Betzdorf, Luxembourg

Betzdorf Betzder
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Betzdorf highlighted in orange, the district in dark grey, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°41′15″N 6°21′00″E / 49.6875°N 6.35°ECoordinates: 49°41′15″N 6°21′00″E / 49.6875°N 6.35°E
Country	Luxembourg
District	Grevenmacher
Canton	Grevenmacher
Government
• Mayor	Edgard Arandt
Area
• Total	26.08 km^2 (10.07 sq mi)
Area rank	33rd of 105
Highest elevation	358 m (1,175 ft)
• Rank	82nd of 105
Lowest elevation	218 m (715 ft)
• Rank	35th of 105
Population (2014)
• Total	3,542
• Rank	40th of 105
• Density	140/km^2 (350/sq mi)
• Density rank	51st of 105
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
LAU 2	LU00007001
Website	betzdorf.lu

Betzdorf (Luxembourgish: Betzder) is a commune and village in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. The commune's administrative centre is Berg.

As of 2001, the village of Betzdorf, which lies in the north-east of the commune, had a population of 234. Other settlements within the commune include Berg, Mensdorf, Olingen, and Roodt-sur-Syre.

Betzdorf Castle is the headquarters of SES, the world's largest satellite operator in terms of revenue and the largest component of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's main LuxX Index.

List of former mayors

Name	Start	End
Jean Engel	1800	1807
Jean Baptiste Weidert	1808	1816
Peter Erpelding	1816	1823
Hubert Petry	1823	1843
François Hoffmann Snr.	1844	1854
Nicolas Erpelding	1855	1870
Christophe Weber	1871	1888
Nikolas Metzdorf	1889	1901
François Hoffmann Jnr.	1902	1908
Johann-Peter Heinen	1909	1930
Jean Barthel	1930	1947[note 1]
Maurice Meyer	1947	1954
Jean-Pierre Mangen	1954	1963
Jean-Pierre Dondelinger	1964	1975
Guy Engel	1976	1981
René Muller	1982	1987
Rhett Sinner	1988	1999
Marie-Josée Frank	2000	2011
Rhett Sinner	2012	present

Notes

1. Mayor in name only under Nazi occupation (1940 - 1944)

External links

• Media related to Betzdorf (Luxembourg) at Wikimedia Commons