Arelerland


The Land of Arlon is the traditionally Luxembourgish-speaking part of Belgian Lorraine, which is now predominantly French-speaking. Arlon is the main city of this region.
The area has borders with the Gaume to the west and with the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg to the east. It lies to the south of the Ardennes. It coincides largely with the arrondissement of Arlon, part of the province of Luxembourg.

Languages

In the Land of Arlon, the traditional language is Luxembourgish, which is also spoken in the adjacent Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. In 1990, the French Community of Belgium recognised the regional languages on its territory, of which Luxembourgish is one; however, it did not take any further measures.

Linguistic census results

The following data are the linguistic results of the census as they appeared in the Belgian Official Journal. Here the language shift from Luxembourgish to French is clearly visible.
Language that is mostly or exclusively spoken
YearNL
Number		FR
Number		DE
Number		NL
Pct.		FR
Pct.		DE
Pct.
19102539,99730,1240.6%24.8%74.6%
192021716,62322,9360.5%41.8%57.7%
193015521,92818,6460.4%53.8%45.8%
194711636,4672,4110.3%93.5%6.2%

Known languages
Yearonly NL
Number		NL & FR
Number		only FR
Number		FR & DE
Number		only DE
Number		DE & NL
Number		NL & FR & DE
Number		None
Number		only NL
Pct.		NL & FR
Pct.		only FR
Pct.		FR & DE
Pct.		only DE
Pct.		DE & NL
Pct.		NL & FR & DE
Pct.
18462993,90924,2751.0%13.7%85.2%
1866681273,2216,34219,465236810.2%0.4%11.0%21.6%66.4%0.1%0.2%
18803621613,7999,45916,007875601.2%0.5%12.7%31.7%53.6%0.0%0.3%
189071794,82713,52314,8181432720.0%0.5%14.3%40.1%44.0%0.0%1.0%
19001443236,20318,95010,108112941,8670.4%0.9%17.2%52.6%28.1%0.0%0.8%
19101224158,04520,67010,89272382,1650.3%1.0%19.9%51.2%27.0%0.0%0.6%
19209440711,56620,8426,71523501,3460.2%1.0%28.9%52.1%16.8%0.0%0.9%
19304543215,91418,4565,56273261,7630.1%1.1%39.1%45.3%13.7%0.0%0.8%
19471467527,2349,72673341,0711,6050.0%1.7%69.0%24.6%1.9%0.0%2.7%

Municipalities and villages in Arelerland

These are the municipalities, with their sections and villages, in the Land of Arlon.