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| State : |
 Luxembourg
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| Coordinates : | 49 ° 47 ' N , 6 ° 4' E |
| Canton : | Mersch |
| Residents : | 3183 (January 1, 2019) |
| Area : | 20.8 km² |
| Population density : | 153.4 inhabitants / km² |
| Postal code : | 7703-7795 |
| Municipality number: | 0402 |
| Website: | www.bissen.lu |
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| Mayor: | David Viaggi (Är Leit) |
| Elective system : | Proportional vote |
Bissen ( Luxembourgish Biissen ) is a municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and belongs to the canton of Mersch .
Composition of the community
The municipality of Bissen consists of the localities of Bissen and Roost.
It belongs to the following associations of municipalities: SICONA-Center, SIDEC, SIDEN, SIGI, SYVICOL.
geography
Bissen is located on the Attert in the canton of Mersch . Of the total area of 2,075 ha, 586.93 ha are forest.
history
The existence of Bissen is evidenced by a document from 960, which mentions the independence of the Mersch parish. Thus, in 1960, the parish celebrated its millennium.
Community self-government
The municipal council consists of the following people:
- David Viaggi, Mayor
- Roger Saurfeld, 1st alderman
- Barros Dinis Cindy, 2nd lay judge
- Clement Frank, consultant
- Lucius George's advisor
- Mulbach Carlo, consultant
- Fagny Joelle, consultant
- Englebert Kevin, consultant
- Hoscheid Christian, consultant
- Brune Loïc, consultant
- still open, consultant
mayor
- 1982-1984: Guill Feith
- 1985–1987: Mathias Schmitz
- 1988–1999: Ernest Wendel
- 1999–2000: Roger Schmit
- 2000–2001: Arlette Schmit-Weber
- 2001-2005: Camille Petry
- 2005–2011: Aloyse Bauer
- 2011–2019: Jos Schummer
- since 2019: David Viaggi
sons and daughters of the town
- Carlo Hommel (born September 24, 1953 in Bissen; † March 8, 2006), organist
various
- The organ in the parish church, which was built in 1891 by the Müller brothers, is worth seeing.
- The cause and the way in which a long-standing illegal tire waste dump near the Attert was disposed of have not yet been clarified.
Individual evidence
- ↑ STATEC Luxembourg - Population par canton et commune 1821–2019 (French)
- ↑ Annuaire des Communes: Bissen ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Syvicol .
- ↑ Bourgmestre & Collège échevinal. Accessed June 13, 2020 (Fri-FR).
- ↑ Doesn't anyone want to know who it really was? ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Lëtzebuerger Journal , December 16, 2011
literature
- Bite Ever since Two volumes, by Victor Kalmes. The books were published in 2001 by the local government. Jos Schummer and Arnold Weber contributed to the realization.
Web links
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