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World Gazetteer Results for Goesdorf:
NameGoesdorf
Alternate NamesGéisdrëf
Geographical TypeLocality
Population251
Latitude
Longitude
CountryLuxembourg
Administrative DivisionWiltz
Dictionary Results for Luxembourg:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Luxembourg
    n 1: the capital and largest city of Luxembourg [syn:
         Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Luxembourg
         City, capital of Luxembourg]
    2: a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in
       northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany;
       an international financial center [syn: Luxembourg, Grand
       Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxemburg]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Luxembourg

   Introduction Luxembourg
   -----------------------
                            Background: 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 1867. Overrun by Germany
                                        in both World Wars, it ended its
                                        neutrality in 1948 when it entered
                                        into the Benelux Customs Union and
                                        when it joined NATO the following
                                        year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one
                                        of the six founding countries of the
                                        European Economic Community (later
                                        the European Union) and in 1999 it
                                        joined the euro currency area.
  
   Geography Luxembourg
   --------------------
                              Location: Western Europe, between France and
                                        Germany
                Geographic coordinates: 49 45 N, 6 10 E
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 2,586 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 2,586 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Rhode Island
                       Land boundaries: total: 359 km
                                        border countries: Belgium 148 km,
                                        France 73 km, Germany 138 km
                             Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
                       Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
                               Climate: modified continental with mild
                                        winters, cool summers
                               Terrain: mostly gently rolling uplands with
                                        broad, shallow valleys; uplands to
                                        slightly mountainous in the north;
                                        steep slope down to Moselle flood
                                        plain in the southeast
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
                                        highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m
                     Natural resources: iron ore (no longer exploited),
                                        arable land
                              Land use: arable land: 25%
                                        permanent crops: 0%
                                        other: 75% (includes Belgium) (1998
                                        est.)
                        Irrigated land: 40 sq km (includes Belgium) (1998
                                        est.)
                       Natural hazards: NA
          Environment - current issues: air and water pollution in urban
                                        areas, soil pollution of farmland
            Environment - international party to: Air Pollution, Air
                            agreements: Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
                                        Pollution-Persistent Organic
                                        Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur
                                        85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air
                                        Pollution-Volatile Organic
                                        Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate
                                        Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
                                        the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear
                                        Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
                                        Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
                                        Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: Climate
                                        Change-Kyoto Protocol, Environmental
                                        Modification
                      Geography - note: landlocked; the only Grand Duchy in
                                        the world, it is the smallest of the
                                        European Union member states
  
   People Luxembourg
   -----------------
                            Population: 448,569 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.9% (male 43,634;
                                        female 41,164)
                                        15-64 years: 67% (male 151,364;
                                        female 149,156)
                                        65 years and over: 14.1% (male
                                        25,486; female 37,765) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.25% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 12.06 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 8.83 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 9.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.97 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.48 years
                                        female: 80.97 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 74.2 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.16% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Luxembourger(s)
                                        adjective: Luxembourg
                         Ethnic groups: Celtic base (with French and German
                                        blend), Portuguese, Italian, Slavs
                                        (from Montenegro, Albania, and
                                        Kososvo) and European (guest and
                                        resident workers)
                             Religions: the greatest preponderance of the
                                        population is Roman Catholic with a
                                        very few Protestants, Jews, and
                                        Muslims
                                        note: 1979 legislation forbids the
                                        collection of religious statistics
                             Languages: Luxembourgish (national language),
                                        German (administrative language),
                                        French (administrative language)
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 100%
                                        male: 100%
                                        female: 100% (2000 est.)
  
