Colmar-Berg

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Colmar-Berg

| native_name = Colmer-Bierg

| native_name_lang = lb

| settlement_type = Commune

| image_skyline = Colmar Berg 02 town hall Luxembourg.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Town hall

| image_shield = Coat_of_arms_colmar_berg_luxbrg.png

| shield_alt =

| shield_size = 100x80px

| image_map = Colmar Berg map.svg

| map_alt =

| mapsize = 200px

| map_caption = Map of Luxembourg with Colmar-Berg highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red

| coordinates = {{coord|3=region:LU_type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}}

| coor_pinpoint =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Luxembourg}}

| subdivision_type1 = Canton

| subdivision_name1 = Mersch

| established_title =

| established_date =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = {{Luxembourg commune mayor|LAU2=0401}}

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = {{Luxembourg commune area|LAU2=0401}}

| area_rank = {{Luxembourg commune area rank|LAU2=0401}} of 100

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m = {{Luxembourg commune high|LAU2=0401}}

| elevation_max_rank = {{Luxembourg commune high rank|LAU2=0401}} of 100

| elevation_min_m = {{Luxembourg commune low|LAU2=0401}}

| elevation_min_rank = {{Luxembourg commune low rank|LAU2=0401}} of 100

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = {{wikidata|property|linked|P1082}}

| population_rank = {{Luxembourg commune population rank|LAU2=0401}} of 100

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_density_rank = {{Luxembourg commune density rank|LAU2=0401}} of 100

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = LAU 2

| blank_info_sec1 = LU0000401

| website = [http://www.colmar-berg.lu colmar-berg.lu]

| footnotes =

}}

Colmar-Berg ({{langx|lb|Colmer-Bierg}}, {{langx|de|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.

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.{{cite web | url=http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/1991/0253004/0253004.pdf?SID=5f3b1b117e0cc362f0f9201d90b46f41#page=2 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317163112/http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/1991/0253004/0253004.pdf#page=2 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 17, 2005 | title=Mémorial A, 1991, No. 25 | access-date=2006-07-18 | format=PDF | publisher=Service central de législation | language=fr }}

File:Colmar Berg 05 grand duke castle Luxembourg.jpg

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.

Population

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|y=458, 578, 678, 644, 648, 608, 572, 680, 935, 1176, 1332, 1648, 1880, 1948, 2108, 2192, 2238, |showValues=}}

{{Cite web|title=Population par canton et commune|url=https://statistiques.public.lu/stat/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=12861&IF_Language=fra&MainTheme=2&FldrName=1|url-status=live|access-date=11 January 2022|website=statistiques.public.lu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912150215/http://www.statistiques.public.lu/stat/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=12861&IF_Language=fra&MainTheme=2&FldrName=1 |archive-date=2016-09-12 }}

Notable people

= Aristocracy =

References

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