Description

Territorial Subdivisions

• 1 October 1795: Provisional partition of the Duchy of Luxembourg

  Two third of the Duchy did form themain part of the Département des Forêts. The "namurois" part did go to the Département de Sambre-et-Meuse and the "liègois" part to the Département de l'Ourthe.

• 22 October 1796: Administrative subdivision in 1798-1799 (Directoire)

  The departement was created the 1st October 1796, with capital Luxembourg, and subdivided in 26 cantons (25 rural and one city) and 4 judicial arrondissements (Luxembourg, Diekirch, Bitbourg and Habay)

  • 1 Luxemburgian urban canton

    • City of Luxemburg (LUX)

  • 11 Luxemburgian rural cantons

    • Bascharage (LUX + BEL)
    • Clervaux (LUX + BEL + D)
    • Diekirch (LUX)
    • Grevenmacher (LUX + D)
    • Hesperange (LUX)
    • Mersch (LUX)
    • Ospern (LUX)
    • Remich (LUX + D)
    • Roodt (LUX)
    • Vianden (LUX + D)
    • Wiltz (LUX + BEL)

  • 9 Belgian rural cantons

    • Arlon (BEL+LUX)
    • Bastogne (BEL+LUX)
    • Etalle (BEL)
    • Fauvillers (BEL)
    • Florenville (BEL)
    • Houffallize (BEL+LUX)
    • Neufchâteau (BEL)
    • Paliseul (BEL) (former part of the Duchy of Bouillon)
    • Virton (BEL)

  • 5 German rural cantons

    • Arzfeld (DEU)
    • Bitburg (DEU)
    • Dudeldorf D)
    • Echternach (LUX + D)
    • Neuerburg (D + LUX)

Short History with Bibliography

• General

• Ancien Régime

  See mainly the Duchy of Luxembourg.

• Contemporary history

  • French Era

  • Dutch Era

    See mainly the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg.

  • Belgian Era

    See mainly the Province of Luxembourg.

• Bibliography

  • A. Lefort, Histoire du département des Forêts, Luxembourg, 1905

Sources

Repositories

• State Archives

  • Bibliography

    • M. Bourguignon, Inventaire des archives de l'administration du département des Forêts, Bruxelles, 1969

Societies

Migration / Emigration / Immigration

Families and Family Histories

Sciences

• Linguistics and Dialectology

  Two dialectal groups are present in the Département:

  1. Roman dialects in the West
     • Liègois (in the North until the line Bourdon-Limerlé-Gouvy)
     • Wallo-Lorrain in the Center
     • Gaumais (dialect of Lorrain group) in the South
  2. German dialects in the East
     • Francique mosselan: Thionville (FRA), Sierck (FRA), Bitburg (DEU), Saarburg (DEU), Grand-Duchy (LUX), Arlon (BEL), Beho (BEL)

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