Luxembourg, 49°37'N the capital 6°8'E AT A GLANCE National flag Constitutional monarchy 563,000 inhabitants Founding member of the EU Luxembourg, one of the three 'capitals' of the EU Time zone 1839 Year of its independence GMT/UTC +1 HRH Grand Duke Henri 11:00 Xavier Bettel +352 Prime Minister, Minister of State www.lu Decimal system: 1 kg = 1,000 g Metric system: 1 m = 100 cm 220 V - 240 V 50 Hz Borders Currency: 1 EUR = 100 cents 148 km 135 km Deutschland © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. France 73 km Belgique CLIMATE JANUARY 1 (average).4° C CLIMATE, TERRITORY AND GEOGRAPHY The Valley of the Seven Castles JULY 18.6° C Luxembourg, the capital The Ardennes The Land of the Red Rocks Maximum altitude (560 m) The Mullerthal region, Luxembourg's Little Switzerland WILWERDANGE The Moselle region Sûre (135 km) Moselle (38 km) Minimum altitude (130 m) WASSERBILLIG © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. Alzette (68 km) Woodland area 91,400 ha (35%) Water surfaces (0.6%) MULTICULTURAL POPULATION 563,000 inhabitants Foreign residents in Luxembourg (45.9%) +/- 170 different nationalities live in Luxembourg Portuguese (16.4%) Luxembourgers (54.1%) French (7.0%) Italians (3.5%) Belgians (3.3%) Germans (2.3%) Other nationalities - EU 7.0% - Third country nationals 6.5% © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. Luxembourg Esch-sur-Alzette Differdange Dudelange 111,300 33,300 24,300 19,700 Most populated cities National language: Lëtzebuergesch LINGUISTIC SITUATION Legislative language Administrative languages and languages used for legal purposes In everyday life At the Chamber of Deputies (parliament) ? At work In secondary education In the media In early childhood education © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. At work In fundamental education With the grand-ducal police xxx LABOUR MARKET 371,600 employees (2014) Employment rate (15-64 years): 66.6% 164,000 non-resident commuters foreigners employed on 71% the domestic labour market Finance Commerce Administration Social services International of the country's workforce are Industry 70% immigrants or non-resident commuters Crafts © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. 7.1% unemployment rate ECONOMY AND KEY ECONOMIC SECTORS Logistics Broadband Internet coverage: 96% Health technologies Audiovisual production Information and communication technologies (ICT) Research and innovation Finance Shipping Aerospace sector Automotive components sector Logistics Environment technologies Agriculture Industry Tourism © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. Crafts Luxembourg = seat of European institutions Founding member of major international organisations: EU, UN, NATO, OECD, Benelux NATIONAL SYMBOLS National motto ‘Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn’ HRH Grand Duke Henri Fireworks Coat of arms Wilhelmus Anthem of the grand-ducal house De Renert National anthem JUNE National day Military parade © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. Torchlight procession Gëlle Fra National flag Flame of remembrance Fortress and old city centre CULTURE AND TRADITIONS of Luxembourg (UNESCO) Open-air concerts Echternach hopping procession (UNESCO) MUDAM, Musée d'art Rockhal moderne Grand-Duc Jean (museum of modern art) Philharmonie Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg (Grand Theatre of the City of Luxembourg) National Museum of History and Art European Capital of Culture 1995 and 2007 Schueberfouer Wine route Clervaux castle: 'The Family of Man' photo exhibition (UNESCO) Blues’n Jazz Rallye © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. Liichtmëssdag Bretzelsonndeg Fuesend/Carnival Open-air festivals People living alone have an average space of: People living in a six-person- household have an average space per person of: QUALITY OF LIFE 97% of households have a 'minimum standard' 95.2 30.1 High housing prices Annual median income by adult equivalent: 33,300 EUR 7.5/10: overall life satisfaction of Luxembourgers (Eurostat) 69% of households SOLD are owners 317 policemen per 100,000 inhabitants average/flat: Refrigerator 1,346 € TV POLICE Computer Washing machine Mobile phone SOCIAL SECURITY 13:55 Mobility 92.4% 94.9% 95.0% 95.8% 98.1% Effective healthcare system © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. Vehicles per household: 1.26 