Rumelange

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RUMELANGE

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Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted on July 6th, 1909.

The arms show a miner, as iron mining was the main occupation of the inhabitants in the town at the time. Mining has been of importance for many centuries in the area.

Literature : Loutsch, J-C. et al.; Armorial communal du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Fisch, Luxembourg, 1989, 331 p.