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Hesperange

Howald

Howald is a town in the commune of , in southern . The town merges almost seamlessly with Luxembourg City's south-eastern suburban quarter of South Bonnevoie, which lies to the north of Howald.
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  • Type: Village with 5,630 residents
  • Description: town in the commune of Hesperange, Luxembourg
  • Postal codes: L-1137, L-1216, L-1223, L-1228, L-1231, L-1232, L-1274, L-1350, L-1353, L-1363, L-1423, L-1455, L-1467, L-1508, L-1625, L-1749, L-1813, L-1818, L-1842, L-1867, L-1949, L-2112, L-2129, L-2272, L-2317, L-2319, L-2370, L-2412, L-2416, L-2425, L-2446, L-2524, L-2529, L-2545, L-2610, L-2611, L-2723, L-2727, L-5821, L-5850, L-5884, and L-5885

Places of Interest

Highlights include Victor Bodson Bridge and Howald railway station.

Bridge
Photo: Jwh, CC BY-SA 3.0 lu.
The is a cable-stayed bridge in , in southern . It circles the south-eastern suburbs of , and carries the A1 motorway between Howald and , over the valley below.

Railway station
Photo: Zinneke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in on line 6, which opened on December 10, 2017. It is located in Howald, in the commune of , in the . It is operated by Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois.

Fire station
Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a fire station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fentange and Gasperich.

Village
is a town in the commune of , in southern . As of 2025, the town has a population of 2,675.

Suburb
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is a district in southern , in southern . As of 31 December 2024, the district has a population of 10,208 inhabitants.

Hamlet
Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Howald

Latitude
49.58215° or 49° 34′ 56″ north
Longitude
6.14436° or 6° 8′ 40″ east
Population
5,630
Elevation
296 metres (971 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LU HOW
Open location code
8FX8H4JV+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 69622002
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7290933
Wiki­data ID
Q2776327
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Howald” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Howald”
  • Danish: “Howald”
  • Dutch: “Howald”
  • French: “Howald”
  • German: “Howald”
  • Hungarian: “Howald”
  • Luxembourgish: “Houwald”
  • Polish: “Howald”
  • Turkish: “Howald”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Howald”. Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 3.0.