Luxembourgers

Luxembourgers

Dennis HastertMichel RodangeRed Faber
Jean-Claude JunckerAndy SchleckMichel Lentz
Paul LauterburHugo GernsbackRobert Schuman
Charlotte of LuxembourgNicolas FrantzHenry VII

Total population
>430,000
Regions with significant populations
 Luxembourg     ~300,000 [1]
 United States >45,139 [2][3]
 France 40,000
 Belgium 30,000 [1]
 Brazil 25,000 - 80,000 [4]
 Germany 15,000
 Argentina [4]
Languages

Luxembourgish, French, Standard German

Religion

Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestants)

Related ethnic groups

Germans, French, Belgians

Luxembourgers are an ethnic group native to Luxembourg sharing Luxembourgian culture and being of Luxembourgian descent.

Location

Most ethnic Luxembourgers live in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, a small country located in Europe between Germany, France and Belgium and are a mixture of Latin and Germanic origin. Most speak Luxembourgish, as their native language, in addition to French and German. Luxembourgish is a language which is related to German. However, there is a relatively large diaspora, in Europe and elsewhere. Particularly, there are populations in the surrounding countries of Belgium, France, and Germany. For the most part, this is due to historic reasons, especially the three Partitions of Luxembourg, which led to former territories of Luxembourg being incorporated into each of the three surrounding countries.

There are also significant populations in the Americas, with the largest contingent being in the United States. However, many people of Luxembourgish descent live in Argentina and Brazil, to which large waves of Luxembourgers emigrated in the nineteenth century, as did Germans at the same time.[4]

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