]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 22 || [[Libin, Belgium|Libin]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 23 || [[Libramont-Chevigny]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 24 || [[Manhay]] || [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|-
| 25 || [[Marche-en-Famenne]] || [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|-
| 26 || [[Martelange]] || [[Arrondissement of Arlon|Arlon]]
|-
| 27 || [[Meix-devant-Virton]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 28 || [[Messancy]] || [[Arrondissement of Arlon|Arlon]]
|-
| 29 || [[Musson]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 30 || [[Nassogne]] || [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|-
| 31 || [[Neufchâteau, Luxembourg Province|Neufchâteau]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 32 || [[Paliseul]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 33 || [[Rendeux]] || [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|-
| 34 || [[Rouvroy, Belgium|Rouvroy]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 35 || [[Sainte-Ode]] || [[Arrondissement of Bastogne|Bastogne]]
|-
| 36 || [[Saint-Hubert, Belgium|Saint-Hubert]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 37 || [[Saint-Léger, Belgium|Saint-Léger]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 38 || [[Tellin]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|-
| 39 || [[Tenneville]] || [[Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]]
|-
| 40 || [[Tintigny]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 41 || [[Vaux-sur-Sûre]] || [[Arrondissement of Bastogne|Bastogne]]
|-
| 42 || [[Vielsalm]] || [[Arrondissement of Bastogne|Bastogne]]
|-
| 43 || [[Virton]] || [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|-
| 44 || [[Wellin]] || [[Arrondissement of Neufchâteau (Belgium)|Neufchâteau]]
|}

== Economy ==
The [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) of the province was €7.0 billion in 2018, accounting for 1.5% of Belgium's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €21,800 or 72% of the EU27 average in the same year. Luxembourg was the province with the lowest GDP per capita.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58|title=Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018|website=Eurostat}}</ref> However, the province has some of the highest income inequalities in Belgium; towns like Arlon that border Luxembourg are known for their affluence, whereas other towns are among the poorest in the country.

==See also==
*[[History of Luxembourg]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Luxembourg (Belgium)}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}

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