ABSTRACT

About 450,000 persons live in this smallest among the EU member states, one third of them being foreign residents (Eurostat, 2003). In the capital city of Luxembourg-Ville reside almost 25 per cent of the inhabitants. Foreign residents make up about 60 per cent of the population of the capital city. Next to the capital city, there are some secondary towns, most of them located close to Luxembourg-Ville. The population of the four largest towns is presented in Table 13.1. Population estimates for the largest cities of Luxembourg https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">

City

Population

Luxembourg-Ville

78,000

Esch-sur-Alzette

28,000

Differdange

19,000

Dudelange

17,500

Source: Statec, 2004.