Luxembourgers

Luxembourgers

Dennis Hastert • Michel Rodange • Red Faber Jean-Claude Juncker • Andy Schleck • Michel Lentz Paul Lauterbur • Hugo Gernsback • Robert Schuman Charlotte of Luxembourg • Nicolas Frantz • Henry VII
Total population
>430,000
Regions with significant populations
Luxembourg     ~300,000
United States >45,139 France 40,000 Belgium 30,000 Brazil 25,000 - 80,000 Germany 15,000 [citation needed] Argentina
Languages
Luxembourgish, French, Standard German
Religion
Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestants)
Related ethnic groups
Germans, French, Belgians

Luxembourgers are an ethnic group^{[citation needed]} 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 German dialect. 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.

See also

• Luxembourg Americans
• Luxembourg Brazilian
• Portuguese Luxembourger