Introduction
Luxembourg is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the East) the nation of Luxembourg, France and the Belgian provinces of Namur and Liège. Its capital is Arlon.
It has a surface area of 4443 km²,a population of 246,000 inhabitants, and is divided into five administrative districts (arrondissements) which contain 44 municipalities (communes) .
The province also covers two geographical regions of Wallonia : the Ardennes in the north part and the Gaume in the south part.
Famous people born in the province of Luxembourg include (chronologically): the grammarian Maurice Grevisse, and the Nobel Prize biochemist Albert Claude.
History
Historically, the province was comprised almost entirely into the County, then Duchy of Luxembourg, with parts in the north and west belonging to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège or the Principality of Sedan. The eastern town of Vielsalm, named after the River Salm, was the original seat of the County of Salm (later a principality), which stretched from the Belgian Ardennes to the Vosges Mountains in Lorraine and Alsace.
Selected beers from the province of Luxembourg
- Cuvée de Bouillon
- Fantôme
- Gengoulf
- La Chouffe
- La Rulles
- Lupulus
- Marckloff
- Orval Abbey
- Oster
- Oxymore
- Saint-Monon
Orval is the province's most famous beer, but also the 3rd best-selling Belgian trappist beer worldwide.
Attractions
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 Megalithic sites of Wéris
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Bouillon Castle
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