L UXEMBOURG By niya dockery

INTRO Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839 but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in Overrun by Germany in both world wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948

GEOGRAPHY mild winters, cool summer Europe, between France and Germany

PEOPLE Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language) Pop. 503,302 total: 39.4 years male: 38.4 years female: 40.4 years School: total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years

GOVERNMENT constitutional monarchy Grand Duchy "Ons Heemecht" (Our Motherland); "De Wilhelmus" (The William)- national anthem The grand duchy: Heri Prime minister : Jean-Claude Juncker

M ILITARY years of age for male and female voluntary military service; soldiers under 18 are not deployed into combat or with peacekeeping missions As a landlocked country, it has no navy

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RELIGION are Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Greek Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Russian Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Mennonitism and Islam.

CULTURE Luxembourg has been overshadowed by the culture of its neighbors, although, having been for much of its history a profoundly rural country, it retains a number of folk traditions The country has produced some internationally known artists

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