Luxembourg 2015

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AT A GLANCE

49°37'N 6°8'E Constitutional monarchy

Luxembourg, Founding member of the EU the capital Luxembourg, one of the three 'capitals' of the EU

Year of its independence National flag

inhabitants HRH Grand Duke Henri 563,000 1839

Xavier Bettel Prime Minister, Time zone Decimal system: 1 kg = 1,000 g GMT/UTC +1 Minister of State

11:00 Metric system: 1 m = 100 cm

+352 Currency: 1 EUR = 100 cents

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Deutschland 220 V - 240 V France 50 Hz Belgique

Borders 148 km

135 km

73 km

CLIMATE JANUARY JULY 1.4° C 18.6° C (average)

The Ardennes The Valley of the Seven Castles

The Mullerthal region, Luxembourg's Little Switzerland

Luxembourg, the capital

The Moselle region

The Land of the Red Rocks Moselle (38 km) Minimum altitude (130 m)

Maximum altitude (560 m) WASSERBILLIG WILWERDANGE

Woodland area 91,400 ha (35%) Sûre (135 km) Alzette (68 km) Water surfaces (0.6%)

1%) inhabitants 563,000 Luxembourgers (54.

Foreign residents in Luxembourg (45.9%)

+/- 170 different nationalities live in Luxembourg

Portuguese (16.4%) %) French (7.0

Italians (3.5%)

Belgians (3.3%)

Germans (2.3%)

Other nationalities Dudelange - EU 7.0% 19,700 - Third country nationals 6.5%

Differdange 24,300

Esch-sur-Alzette 33,300 Most populated cities

Luxembourg 111,300

At the Chamber of Deputies (parliament)

National language: Lëtzebuergesch

Legislative language

Administrative languages and languages used for At work legal purposes

In everyday life

In secondary education In early childhood education

In fundamental education

In the media At work

With the grand-ducal police

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foreigners employed on the domestic labour employees (2014) 71% market 371,600

Employment rate (15-64 years): 66.6%

Finance non-resident commuters Commerce 164,000 Administration

Social services Industry International

unemployment rate 7.1% of the country's workforce are 70% immigrants or non-resident commuters

Crafts

Broadband Internet coverage: 96% Logistics Information and communication technologies (ICT)

Health technologies Aerospace sector

Audiovisual production Environment technologies Automotive components Research and sector innovation

Finance

Agriculture

Shipping

Logistics Luxembourg = seat of European institutions Tourism

Industry

Crafts Founding member of major international organisations: EU, UN, NATO, OECD, Benelux

HRH Grand Duke Henri

Coat of arms

Wilhelmus Anthem of the grand-ducal house

National motto ‘Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn’

National anthem Fireworks

De Renert

JUNE

Military parade Gëlle Fra

National day National flag

Torchlight procession

Flame of remembrance

Fortress and old city centre of Luxembourg (UNESCO) MUDAM, Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean (museum of modern art)

Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg Open-air concerts (Grand Theatre of the City of Luxembourg) Schueberfouer

National Museum of History and Art Echternach hopping Rockhal procession (UNESCO)

Philharmonie

Clervaux castle: 'The Family of Man' photo exhibition (UNESCO)

European Capital of Wine route Culture 1995 and 2007

Liichtmëssdag

Blues’n Jazz Rallye

Open-air festivals

Bretzelsonndeg Fuesend/Carnival

Annual median income by People living alone have adult equivalent: 33,300 EUR an average space of: 7.5/10: overall life satisfaction 30.1 People living in a six-person- of Luxembourgers (Eurostat) household have an average 95.2 space per person of: 69% of households are owners Refrigerator 97% of households have a 'minimum standard' TV

SOLD

High housing prices Computer

Washing machine

average/flat: 1,346 €

98.1% Mobile phone 95.8%

95.0% 13:55

94.9%

317 policemen per 92.4% 100,000 inhabitants POLICE SOCIAL SECURITY

85% of the population feel safe Effective healthcare system Mobility Education system public: 89% Life expectancy at birth: Vehicles per household: 1.26 private: 11% 81.9 years

Constitutional monarchy

Head of State:

HRH Grand Duke Henri

Head of government:

