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Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourgi
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Esch-sur-AlzetteCommune
Canton Esch-sur-AlzetteCanton
LuxembourgCountry

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Views of the Esch-sur-Alzette town and metallurgy area, in 1953.

Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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View of the Esch-sur-Alzette metallurgy area, in 1897.

ArcelorMittal smelter, Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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View of the Esch-sur-Alzette metallurgy area, in 1905.

ArcelorMittal smelter, Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
08692660017272366773360.jpg
Views of the Esch-sur-Alzette town and metallurgy area, in 1953.

Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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View of the Esch-sur-Alzette metallurgy area, in 1897.

ArcelorMittal smelter, Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
06667480017272366792084.jpg
View of the Esch-sur-Alzette metallurgy area, in 1905.

ArcelorMittal smelter, Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
08692660017272366773360.jpg
Views of the Esch-sur-Alzette town and metallurgy area, in 1953.

Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
07444480017272366784723.jpg
View of the Esch-sur-Alzette metallurgy area, in 1897.

ArcelorMittal smelter, Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Esch-sur-Alzette28,228 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
346589
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:346589:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Canton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
German:
Esch an der Alzette, Kanton Esch an der Alzette, Luxemburg
Italian:
Esch-sur-Alzette, cantone di Esch-sur-Alzette, Lussemburgo
Russian:
Эш-сюр-Альзетт, Эш-сюр-Альзетт, Люксембург
Simplified Chinese:
阿尔泽特河畔埃施, 阿尔泽特河畔埃施县, 卢森堡
Spanish:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Cantón de Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburgo
Alemannic:
Esch-Uelzecht, Kanton Esch-Uelzecht
Arabic:
إيش سوغ ألزيت, لوكسمبورغ
Armenian:
Էշ-սյուր-Ալզետ
Basque:
Esch-sur-Alzette
Belarusian:
Эш-сюр-Альзет, Люксембург
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Эш-сюр-Альзэт
Catalan:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Cantó d'Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Cebuano:
Esch-sur-Alzette , Canton d'Esch-sur-Alzette
Czech:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Kanton Esch an der Alzette, Lucembursko
Danish:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Dutch:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Kanton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Esperanto:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Kantono Esch-sur-Alzette
Farsi/Persian:
اش-سور-آلزت, اش-سور-آلزت , لوکزامبورگ
Finnish:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Georgian:
ეშ-სიურ-ალზეტი
Greek:
Ες-συρ-Αλζέτ, Καντόνιο της Ες-συρ-Αλζέτ, Λουξεμβούργο
Hebrew:
אש-סור-אלזטה, לוקסמבורג
Hungarian:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Ido:
Esch-sur-Alzette
Indonesian:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Kanton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luksemburg
Interlingue:
Esch-sur-Alzette
Japanese:
エシュ=シュル=アルゼット, エシュ=シュル=アルゼット郡, ルクセンブルク
Korean:
에슈쉬르알제트, 에슈쉬르알제트 주, 룩셈부르크
Lithuanian:
Ešas prie Alzeto, Ešo kantonas, Liuksemburgas
Lombard:
Esch-sur-Alzette
Low Saxon/Low German:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Kanton Esch an der Alzette
Luxembourgish:
Esch-Uelzecht, Kanton Esch-Uelzecht
Macedonian:
Еш на Алзет, Луксембург
Malay:
Esch-sur-Alzette
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Alzette
Nahuatl:
Esch-sur-Alzette
Norwegian:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Esch-sur-Alzette
Occitan:
Esch-sur-Alzette
Pashto:
اش-سور-الزت
Piedmontese:
Esch-sur-Alzette
Polish:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Kanton Esch-sur-Alzette, Luksemburg
Portuguese:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburgo
Romanian:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Scots:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Alzette
Serbian:
Еш сир Алзет, Луксембург
Silesian:
Esch-sur-Alzette
Slovak:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembursko
Swahili:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Swedish:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Turkish:
Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Alzette kantonu, Lüksemburg
Ukrainian:
Еш-сюр-Альзетт, Еш-сюр-Альзетт, Люксембург
Urdu:
اش-سور-الزیت, اش-سور-الزیت
Volapük:
Esch-Uelzecht
Zazaki:
Esch-sur-Alzette


Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourgish: Esch-Uelzecht, German: Esch-an-der-Alzette or Esch-an-der-Alzig, French: Esch-sur-Alzette) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg. It lies in the south-west of the country, on the border with France and in the valley of the Alzette, which flows through the town. The town is usually referred to as just Esch; however, the full name distinguishes it from the village and commune of Esch-sur-Sûre which lies 45 kilometres (28 miles) further north. The country's capital, Luxembourg City, is roughly 15 km (9.3 mi) to the north-east.

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There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed109 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed112 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Platypterygius campylodon
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauria : Ophthalmosauridae : Platypterygius : Platypterygius campylodon112.03 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esch-sur-Alzette
Wikidata ID:Q16010
GeoNames ID:2960596

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