Colmar-Berg

Colmar-Berg Colmer-Bierg
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Colmar-Berg highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°48′40″N 6°05′50″E / 49.8111°N 6.0972°ECoordinates: 49°48′40″N 6°05′50″E / 49.8111°N 6.0972°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Mersch
Government
• Mayor	Gast Jacobs
Area
• Total	18.87 km^2 (7.29 sq mi)
Area rank	62nd of 105
Highest elevation	372 m (1,220 ft)
• Rank	76th of 105
Lowest elevation	201 m (659 ft)
• Rank	27th of 105
Population (2014)
• Total	2,065
• Rank	65th of 105
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
• Density rank	59th of 105
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
LAU 2	LU00012001
Website	colmar-berg.lu

Colmar-Berg (Luxembourgish: Colmer-Bierg, German: Colmar-Berg) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Attert and Alzette.

As of 2005, the town of Colmar-Berg, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 1,711. Colmar-Berg is the site of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg's principal residence, Berg Castle. It is also the site of a Goodyear tyre factory.

The commune was known as simply 'Berg' until 25 March 1991.^[1]

The "Centre de Formation pour Conducteurs" (French for "Drivers' Training Centre") is also in Colmar-Berg. Every person has to make an "Obligatory Course" after they got their driving license in order for it to become a definitive license. This has to be done in the timespan after three months and before two years after the person passed their practical driving test.

Grand Duke's castle

References

1. "Mémorial A, 1991, No. 25" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-07-18.

External links

• Media related to Colmar-Berg at Wikimedia Commons