Rumelange (; ; ) 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
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."National Mining Museum" . Retrieved 20 February 2011.
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 "Emile Kirscht", Luxemburger Lexikon, Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg 2006 Raymond Vouel (1923–1987), a Luxembourg politician and Deputy Prime Minister, 1974/1976
Twin towns
Rumelange is twinned with: Petnjica, Montenegro
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