   Government Luxembourg
   ---------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Grand Duchy
                                        of Luxembourg
                                        conventional short form: Luxembourg
                                        local short form: Luxembourg
                                        local long form: Grand Duche de
                                        Luxembourg
                       Government type: constitutional monarchy
                               Capital: Luxembourg
              Administrative divisions: 3 districts; Diekirch, Grevenmacher,
                                        Luxembourg
                          Independence: 1839 (from the Netherlands)
                      National holiday: National Day (Birthday of Grand
                                        Duchess Charlotte) 23 June
                          Constitution: 17 October 1868, occasional
                                        revisions
                          Legal system: based on civil law system; accepts
                                        compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and
                                        compulsory
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Grand Duke HENRI
                                        (since 7 October 2000); Heir
                                        Apparent Prince GUILLAUME (son of
                                        the monarch, born 11 November 1981)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Jean-Claude JUNCKER (since 1 January
                                        1995) and Vice Prime Minister Lydie
                                        POLFER (since 7 August 1999)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        recommended by the prime minister
                                        and appointed by the monarch
                                        elections: none; the monarch is
                                        hereditary; prime minister and vice
                                        prime minister appointed by the
                                        monarch, following popular election
                                        to the Chamber of Deputies; they are
                                        responsible to the Chamber of
                                        Deputies
                                        note: government coalition - CSV and
                                        DP
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Chamber of Deputies or
                                        Chambre des Deputes (60 seats;
                                        members are elected by direct,
                                        popular vote to serve five-year
                                        terms)
                                        elections: last held 13 June 1999
                                        (next to be held by June 2004)
                                        note: there is also a Council of
                                        State that serves as an advisory
                                        body to the Chamber of Deputies; the
                                        Council of State has 21 members
                                        appointed by the Grand Duke on the
                                        advice of the prime minister
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - CSV 29.79%, DP 21.58%, LSAP
                                        23.75%, ADR 10.36%, Green Party
                                        9.09%, the Left 3.77%; seats by
                                        party - CSV 19, DP 15, LSAP 13, ADR
                                        6, Green Party 5, the Left 2
                       Judicial branch: judicial courts and tribunals (3
                                        Justices of the Peace, 2 district
                                        courts, and 1 Supreme Court of
                                        Appeals); administrative courts and
                                        tribunals (State Prosecutor's
                                        Office, administrative courts and
                                        tribunals, and the Constitutional
                                        Court); judges for all courts are
                                        appointed for life by the monarch
         Political parties and leaders: Action Committee for Democracy and
                                        Justice or ADR [Robert MEHLEN];
                                        Christian Social People's Party or
                                        CSV (known also as Christian Social
                                        Party or PCS) [Erna HENNICOT-
                                        SCHOEPGES]; Democratic Party or DP
                                        [Lydie POLFER]; Green Party [Abbes
                                        JACOBY and Felix BRAS]; Luxembourg
                                        Socialist Workers' Party or LSAP
                                        [Jean ASSELBORN]; Marxist and
                                        Reformed Communist Party DEI LENK
                                        (the Left) [no formal leadership];
                                        other minor parties
          Political pressure groups and ABBL (bankers' association); ALEBA
                               leaders: (financial sector trade union);
                                        Centrale Paysanne (federation of
                                        agricultural producers); CEP
                                        (professional sector chamber); CGFP
                                        (trade union representing civil
                                        service); Chambre de Commerce
                                        (Chamber of Commerce); Chambre des
                                        Metiers (Chamber of Artisans); FEDIL
                                        (federation of industrialists); LCGP
                                        (center-right trade union); OGBL
                                        (center-left trade union)
             International organization ACCT, Australia Group, Benelux, CCC,
                         participation: CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EIB, EMU, EU,
                                        FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
                                        ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
                                        ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
                                        ISO, ITU, NATO, NEA, NSG, OECD,
                                        OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
                                        UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WEU, WHO, WIPO,
                                        WMO, WTrO, ZC
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Arlette
                                        CONZEMIUS-PACCOURD
                                        chancery: 2200 Massachusetts Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
                                        consulate(s) general: New York and
                                        San Francisco
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 328-8270
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 265-4171
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador
                                    US: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Gerald
                                        LOFTUS
                                        embassy: 22 Boulevard Emmanuel-
                                        Servais, L-2535 Luxembourg City
                                        mailing address: American Embassy
                                        Luxembourg, Unit 1410, APO AE 09126-
                                        1410 (official mail); American
                                        Embassy Luxembourg, PSC 9, Box 9500,
                                        APO AE 09123 (personal mail)
                                        telephone: [352] 46 01 23
                                        FAX: [352] 46 14 01
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of red
                                        (top), white, and light blue;
                                        similar to the flag of the
                                        Netherlands, which uses a darker
                                        blue and is shorter; design was
                                        based on the flag of France
  
