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Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here .
German/Lëtzebuergesch:
1.234,45
(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)
French:
1 234,45
(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)
Note: This section last updated 10th May 2021
In French:
dd/mm/yy
14:32
In German and Lëtzebuergesch:
dd.mm.yy
14:32
The official language is Lëtzebuergesch , a German-Moselle-Frankish dialect which should be regarded as a distinct language related to German. French is spoken by 13 100 as a mother-language and German has 9 200 mother-language speakers.
The following company types may be found in Luxemburg:
Affaire Personnelle ASBL (Association sans But Lucratif) (Indicates a Charity) Association de Fait Association Momentanée SA (Société Anonyme) Sarl (Société à responsabilité limitée – private company) SC (Société Coopérative) SCS (Société en Commandite) SICAV (Société d’investissement à capital variable) SNC or SENC (Société en Nom Collectif – general partnership) Société en Commandité par Actions Société en Commandité Simple Société Etrangère SOPARFI (Société de Participation Financière – holding company) SPRL (Sociéte de Personnes à Responsabilité Limitée) SPRL (Société Privée à Responsabilité Limitée)
Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm
Street names can either be in French, German or Letzebuergesch. Increasingly, especially in the capital, street names are given in both languages.
The structure of the address is slightly different according to the language of the address inasmuch as in a French address, the thoroughfare type is prefixed to the thoroughfare name with spaces between the words, whereas addresses in Letzebuergesch have the thoroughfare type suffixed to the thoroughfare name without a space. Otherwise, addresses are structured thus:
Recipient name number[ ]Thoroughfare postal code[ ]TOWN NAME
or
Recipient name number[, ]Thoroughfare postal code[ ]TOWN NAME
For example:
Thoroughfare types given in French should be written with the first letter in lower case.
Street names in French and German, © Bernd Kueck, http:www.grenzen.150m.com
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
As Letzebuergesch itself has a number of dialects and therefore a number of different spellings for thoroughfare types depending on the region, a list of the thoroughfare types in Letzebuergesch cannot be given here.
Please refer to the chapters on France and Belgium for lists of commonly occurring thoroughfare types and abbreviations as found when addresses are written in French.
This is often written in its French form – Boîte Postale.
Note: This section last updated 4th April 2020
Postal codes (Code Postal or Postleitzahl) in Luxembourg consist of a block of 4 numbers, beginning with a number between 1 and 9, and they are written on the last line of the address preceding the town name. Postal codes beginning with the following numbers are currently not used:
30,31,50,51,60,70,71,78,79,89
The first two digits indicate the delivery office.
Luxembourg Post prefers that the codes are written preceded by L-.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
\A((1|2|4|9)[0-9][0-9][0-9]|(3)[2-9][0-9][0-9]|(5)[2-9][0-9][0-9]|(6)[1-9][0-9][0-9]|(7)[2-7][0-9][0-9]|(8)[0-8][0-9][0-9]|(L-)(1|2|4|9)[0-9][0-9][0-9]|(L-)(3)[2-9][0-9][0-9]|(L-)(5)[2-9][0-9][0-9]|(L-)(6)[1-9][0-9][0-9]|(L-)(7)[2-7][0-9][0-9]|(L-)(8)[0-8][0-9][0-9])\Z
Note: This section last updated 20th January 2017
Refer to Exonyms in Luxembourg for full lists of place names in Luxembourg in other languages.
Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm
Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm
Note: This section last updated 21st May 2022
Luxembourg has 12 cantons :
Canton |
Clervaux |
Diekirch |
Redange |
Vianden |
Wiltz |
Echternach |
Grevenmacher |
Remich |
Capellen |
Esch-sur-Alzette |
Luxembourg |
Mersch |
Luxembourg numbers do not have area codes, and fixed geographic numbers have lengths varying from 4 to 11 digits. Mobile numbers are 9 digits long and commence with a 6.
Every effort is made to keep this resource updated. If you find any errors, or have any questions or requests, please don't hesitate to contact the author.
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