Rumelange

Rumelange Rëmeleng (Luxembourgish) Rümelingen (German)
Commune
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Rumelange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°27′35″N 6°01′50″E / 49.4597°N 6.0306°E / 49.4597; 6.0306
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Esch-sur-Alzette
Government
• Mayor	Henri Haine (LSAP)
Area
• Total	6.83 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
• Rank	101st of 100
Highest elevation	432 m (1,417 ft)
• Rank	27th of 100
Lowest elevation	287 m (942 ft)
• Rank	88th of 100
Population  (2026)
• Total	5,731
• Rank	28th of 100
• Density	839/km2 (2,170/sq mi)
• Rank	9th of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000212
Website	rumelange.lu

Rumelange (French pronunciation: [ʁymlɑ̃ʒ]; Luxembourgish: Rëmeleng [ˈʀəməleŋ] ^ⓘ; German: Rümelingen [ˈʁyːməlɪŋən]) is a commune with city status in southern Luxembourg, on the border with France.

Populated places

The commune consists of the following villages:

• Rumelange
• Haut-Tétange (lieu-dit)

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% 1821 401 —     1851 578 +44.1% 1900 4,601 +696.0% 1910 5,296 +15.1% 1922 4,534 −14.4% 1935 4,198 −7.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1947 4,072 −3.0% 1960 4,271 +4.9% 1970 3,935 −7.9% 1981 3,711 −5.7% 1990 3,460 −6.8% 2000 4,080 +17.9%	Year Pop. ±% 2005 4,500 +10.3% 2010 5,029 +11.8% 2015 5,338 +6.1% 2020 5,604 +5.0% 2021 5,613 +0.2%
Source: Source data

History

Rumelange was formed on 25 September 1891, when it was detached from the commune of Kayl. The law forming Rumelange was passed on 27 June 1891.

Population

As of 1 January 2023, the commune had a population of 5,692.

Museum

It is the site of some of the underground iron mines no longer in operation. Rumelange is home to Luxembourg's National Mining Museum.

Notable people

• Batty Weber (1860–1940) an influential journalist and author
• Alfred Kieffer (1904–1987) a Luxembourgish footballer, competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Foni Tissen (1909–1975) a Luxembourg schoolteacher and artist of hyperrealistic, darkly humorous paintings
• Ernest Toussaint (1908–1942) boxer, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics; resistance member
• Emile Kirscht (1913–1994) a Luxembourg painter and a co-founder of the Iconomaques group of abstract artists in Luxembourg
• Raymond Vouel (1923–1987), a Luxembourg politician and Deputy Prime Minister, 1974/1976

Twin towns

Rumelange is twinned with:

• Petnjica, Montenegro

References

External links

• Media related to Rumelange at Wikimedia Commons

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