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Land of the Red Rocks

The Land of the Red Rocks, also known as the Esch-sur-Alzette canton, is the southwestmost region of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Stade Émile Mayrisch and Schifflange railway station.

Stadium
Photo: Zinneke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a football and athletics , in , in south-western . The stadium has a capacity of 1,632. Original capacity before stadium became all-seater was 3,826.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving , in south-western . It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company.

Museum
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The National Museum of Resistance and Human Rights is located in the centre of in the south-west of . The specially designed building traces the history of Luxembourg from 1940 to 1945 under the Nazi oppression, through the reactions of the people, until liberation, by photos, objects and works of art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Esch-sur-Alzette and Schifflange.

Town
Photo: Zinneke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Land of the Red Rocks, also known as the canton, is the southwestmost region of .

Town
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is a commune and town in south-western . It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette. As of 2023, the commune has a population of 11,363.

Village
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is a town in the commune of , in south-western . As of 2024, the town has a population of 8,329.It lies close to the town of Belval.

Land of the Red Rocks

Latitude
49.51° or 49° 30′ 36″ north
Longitude
5.993° or 5° 59′ 35″ east
Population
193,000
Open location code
8FX7GX5V+X5
Wiki­data ID
Q188283
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Zeeuws—“Land of the Red Rocks” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Cantón d’Esch-Uelzecht”
  • Bavarian: “Kanton Esch an da Alzette”
  • Catalan: “cantó d’Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Catalan: “Cantó d’Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Cebuano: “Canton d’Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Chinese: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Chinese: “阿尔泽特河畔埃施县”
  • Czech: “Esch an der Alzette”
  • Czech: “Kanton Esch an der Alzette”
  • Danish: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Dutch: “Kanton Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Finnish: “Esch-sur-Alzette (kantoni)”
  • Finnish: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • French: “Canton d’Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Friulian: “Cjanton di Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • German: “Kanton Esch an der Alzette”
  • German: “Minett”
  • Greek: “καντόνιο της Ες-συρ-Αλζέτ”
  • Hungarian: “Esch-sur-Alzette kanton”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Esch-Uelzecht”
  • Italian: “cantone di Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Italian: “Cantone di Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Japanese: “エシュ＝シュル＝アルゼット郡”
  • Korean: “에슈쉬르알제트주”
  • Limburgan: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Lithuanian: “Ešo kantonas”
  • Low German: “Kanton Esch an der Alzette”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Esch-Uelzecht”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Northern Frisian: “Esch an der Alzette”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Norwegian: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Persian: “اش-سور-آلزت (ایالت)”
  • Persian: “اش-سور-آلزت”
  • Polish: “Kanton Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Portuguese: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Romanian: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Russian: “Эш-сюр-Альзетт”
  • Scots: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Slovak: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Spanish: “Canton de Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Swedish: “Canton d’Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Swedish: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Esch-Uelzecht”
  • Thai: “อำเภอแอ็ชซูว์ราลแซ็ต”
  • Thai: “อำเภอแอฌวลต์เซิชท์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Esch-Uelzecht”
  • Turkish: “Esch-sur-Alzette kantonu”
  • Turkish: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Ukrainian: “Еш-сюр-Альзетт”
  • Urdu: “اش-سور-الزیت (صوبہ)”
  • Urdu: “اش-سور-الزیت”
  • Vietnamese: “Esch-sur-Alzette”
  • Zeeuws: “Esch-sur-Alzette (kanton)”
  • Zeeuws: “Esch-sur-Alzette”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Land of the Red Rocks”. Photo: Michal Osmenda, CC BY-SA 2.0.