Editing Musson

{{Short description|Municipality in Luxembourg Province, Belgium}}
{{For|the surname|Musson (surname)}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Musson
|native_name      = {{native_name|wa|Grand Mson}}
|picture          = Musson - Mairie et église (août 2013).JPG
|picture-legend   =
|map              = Musson Luxembourg Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Musson in Luxembourg province
|arms             = Blason Musson.svg
|flag             = Musson Belgium.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community        = {{BE-FR}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LX}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Virton|Virton]]
|nis              = 85026
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Sylvie Guillaume
|majority         = VIVR'ENSEMBLE-ECHO
|postal-codes     = 6750
|telephone-area   = 063
|web              = {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.musson.be musson.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|49|33.5|N|05|42.3|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Musson''' ({{IPA|fr|mysɔ̃}}; {{langx|wa|grand Mson}}; {{langx|lb|Ëmsong}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Luxembourg (Belgium)|province of Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]].

On 1 January 2022 the municipality, which covers 34.81&nbsp;km², had 4,650 inhabitants,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luxembourg (Belgium): Cities and Municipalities in Arrondissements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/belgium/luxembourg/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> giving a [[population density]] of 133.6 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: Musson and [[Mussy-la-Ville]]. Other population centers include: Baranzy, Gennevaux, Signeulx, and Willancourt.

== Transport ==
Musson is not served by any highways. The closest highway entrance is exit 3 of the A28/[[European route E411|E411]] in neighbouring [[Aubange]]. There is one major national road that passes Musson proper. This is the N88 from the [[Luxembourg]] border in [[Athus]] to [[Virton]] and [[Florenville]]. Furthermore, the N82 crosses the municipality shortly, for about 800m, in the northwest, but does not serve any population centers. All N-roads are maintained by the [[Wallonia|Walloon]] government. The following roads cross the municipality:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accueil |url=http://geoportail.wallonie.be/home.html |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=geoportail.wallonie.be |language=en}}</ref>

* N82: [[Virton]] - [[Arlon]]
* N88: [[Luxembourg]] ([[Pétange]]) - [[Athus]] - '''Musson''' - '''Baranzy''' - '''Signeulx''' - [[Virton]] - [[Florenville]]
* N800: '''Musson''' - [[Rachecourt]]

Mussy-la-Ville, Willancourt and Gennevaux are only reachable by municipal roads. There are two border crossings with [[France]]. One from Baranzy to [[Gorcy]] and one from Signeulx to [[Ville-Houdlémont]].

Messancy is served by the Walloon transport authority [[Opérateur de transport de Wallonie|TEC]] with following bus lines:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plans du Reseau |url=https://www.letec.be/View/Plans_du_reseau/1068 |website=Le Tec}}</ref>

* 16/161: [[Virton]] - '''Signeulx''' - '''Baranzy''' - '''Musson''' - [[Athus]] - [[Arlon]]
* 162: [[Virton]] - '''Signeulx''' - '''Baranzy - Willancourt'''
* 169: Saint-Mard - [[Virton]] - '''Signeulx''' - '''Baranzy''' - '''Musson''' - [[Aubange]]
* 19/191/199: [[Virton]] - [[Arlon]] (Passing through Musson but no bus stops)
* 39: '''Musson''' - '''Baranzy''' - '''Mussy-la-Ville''' - Ruette - [[Virton]]
* 391: [[Saint-Léger, Belgium|Saint-Léger]] - '''Mussy-la-Ville''' - Ruette - [[Virton]]
* 711: [[Virton]] - '''Mussy-la-Ville''' - '''Baranzy''' - '''Musson''' - [[Athus]]
* 721: '''Musson''' - '''Baranzy''' - '''Willancourt''' - '''Musson''' - [[Athus]] - Differt
* 83: Virton - '''Signeulx''' - '''Baranzy''' - '''Musson''' - [[Aubange]] - [[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]] (LU)

Musson is crossed by the railway line 165 between [[Virton]] and [[Aubange]], but there are no active train stations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NMBS netkaart |url=https://www.belgiantrain.be/nl/travel-info/prepare-for-your-journey/leaflets/global-map-train-belgium}}</ref> The closest airport with commercial flights is [[Luxembourg Airport]] 38km to the northeast.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Musson
|N = [[Saint-Léger, Belgium|Saint-Léger]]
|E = [[Aubange]]
|S = [[Ville-Houdlémont]], [[Gorcy]], [[Cosnes-et-Romain]] (all in [[France|FR]]-[[Meurthe-et-Moselle|54]])
|W = [[Virton]]
}}

{{Municipalities in Luxembourg}}
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