Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg / is a country located in Western Europe and one of the Benelux countries. It is bordered on the west and northwest by Belgium, on the east and northeast by Germany, and on the south by France

Luxembourg is culturally and demographically (demographically) and linguistically closely related to its neighbors, making it a cross-fertilization area between the German (Germanic) and French (Francophone) cultures. One manifestation of this is the codification of three languages ​​in it, which are Luxembourgish as a national language, and German and French as administrative languages. Given its long history of repeated invasions by its neighbors (the wars of the French Revolution and the wars of Napoleon, the wars of Germany and especially the two world wars), Luxembourg played an important role as a mediator to support the Franco-German dialogue, and was one of the six founding members of the European Iron and Steel Organization in 1956 as the nucleus of building the European Union

The north of the country is called Oziling. The height of this region ranges between 400 and 500 meters above sea level, and there are many forests, plateaux and valleys. Burgpalatz, which is 559 meters high, is the tallest mountain in the country. The fertile south is called Gotland. This region has a higher population density than the northern region for the ease of its lands. The lowest spot in Luxembourg is Spatz, which is 129 meters above sea level

Luxembourg's economy has high growth, low unemployment (4.7% in 2005) and low inflation. The average per capita income distributed to the population is about 66 thousand US dollars, according to statistics from 2005. This will be your first in the world, followed by Norway, with a difference of about 20 thousand dollars. The country's most important industries are mineral and chemical. The services sector is an important part of the economy, especially banks. The main agricultural products are grains, potatoes and grapes

The length of the railways is 274 km and the road is 5189 km, according to the statistics of the years 2000-2002. Luxembourg Airport is an international airport and Luxair is the national airline. The rivers, especially the Moselle, are used for navigation. The port of Mertert is the most important port in Luxembourg

The country's culture is influenced by the two great neighboring countries, Germany and France. To the extent that its national language, Luxembourg, is taught yet German and French, it is secondary in schools. Born in Luxembourg, Robert Schuman is one of the founders of the European Union

The population of Luxembourg reached 455 thousand people in 2004, of whom about 40% are foreigners, including Portuguese, French and Italian minorities. Many workers in the duchy do not live there, but in neighboring countries, most of them in France

The national economy in the country of Luxembourg is based on the tourism sector in it, where the tourism sector revenues represented about 8.3% of the gross domestic product in 2009, which makes it employ approximately 11.7% of the population in the tourism sector, and Luxembourg has good transport links It connects it with the rest of Europe through a network of railways and airlines

In addition to the tourist areas in Luxembourg, which is one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in the world, which makes it a popular destination for international meetings and weekend stays, and as a result, Luxembourg ranked 15th in 2011 in the Competitiveness Report for Travel and Tourism

Although Luxembourg is small in size and has a population of no more than half a million, but it is one of the most developed economies in the world, and it has great historical and archaeological wealth, most of which dates back to the Middle Ages. One of the historical, cultural and artistic monuments that embody the diversity of civilizations that have gone through since ancient times, and here comes the most prominent tourist area in Luxembourg

The castle of Vianden is located in the strange mountain town of Vianden, on the German border, where the castle is one of the most important tourist areas in Luxembourg in general, and the city of Vianden in particular, where the castle was built between the eleventh and fourteenth century AD, and was a prominent place for the king of Luxembourg at the time, before To be extinct for a long time, to restore the castle later in the seventies of the twentieth century, as the castle now offers offers to some of the sights of the town, in addition to that there is a restaurant on the roof of the castle that can only be reached by a chair, where visitors can enjoy the view of the restaurant on the mountains Surrounding and Vianden town buildings