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*In 2013, there were about 88,000 inhabitants with Portuguese nationality. In 2013, there were 537,039 permanent residents, 44.5% of which were of foreign background or foreign nationals; '''the largest foreign ethnic groups were the Portuguese, comprising 16.4% of the total population, followed by the French (6.6%), Italians (3.4%), Belgians (3.3%) and Germans (2.3%)'''.  
*In 2013, there were about 88,000 inhabitants with Portuguese nationality. In 2013, there were 537,039 permanent residents, 44.5% of which were of foreign background or foreign nationals; '''the largest foreign ethnic groups were the Portuguese, comprising 16.4% of the total population, followed by the French (6.6%), Italians (3.4%), Belgians (3.3%) and Germans (2.3%)'''.  
*Since the beginning of the Yugoslav wars, Luxembourg has seen many immigrants from '''Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia'''. <ref>"Luxembourg", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg, accessed 13 May 2021.</ref>
*Since the beginning of the Yugoslav wars, Luxembourg has seen many immigrants from '''Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia'''. <ref>"Luxembourg", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg, accessed 13 May 2021.</ref>
===Emigration===
*Despite the rather small number of Luxembourgers, there is a relatively large diaspora, in Europe and elsewhere. Particularly, there are populations in the surrounding countries of '''Belgium, France, and Germany'''. For the most part, this is due to historic reasons, especially the three Partitions of Luxembourg, which led to former territories of Luxembourg being incorporated into each of the three surrounding countries.
*There are also significant populations in '''the Americas''', with the largest contingent being in '''the United States'''. However, many people of Luxembourgish descent also live in '''Canada and Brazil''', to which large waves of Luxembourgers emigrated in the nineteenth century.
*Others migrated to '''Hungary''' along with Germans during the first phase of German eastward settlement in the 12th century. Transylvanian Saxons and Banat Swabians are the descendants of these settlers.<ref>"Luxembourgers", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgers, accessed 13 May 2021.</ref>


== References  ==
== References  ==

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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Emigration records (emigratie registres)[edit | edit source]

National archives; Agence de Voyages Weitzel, 23, Ave. Charlotta, Luxembourg.

Background[edit | edit source]

  • The immigrant population of Luxembuorg increased in the 20th century due to the arrival of immigrants from Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, and Portugal, with the majority coming from Portugal.
  • In 2013, there were about 88,000 inhabitants with Portuguese nationality. In 2013, there were 537,039 permanent residents, 44.5% of which were of foreign background or foreign nationals; the largest foreign ethnic groups were the Portuguese, comprising 16.4% of the total population, followed by the French (6.6%), Italians (3.4%), Belgians (3.3%) and Germans (2.3%).
  • Since the beginning of the Yugoslav wars, Luxembourg has seen many immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia. [1]

Emigration[edit | edit source]

  • Despite the rather small number of Luxembourgers, there is a relatively large diaspora, in Europe and elsewhere. Particularly, there are populations in the surrounding countries of Belgium, France, and Germany. For the most part, this is due to historic reasons, especially the three Partitions of Luxembourg, which led to former territories of Luxembourg being incorporated into each of the three surrounding countries.
  • There are also significant populations in the Americas, with the largest contingent being in the United States. However, many people of Luxembourgish descent also live in Canada and Brazil, to which large waves of Luxembourgers emigrated in the nineteenth century.
  • Others migrated to Hungary along with Germans during the first phase of German eastward settlement in the 12th century. Transylvanian Saxons and Banat Swabians are the descendants of these settlers.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Luxembourg", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg, accessed 13 May 2021.
  2. "Luxembourgers", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgers, accessed 13 May 2021.