- Luxembourg
- Quick Fact
- 2020
- Languages in the context of education
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Languages in the context of education
Luxembourgish pupils learn at least
3 languages
during their schooling.
Furthermore the pupils can
choose between 3 other languages
which they can add.
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Demographics
Over
170
nationalities live together in Luxembourg.
The country has a total population of
614,000
people.
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Festivals and traditions
National Day is on
23rd June.
The Grand Duke's birthday is celebrated on that day.
Until 1962, it used to take place on the birthday of Grand Duchess Charlotte on
23rd January,
but the date was changed due to the weather conditions.
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History
Luxembourg was founded in
963
by Count Siegfried.
The formal independence
only goes back to
1839.
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The Grand Duke
H.R.H. Grand Duke Henri
is the head of state since
2000.
He is the
6th head of state
since the independence of Luxembourg in 1839.
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Parliament
Legislative elections by universal suffrage are held every
5 years.
On this occasion, the population elects another Parliament composed of
60 members
representing their interests.
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Space Resources
Luxembourg was the
2nd country in the world
defining a legal framework for
space exploration.
The initiative
Space Resources
was revealed in
2016.
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Development cooperation
Luxembourg dedicates
1 %
of its GNI
to development cooperation.
Luxembourg's development cooperation is the
2nd most generous contributor
in the world.
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Heritage
Luxembourg features
3 classified sites
listed in the
UNESCO world heritage.
The first site was selected in
1994.
It is the old town and Luxembourg City's fortifications.
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Education
85,8%
of luxembourgish pupils are registered
In public schools.
School careers are made up of
15 years,
including 8 in preschool and primary school, and 7 in secondary school.
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Geography
Luxembourg is made up of
2
geographical regions: the Éislek in the north and the Guttland in the south.
Fancy visiting the country?
5 tourist regions
await you, and each of them is worth your while.
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Culture
The short animated film Mr Hublot was awarded the
Oscar
for the best animated short film in
2014.
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Multilingualism
70,5%
of residents speak Luxembourgish.
Overall,
99%
of the population speaks more than one language.
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Demographics
The Luxembourgers
represent
52,5%
of the population.
The
remaining 47,5%
are foreigners
from 170 different nationalities.
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High Performance Computing
The superannuation calculators
Meluxina
performs 10 petaflops
a second, i.e. 10 million billion operations.
It is part of the Euro HPC network that is composed of
8
european superannuation calculators.
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Geography
Luxembourg's border is
365km
long.
There are
3 neighbouring countries:
Belgium, Germany and France.
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Finance
Luxembourg is ranked
3rd
best in the world for green finance.
The Luxembourg Green Exchange is the
1st
stock exchange in the world that is reserved to green bonds.
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European Union
Luxembourg is one of the
6
founding members of the European Union.
Prime Minister Joseph Bech signed the Treaties of Rome for Luxembourg in
1957.
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Tourism
4
beautiful nature parks
await you in Luxembourg.
Together, they cover almost
a third
of the national territory.
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Iron and steel industry
Luxembourg contributed
12.000
tons of steel for the construction of the One World Trade Center.
This corresponds to
2 days
of steel industry production in Luxembourg.
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Culture
Luxembourg city was
european capital of culture twice
in 1995 and 2007.
The second Luxembourgish city to bear that title in
2022
will be Esch-sur-Alzette, alongside Kaunas (Lithuania).
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Parental leave
Parental leave can be taken one day per week for a period of
20 months.
In 2018, approximately
20.000 persons
benefited from this measure.
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