Betzdorf, Luxembourg
Betzdorf (Luxembourgish: Betzder [ˈbætsdɐ]) is a commune and town in the canton of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg.
Betzdorf
Betzder | |
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Coordinates: 49.6875°N 6.35°E | |
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Canton | Grevenmacher |
Area | |
• Total | 26.08 km2 (10.07 sq mi) |
• Rank | 34th of 102 |
Highest elevation | 358 m (1,175 ft) |
• Rank | 79th of 102 |
Lowest elevation | 218 m (715 ft) |
• Rank | 34th of 102 |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 4,105 |
• Rank | 42nd of 102 |
• Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
• Rank | 49th of 102 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
LAU 2 | LU0001101 |
Website | betzdorf.lu |
As of 2017, the town of Betzdorf, which lies in the north-east of the commune, has a population of 254 inhabitants.[1] Other settlements within the commune include the commune's administrative centre, Berg,[2] as well as Mensdorf, Olingen, and Roodt-sur-Syre.[1]
Betzdorf Castle is the headquarters of SES, the world's largest satellite operator in terms of revenue and one of the four largest components of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's main LuxX Index.
Population
List of mayors
Name | Start | End |
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Jean Engel | 1800 | 1807 |
Jean Baptiste Weidert | 1808 | 1816 |
Peter Erpelding | 1816 | 1823 |
Hubert Petry | 1823 | 1843 |
François Hoffmann Snr. | 1844 | 1854 |
Nicolas Erpelding | 1855 | 1870 |
Christophe Weber | 1871 | 1888 |
Nikolas Metzdorf | 1889 | 1901 |
François Hoffmann Jnr. | 1902 | 1908 |
Johann-Peter Heinen | 1909 | 1930 |
Jean Barthel | 1930 | 1947[note 1] |
Maurice Meyer | 1947 | 1954 |
Jean-Pierre Mangen | 1954 | 1963 |
Jean-Pierre Dondelinger | 1964 | 1975 |
Guy Engel | 1976 | 1981 |
René Muller | 1982 | 1987 |
Rhett Sinner | 1988 | 1999 |
Marie-Josée Frank | 2000 | 2011 |
Rhett Sinner | 2011 | 2014 |
Edgar Arendt | 2014 | 2017 |
Jean-François Wirtz | 2017 | 2023 |
Footnotes
- Mayor in name only under Nazi occupation (1940 - 1944)
References
- "La commune en chiffres". Administration Communale de Betzdorf (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- "Les 5 villages". Administration Communale de Betzdorf (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
External links
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