What Is Luxembourg Famous For?

Luxembourg is a tiny country, the sixth smallest in the World it is about 80 km from top to bottom and is 50 km at its widest. Luxembourg is situated in Northern Europe at a point where the borders of France, Belgium and Germany confluence.

It is a popular tourist spot with attractions like the famous wine region, various towns exuding a medieval air and historic sites like Vianden Castle, the American Military Cemetery, Military Museum, and numerous picturesque spots it is also famous for the large number of banks it houses.

Luxembourg is a Grand Duchy the only one in the World and has a constitutional monarchy system of government the present head of state is Grand Duke Henry. French is the official language of Luxembourg though a dialect peculiar to the region, known as letzebourgish a mixture of German and French is widely spoken. Iron ore is found abundantly in the region and Luxembourg is a leading producer of steel in the World.

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It is famous because the people of this country have the highest PCI(per capita income) in the world. It is nearly $60,000.

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Luxemburgers are the best languages-speakers in the world, with above 90% of the population speaking at least three languages (generally French, German and Luxemburgese or Portuguese) and more than 80%speaking 4 (add English).

Luxembourg, despite its minute size (less than a 100 000 inhabitants in the capital, Luxembourg-City) is the world's second financial place, after London and before Wall Street!

The most famous Luxemburger is Godefroid de Bouillon, who was appointed to rule Jerusalem after the first (and only successful) crusade. However, Godefroid was from the western part of Luxembourg, which was separated from the eastern part in 1839 and is now the Belgian province also called Luxembourg.

Two major politicians on the European scene were from Luxembourg: Jacques Santer, president of the commission from 1995 and 1999, and Robert Schuman, one of the

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