Cents, Luxembourg
Cents (Luxembourgish: Zens) is a quarter in eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.
Cents Zens (Luxembourgish) | |
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 Cents is one of 24 quarters in Luxembourg City | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Commune | Luxembourg City |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.7310 km2 (0.6683 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2019)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,325 |
| • Density | 3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi) |
| Nationality | |
| • Luxembourgish | 50.96% |
| • Other | 49.04% |
| Website | Cents |
As of 31 December 2019, the quarter has a population of 6,325 inhabitants.[2]
The area lies on the eastern side of the city, on an elevated area 60 metres above Clausen and Neudorf.[3]
The Kéibierg connects the Grund and Clausen with the elevation of the Fetschenhof. The name "Kéibierg" ist first recorded in a document from 20 December 1506 as Gyersberg, and is later also mentioned as Gyrsberg, Geierspergh, and Gyhersperg. In 1666/67 in the accounts of the Hospital of St. John this had become the Gansberg, and in the cadaster of 1824 it is registered as the Küheberg.[3]
See also
- Cents-Hamm railway station
- Luxembourg-Cents football stadium
References
- "Cents". www.vdl.lu (in French). Ville de Luxembourg. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- "Statisiques sur la Ville de Luxembourg: Etat de Population - 2019" (PDF). www.vdl.lu (in French). Ville de Luxembourg. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- Cordier, Fernand; Beck, Simone (2018). "Die Anhöhe von Cents-Fetschenhof: Episoden einer wechselhaften Geschichte" (PDF). ons stad (in German). 119: 14–17.
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