   Economy Luxembourg
   ------------------
                    Economy - overview: This stable, high-income economy
                                        features solid growth, low
                                        inflation, and low unemployment. The
                                        industrial sector, initially
                                        dominated by steel, has become
                                        increasingly diversified to include
                                        chemicals, rubber, and other
                                        products. Growth in the financial
                                        sector has more than compensated for
                                        the decline in steel. Services,
                                        especially banking, account for a
                                        substantial proportion of the
                                        economy. Agriculture is based on
                                        small family-owned farms. The
                                        economy depends on foreign and
                                        trans-border workers for 30% of its
                                        labor force. Although Luxembourg,
                                        like all EU members, has suffered
                                        from the global economic slump, the
                                        country has maintained a fairly
                                        robust growth rate. On 1 January
                                        2002, Luxembourg - together with 11
                                        of its EU partners - began to
                                        replace its circulating national
                                        currency with the euro.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $19.2
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 4% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $43,400
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1%
                                        industry: 30%
                                        services: 69% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.4% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 262,300 (of whom 87,400 are foreign
                                        cross-border workers primarily from
                                        France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000)
           Labor force - by occupation: services 90.1%, industry 8%,
                                        agriculture 1.9% (1999 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 2.4% (2001 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $4.44 billion
                                        expenditures: $4.44 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2000 est.)
                            Industries: banking, iron and steel, food
                                        processing, chemicals, metal
                                        products, engineering, tires, glass,
                                        aluminum
     Industrial production growth rate: 1.9% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 467.7 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 57.52%
                                        hydro: 25.66%
                                        other: 16.82% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 6.158 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 735 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 6.458 billion kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: barley, oats, potatoes, wheat,
                                        fruits, wine grapes; livestock
                                        products
                               Exports: $7.85 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
                 Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment, steel
                                        products, chemicals, rubber
                                        products, glass
                    Exports - partners: EU 85% (Germany 24%, France 21%,
                                        Belgium 13%), US 4% (2000)
                               Imports: $10.25 billion (c.i.f., 2000)
                 Imports - commodities: minerals, metals, foodstuffs,
                                        quality consumer goods
                    Imports - partners: EU 88% (Belgium 37%, Germany 25%,
                                        France 13%), US 4% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $NA
                  Economic aid - donor: ODA, $160 million (1999)
                              Currency: euro (EUR); Luxembourg franc (LUF)
                                        note: on 1 January 1999, the
                                        European Monetary Union introduced
                                        the euro as a common currency to be
                                        used by financial institutions of
                                        member countries; on 1 January 2002,
                                        the euro became the sole currency
                                        for everyday transactions within the
                                        member countries
                         Currency code: EUR; LUF
                        Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 1.1324
                                        (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001),
                                        1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999);
                                        Luxembourg francs per US dollar -
                                        34.77 (January 1999), 36.299 (1998),
                                        35.774 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Luxembourg
   -------------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 314,700 (1999)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 215,741 (2000)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: highly
                                        developed, completely automated and
                                        efficient system, mainly buried
                                        cables
                                        domestic: nationwide cellular
                                        telephone system; buried cable
                                        international: 3 channels leased on
                                        TAT-6 coaxial submarine cable
                                        (Europe to North America)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
                                Radios: 285,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 5 (1999)
                           Televisions: 285,000 (1998 est.)
                 Internet country code: .lu
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 8 (2000)
                        Internet users: 100,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Luxembourg
   -------------------------
                              Railways: total: 274 km
                                        standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge
                                        (242 km electrified) (2001)
                              Highways: total: 5,166 km
                                        paved: 5,166 km (including 118 km of
                                        expressways)
                                        unpaved: 0 km (1999)
                             Waterways: 37 km (on the Moselle)
                             Pipelines: petroleum products 48 km
                     Ports and harbors: Mertert
                       Merchant marine: total: 60 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 1,487,752 GRT/2,123,579 DWT
  
                                        ships by type: bulk 2, chemical
                                        tanker 13, container 8, liquefied
                                        gas 19, passenger 4, petroleum
                                        tanker 8, roll on/roll off 6
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Belgium 21, Finland 3,
                                        France 8, Germany 10, Monaco 1,
                                        Netherlands 3, Norway 1, United
                                        Kingdom 9, United States 3 (2002
                                        est.)
                              Airports: 2 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 1
                                        over 3,047 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1
                                        under 914 m: 1 (2001)
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Luxembourg
   -------------------
                     Military branches: Army, Grand Ducal Police
      Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 113,557 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 93,429 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 2,565 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $147.8 million (FY01/02)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 0.8% (FY01/02)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Luxembourg
   -------------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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