Betzdorf, Luxembourg

Commune in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg

Betzdorf (Luxembourgish: Betzder [ˈbætsdɐ] ^ⓘ) is a commune and town in the canton of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg.

As of 2024^[update], the town of Betzdorf, which lies in the north-east of the commune, has a population of 288 inhabitants.^[1] Other settlements within the commune include the commune's administrative centre, Berg,^[2] as well as Mensdorf, Olingen, and Roodt-sur-Syre.^[3]

Betzdorf Castle is the birthplace of Grand Duke Henri and is now the headquarters of SES, the world's largest satellite operator in terms of revenue and one of the four largest components of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's main LuxX Index.

Population

^[4]

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 2019

Notable people

• Bernard Molitor (1755–1833), a Luxembourgish cabinet-maker.

Aristocracy

• Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria (born 1954), her father's eldest child
• Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
• Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein (born 1957), princess of two current realms

List of mayors

Footnotes

1. Mayor in name only under Nazi occupation (1940 - 1944)

References

1. "Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité". data.public.lu. 2024-01-07.
2. "Les 5 villages". Administration Communale de Betzdorf (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
3. "La commune en chiffres". Administration Communale de Betzdorf (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
4. "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

External links

• Media related to Betzdorf (Luxembourg) at Wikimedia Commons