Colmar-Berg

Colmar-Berg
Colmer-Bierg
Commune
Town hall

Coat of arms

Map of Luxembourg with Colmar-Berg highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°48′40″N 6°05′50″E / 49.8111°N 6.0972°E / 49.8111; 6.0972Coordinates: 49°48′40″N 6°05′50″E / 49.8111°N 6.0972°E / 49.8111; 6.0972
Country  Luxembourg
Canton Mersch
Government
 • Mayor Gast Jacobs
Area
 • Total 18.87 km2 (7.29 sq mi)
Area rank 62nd of 102
Highest elevation 372 m (1,220 ft)
 • Rank 76th of 102
Lowest elevation 201 m (659 ft)
 • Rank 27th of 102
Population (2014)
 • Total 2,065
 • Rank 65th of 102
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
 • Density rank 59th of 102
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2 LU00012001
Website colmar-berg.lu

Colmar-Berg (Luxembourgish: Colmer-Bierg, German: Colmar-Berg) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Attert and Alzette.

As of 2005, the town of Colmar-Berg, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 1,711. Colmar-Berg is the site of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg's principal residence, Berg Castle. It is also the site of a Goodyear tyre factory.

The commune was known as simply 'Berg' until 25 March 1991.[1]

The "Centre de Formation pour Conducteurs" (French for "Drivers' Training Centre") is also in Colmar-Berg. Every person has to make an "Obligatory Course" after they got their driving license in order for it to become a definitive license. This has to be done in the timespan after three months and before two years after the person passed their practical driving test.

Grand Duke's castle

References

  1. ↑ "Mémorial A, 1991, No. 25" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-07-18.


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