Junglinster

Junglinster

*Jonglënster* (Luxembourgish)
Junglinster Jonglënster (Luxembourgish)
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Map of Luxembourg with Junglinster highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
	Coordinates: 49°42′40″N 6°15′05″E / 49.7111°N 6.2514°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Grevenmacher
Government
• Mayor	Bernard Ries
Area
• Total	55.38 km2 (21.38 sq mi)
• Rank	6th of 102
Highest elevation	411 m (1,348 ft)
• Rank	41st of 102
Lowest elevation	243 m (797 ft)
• Rank	53rd of 102
Population (2023)
• Total	8,622
• Rank	18th of 102
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
• Rank	53rd of 102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0001105
Website	www.junglinster.lu

Junglinster (Template:Lang-lb) is a commune in central Luxembourg, which draws its name from its principal town, Junglinster. It is one of six communes in the Luxembourg canton of Grevenmacher. The 18th-century St Martin's church is a national monument.

History

The oldest mention of Lincera (the "linster" part of the place name) is in documents going back to 983, with the status of parish first attested in 1128.^[1]

Population

As of 2018^[update], the town of Junglinster has a population of 3,254, whilst the wider commune of Junglinster has a population of 7,621.^[2] Figures from the same year report that 64.11% of the population of the commune holds Luxembourgish nationality, with the five largest immigrant populations in the commune being those of Portuguese (7.77%), French (5.12%), German (3.88%), Belgian (3.27%) and British (1.91%) nationalities.^[2]

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Transmitters

The commune hosts two of the world's most powerful longwave transmitters, with the older transmitter based just north of the town of Junglinster since 1933, and a more powerful longwave transmitter located in Beidweiller since 1972. These transmitters were utilised by Radio Luxembourg, which gained iconic status amongst audiences in Britain and Ireland in the 1930s and again in the 1960s and 1970s, for popular programmes that circumnaviaged restrictive broadcasting laws, particularly in the UK. This gave Junglinster an important role in the history of pirate radio. The transmitters are in still in use by RTL (French radio).

Populated places

The commune consists of the following towns and villages:

Junglinster Section:
- Altlinster
- Blumenthal [lb]
- Bourglinster
- Eisenborn
- Godbrange
- Graulinster
- Imbringen
- Junglinster (seat)
- Behlen
- Jeanharis

Rodenbourg Section:

Notable people

Lex Jacoby, writer (winner of the Servais Prize), born in Junglister

Twin towns – sister cities

Junglinster is twinned with:^[4]

Üdersdorf, Germany

References

^ Alex Langini, L'Église Saint-Martin: Un chef-d'oeuvre baroque (undated booklet), citing E. Donckel, Die Kirche in Luxemburg von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (Luxembourg, 1950), pp. 13-14.
^ ^a ^b "Notre commune - Junglinster". junglinster.lu (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Junglinster" (in German). Üdersdorf. Retrieved 2019-09-08.