Saint-Léger (Belgium)

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Saint-Léger
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Saint-Léger (Luxembourg)
Saint-Léger
Saint-Léger
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Province : Luxembourg
District : Virton
Coordinates : 49 ° 37 '  N , 5 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '  N , 5 ° 39'  E
Area : 35.86 km²
Residents: 3608 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density: 101 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 6747
Prefix: 063

Local government address : 		Administration Communale
Rue du Château, 19
6747 Saint-Léger
Website: www.saint-leger.be
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Saint-Léger is a Belgian municipality in the south of the province of Luxembourg .

Saint-Léger commune

The current municipality of Saint-Léger was formed in the course of the Belgian municipal reform on January 1, 1977 from the following 3 municipalities (now districts of the new municipality):

official name (French) Walloon name Luxembourgish name German name
Châtillon Tchèkion Schasteljong -
Meix-le-Tige Mèych-li-Tîxhe Dâitsch-Meesch German Sea
Saint-Léger Sié-Ldjî Zieljhee -

history

Saint-Léger and Maix-le-Tige were first mentioned in 1255 as Saint-Ligier and Mers . Saint-Léger owes its name to Saint Leodegar . The name of Meix-la-Tige ( German Meix , to distinguish it from the neighboring village Meix-devant-Virton ) indicates the German-French language border running between the two places, similar to the Lorraine villages of Audun-le-Tiche ( German- Oth ) and Audun-le-Roman .

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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Code postal wallon. Production de l'Union Culturelle Wallonne Editions 2000, p. 3.
  2. ^ A b Fernand Hoffmann: History of the Luxembourg dialect poetry. Bourg-Bourger 1964, p. 19.
  3. ↑ Code postal wallon. Production de l'Union Culturelle Wallonne Editions 2000, p. 9.
  4. ^ Luxembourg dictionary. Volume 1 / IV. Impr. Pierre Linden 1952.
  5. ↑ Code postal wallon. Production de l'Union Culturelle Wallonne Editions 2000, p. 12.
  6. ^ Luxembourg dictionary. Volume 4 / XXIII. Impr. Pierre Linden 1975.
  7. ^ Royaume de Belgique - Ministère de l'Intérieur: Bulletin de la commission centrale de statistique. Tome IX. M. Hayez 1866, p. 203.
  8. ^ A b Royaume de Belgique - Ministère de l'Intérieur: Bulletin de la commission centrale de statistique. Tome IX. M. Hayez 1866, p. 189.

Web links

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