1. How did the name Luxembourg come about.
The name of Luxembourg comes from the Saxon Fortress, which was built in 963 AD by Sigefroid, Count of Ardennes, who built a fortress on the site; The ancient Saxon name Lucilinburhuc ("Little Fortress") symbolizes its strategic position. Over the years, this small fortress has become an important fortress.
2. Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in the world.
How small is Luxembourg? Luxembourg covers an area of about 2,586 square kilometres (999 sq mi), about the size of Dorset in the United Kingdom and slightly smaller than Rhode Island in the United States.
3. Luxembourg is one of the safest countries in the world.
According to a United Nations survey, you have fewer chances of being shot in Luxembourg than in any other country in the world. With regard to Luxembourg's security, here is the most telling fact: Luxembourg has about 1,300 police officers and only two prisons.
4. Luxembourg is the least populous of the 27 countries in the European Union.
With a population of more than 500,000 (563,000 in 2015), China is the 20th smallest of the world's 194 independent countries.
Nearly half of Luxembourg's permanent residents are foreigners. There are about 170 different ethnic groups living in the country. Portuguese make up 16.4% of the largest group. In addition, according to the Luxembourg Principality Statistics Portal, slightly more than 60 per cent of the Luxembourg population has an immigrant background.
5. Luxembourgers usually speak three languages.
This is a fact of Luxembourg's linguistic diversity. The national language of Luxembourg is "Lëtzebeurgesch" or "Luxembourgish" Luxembourgish (a high German dialect of French). Children study in kindergartens in Luxembourg, then French and German in primary school and English in secondary school. Luxembourgish, German, English, French and Portuguese are common in the workplace, in the media and in everyday life; At the administrative level, Luxembourgish, German and French are also widespread. The Luxembourgish Parliament uses the Luxembourgish language, while the law is french.
6. Luxembourg is the second richest country in the world.
Sorted by GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) per capita us$ 92,049 (2014). According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Luxembourg overtook Qatar in 2016 to become the richest country in the world, with a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of $96,269.
7. Luxembourg is one of the major financial and commercial centres in the world.
It is home to the European Investment Bank and more than 150 other banks. In late 2014, investigative journalists leaked about 28,000 tax agreements, tax returns and other documents, revealing how some 350 of the world's largest companies, including Pepsi, IKEA, Procter & Gamble, JP Morgan and FedEx, had made it possible using Luxembourg's preferential tax laws. "Luklix" shows how companies can set up complex accounting and legal structures to legally transfer their profits from a high-tax country based in Luxembourg to a low-tax country. In some cases, less than 1% of the tax is paid.
8. Nearly half of Luxembourg's workforce commutes to Luxembourg from another country to work.
Most non-Luxembourg nationals crossing the border are French (78,500 workers), Belgians (39,400 workers) and Germans (39,100 workers). (Fact of Luxembourg: Luxembourg's minimum wage is the highest in the European Union.) Workers are paid at least €1,923 per month. ）
9. Luxembourg has a restaurant with the largest wine list in the world.
Come to the Chiggeri restaurant in Luxembourg City where you can choose your favorite wine from over 2,200 different wines.
10. The Political System of Luxembourg is the only Grand Duchy in the world.
After Napoleon's defeat in 1815, the Congress of Vienna turned Luxembourg into a Grand Duchy, a state or region ruled by the Grand Duchess or Duchess. The full name of the country is actually the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The current Grand Duke is Crown Prince Henry, who ascended the throne in October 2000.
June 23 is the official birthday of the Grand Duke, but no Grand Duke was actually born on that day.
The choice of dates dates back to the early 20th century, when the state celebrated the birthday of the Grand Duchess of Charlotte (1919-1964) on January 23. In 1962, it moved to June 23 to take advantage of better weather. In fact, 23 June is a public holiday in Luxembourg.
11. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are legal in Luxembourg.
Although in 2008 the Grand Duke did not sign the act approving euthanasia because it was contrary to his personal beliefs; This led to constitutional reform. The law no longer requires the approval of the monarch; The role now is mainly etiquette. Luxembourg is now a constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy and the Grand Duke is the head of state.
12. Luxembourg's motto "we want to remain what we are".
This refers to Luxembourg's foreign-owned history and its desire to remain independent now and in the future. A more interesting fact about Luxembourg is that it is passed back and forth between different European powers – France, Spain, Austria, and back to France again. Although it became an independent state in 1815, Vienna gave it to the King of the Netherlands as personal property. Luxembourg lost half of its territory to Belgium in 1839, but had greater autonomy over the remaining lands, and in 1867 became a completely independent, neutral state through the Treaty of London.