Messancy
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| Region : | Wallonia | ||
| Province : | Luxembourg | ||
| District : | Arlon | ||
| Coordinates : | 49 ° 36 ' N , 5 ° 49' E | ||
| Area : | 52.43 km² | ||
| Residents: | 8218 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density: | 157 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Post Code: | 6780, 6781, 6782 | ||
| Prefix: | 063 | ||
Local government address : |
Administration Communale 100, Grand Rue 6780 Messancy |
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| Website: | www.messancy.be | ||
Messancy ( German Metzig , Luxembourgish Miezeg ) is a Belgian municipality in the Arlon arrondissement of the province of Luxembourg .
Messancy parish
The current municipality of Messancy was formed in the course of the Belgian municipal reform on January 1, 1977 from the five municipalities of Messancy, Habergy, Hondelange, Sélange and Wolkrange (now districts of the new municipality). The municipality consists of the following smaller towns:
| French (official) |
Walloon | Luxembourgish | German |
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| Bébange | - | Stay | Quivering |
| Buvange | - | Béiwen | Büwingen |
| Differt | - | Déifert | Differt |
| Guelf | - | Gielef | Gelf |
| Habergy | Haberdji | Hiewerdang | Heverdingen |
| Hondelange | Hondlindje | Hondeléng | Hondelingen |
| Longeau | - | laser | Long water |
| Messancy | Messanceye | Miezeg | Metzig |
| Sélange | - | Séilen | Selingen |
| Turpange | - | Animal pen | Türpingen |
| Wolkrange | Wåclindje | Wolker | Wolkringen |
history
Messancy was first mentioned in 1060 as Marseium , other districts: Buvange as Buffigen , Differt as Differt (1269), Guelf as Guldorf (1253), Habergy as Heverdingen (1480), Hondelange as Hondlange (1331), Longeau as Longawa (707), Sélange as Seylongen (1309), Wolkrange as Wolkrange (1270).
Until the annexation by France (October 1, 1795), the municipal area belonged to the medieval German Empire ( county or duchy of Luxembourg ), then to the newly formed French department of Forêts . After the Congress of Vienna in 1815 it was awarded to the newly founded Kingdom of the United Netherlands . The municipality has belonged to the Kingdom of Belgium since the Belgian Revolution in 1830 .
traffic
- Athus-Meuse line to Bertrix , Athus and Arlon
Sons and daughters of the church
- Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805–1881), politician and diplomat
- Victor Tesch (1812–1892), politician, publisher and director of the Burbacher Hütte
- Ingrid Lempereur (* 1969), swimmer, sportswoman of the year 1987
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 1 / II. Linden 1950.
- ↑ a b Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 1 / IV. Linden 1952.
- ↑ a b Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 2 / VII. Linden 1955.
- ↑ a b Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 2 / VIII. Linden 1957.
- ↑ a b Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 2 / IX. Linden 1957.
- ↑ a b Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 3 / XIII. Linden 1965.
- ↑ a b Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 3 / XIV. Linden 1967.
- ↑ a b Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 4 / XX. Linden 1973.
- ↑ a b Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 4 / XXII. Linden 1974.
- ↑ a b Luxembourg dictionary . Volume 4 / XXIII. Linden 1975.
- ^ Royaume de Belgique - Ministère de l'Intérieur: Bulletin de la commission centrale de statistique. Tome IX. M. Hayez 1866, 189.
- ^ A b Royaume de Belgique - Ministère de l'Intérieur: Bulletin de la commission centrale de statistique. Tome IX. M. Hayez 1866, page 188.
- ↑ a b c d Royaume de Belgique - Ministère de l'Intérieur: Bulletin de la commission centrale de statistique. Tome IX. M. Hayez 1866, page 190.
- ^ A b Royaume de Belgique - Ministère de l'Intérieur: Bulletin de la commission centrale de statistique. Tome IX. M. Hayez 1866, p. 186.