Xavier Bettel President of the State Council: Viviane Ecker

Courts and tribunals

DP Treaty of London Democratic Party Year of independence 1839

LSAP Introduction of universal Luxembourg Socialist suffrage Workers' Party 1919

President of the Chamber of Deputies Déi Gréng (parliament):

Green Party Mars Di Bartolomeo

12 cantons Chamber of Deputies

23 3 CSV: 105 municipalities ADR: Dei Lénk: 2

13 13 DP: 60 MPs LSAP: Dei Gréng: 6 Voters

mKaart: valid for the entire public transport network

VelóH: 72 stations 600 km cycle paths Park & Ride Soft mobility P+R

e-car mBox

Regional bus Taxi

As of 2017: tramway in Luxembourg City

Regional train

Luxembourg-Paris

International airport of Luxembourg-Findel

Luxembourg

Free and dense motorway network

Logistics: aircraft

EUROPE Logistics: road Logistics: train EUROPE 86.3% 90.5% AMERICA 6.1% AMERICA7.1% BELGIUM ASIA ASIA 33.9% 5.8% 2.3% AFRICA GERMANY GERMANY 1.6% AFRICA0.0% 27.2% 27.8% International airport FRANCE of Luxembourg-Findel 13.6% BELGIUM 13.0% FRANCE 13.4%

11,431 million EUR

Logistics: ship 18,174 million EUR

8.5%

26.4% 19.1% 0.8% 8.2% Transport equipment 15.6% 12.6%

Mineral fuels 9.5% Manufactured goods in metal 13.5% Machinery 8.4% 10.3% Chemicals 2.5% 8.8% 1.9% Food products 7.1%

Crude materials 2.9%

Beverages and tobacco

Official Development Assistance (ODA) (1% of GNI) Jean-Claude Juncker - President of the European Commission (2014-...)

Jacques Santer - President of the European Commission (1995-1999) BE NE Gaston Thorn - LUX President of the European Founding member of Commission (1981-1985) Benelux in 1944

Pierre Werner - Schengen Agreements 'Father of the euro'

Robert Schuman - 'Founding father of the EU'

European Stability Mechanism European Court of Auditors

Founding member of the ECSC (1952) Strong implication in the and the EEC (1957) European integration process European Investment Bank (EIB)

Court of Justice of the Founding member European Union of OECD, OSCE, UN, NATO...

Small fort acquired by Count Siegfried Henri VII (1308-1313)

The Duchy of Luxembourg was Charles IV (1346-1378) Lucilinburhuc 963 annexed to France as Département These princes of Wenceslas (1376-1400) des Forêts (1795) Luxembourg wore 1308 Congress of Vienna: creation of the Grand Duchy the crown of the Sigismond (1410-1437) of Luxembourg, which was assigned to the Holy Roman Empire 1346- King of the Netherlands, William I (1815) The Duchy of Luxembourg 1555 1437 Treaty of London (1839): is passed on to the the Grand Duchy acquires Spanish Habsbourgs its current geographical form A province of the Spain cedes the southern 1659 Treaty of London (1867): status of a neutral state Netherlands The fortress part of the Duchy of of Luxembourg and dismantling of the Luxembourg fortress (15th to 18th century) Luxembourg to France becomes a true ‘Gibraltar Constitution: freedoms and Louis XIV has to return 1697 of the fundamental rights for citizens the Duchy of Luxembourg North’ 1848 to Spain First steelworks in the 1715 The Duchy of Luxembourg south of the country passes under Austrian (1870) rule Since the reign of Grand Duke Adolf (1890-1905), Luxembourg has had its own dynasty, Neutral Luxembourg is the Nassau-Weilbourg invaded by the German army (1940) Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde (1912-1919) Luxembourg City is liberated Second by the American army World War Neutral Luxembourg is Founding member (10 September 1944) First invaded by the German army of OECD, UN, NATO... World (1914) Founding member War of Benelux (1947) Grand Duchess Charlotte (1919-1964) Luxembourg is one of the founding members of the ECSC (1952) and the EEC (1957) (1815) to Prussia Ancient borders of the Today's territory Duchy of Luxembourg

(1659) to France Grand Duke Jean (1964-2000) (1839) to Belgium

(1659) to France Grand Duke Henri (2000-...)