Education system public: 89% private: 11% 85% of the population feel safe Life expectancy at birth: 81.9 years POLITICS AND INSTITUTIONS Head of government: Xavier Bettel Constitutional monarchy DP Head of State: Democratic Party HRH Grand Duke Henri LSAP Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party President of the State Council: Viviane Ecker Déi Gréng Green Party Courts and tribunals Year of independence 1839 Treaty of London Introduction of universal suffrage 1919 President of the Chamber of Deputies 12 cantons (parliament): Mars Di Bartolomeo 105 municipalities © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. Chamber of Deputies DP: 13 CSV: 23 LSAP: 13 ADR: 3 Dei Gréng: 6 Dei Lénk: 2 60 MPs Voters MOBILITY P+R Park & Ride Regional bus e-car mKaart: valid for the entire public transport network Taxi VelóH: 72 stations 600 km cycle paths mBox Soft mobility Luxembourg-Paris Regional train As of 2017: tramway in Luxembourg City © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. Free and dense motorway network International airport of Luxembourg-Findel Luxembourg IMPORT AND EXPORT Logistics: aircraft EUROPE 90.5% AMERICA International airport 7.1% of Luxembourg-Findel ASIA 2.3% BELGIUM AFRICA 0.0% 33.9% GERMANY 27.2% EUROPE 86.3% AMERICA GERMANY 6.1% Logistics: road FRANCE 27.8% ASIA 13.4% FRANCE 5.8% Logistics: train 13.6% AFRICA BELGIUM 1.6% 13.0% 18,174 11,431 million EUR million EUR © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. Transport equipment Logistics: ship 19.1% 8.5% Manufactured goods in metal 8.2% 26.4% Mineral fuels 12.6% 0.8% Machinery 13.5% 15.6% Chemicals 10.3% 9.5% Food products 8.8% 8.4% Crude materials 7.1% 2.5% Beverages and tobacco 2.9% 1.9% Official Development Assistance (ODA) (1% of GNI) LUXEMBOURG IN THE WORLD Founding member of Benelux in 1944 BE NE Jean-Claude Juncker - President of the European Commission (2014-...) Schengen Agreements LUX Jacques Santer - President of the European Commission (1995-1999) Gaston Thorn - President of the European Commission (1981-1985) Pierre Werner - 'Father of the euro' Founding member of the ECSC (1952) and the EEC (1957) Robert Schuman - 'Founding father of the EU' European Stability Mechanism European Court of Auditors Strong implication in the © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved. European integration process Founding member of OECD, OSCE, UN, NATO... European Investment Bank (EIB) Court of Justice of the European Union These princes of Henri VII (1308-1313) Luxembourg wore the crown of the Charles IV (1346-1378) Holy Roman Empire Wenceslas (1376-1400) Sigismond (1410-1437) HISTORY A province of the The Duchy of Luxembourg Netherlands is passed on to the (15th to 18th century) Spanish Habsbourgs Spain cedes the southern part of the Duchy of Lucilinburhuc Small fort acquired by Luxembourg to France 1555 Count Siegfried 1346- 1308 963 Louis XIV has to return 1437 The Duchy of Luxembourg was the Duchy of Luxembourg 1659 annexed to France as Département to Spain des Forêts (1795) The fortress The Duchy of Luxembourg of Luxembourg Congress of Vienna: creation of the Grand Duchy passes under Austrian 1697 becomes a true of Luxembourg, which was assigned to the rule ‘Gibraltar of the King of the Netherlands, William I (1815) North’ Treaty of London (1839): Neutral Luxembourg is 1715 the Grand Duchy acquires invaded by the German army its current geographical form Founding member (1940) of OECD, UN, NATO... Treaty of London (1867): status of a neutral state Luxembourg City is liberated and dismantling of the Luxembourg fortress by the American army 1848 (10 September 1944) Constitution: freedoms and fundamental rights for citizens Luxembourg is one of Founding member the founding members of Benelux (1947) of the ECSC (1952) and First steelworks in the the EEC (1957) south of the country Second (1870) World War Since the reign of Grand Duke Adolf (1890-1905), Luxembourg has had its own dynasty, the Nassau-Weilbourg First World War Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde (1912-1919) Grand Duke Jean (1964-2000) Neutral Luxembourg is invaded by the German army (1914) © 2015 SIP/STATEC. All rights reserved.Grand Duke Henri (2000-...) Grand Duchess Ancient borders of the Charlotte (1919-1964) Duchy of Luxembourg (1815) to Prussia (1839) to Belgium Today's territory (1659) to France (1659) to France.