Arelerland

The Land of Arlon (Luxembourgish: Arelerland [ˈaːʀəlɐlɑnt]; German: Arelerland [ˈaːʁəlɐlant]; French: Pays d'Arlon [pe.i daʁlɔ̃]; Dutch: Land van Aarlen [ˌlɑnt fɑn ˈaːrlə(n)])^[a] is the traditionally Luxembourgish-speaking part of Belgian Lorraine, which is now predominantly French-speaking. Arlon is the main city of this region.

The area has borders with the Gaume to the west and with the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg to the east. It lies to the south of the Ardennes. It coincides largely with the arrondissement of Arlon, part of the province of Luxembourg.

Year	NL Number	FR Number	DE Number	NL Pct.	FR Pct.	DE Pct.
1910	253	9,997	30,124	0.6%	24.8%	74.6%
1920	217	16,623	22,936	0.5%	41.8%	57.7%
1930	155	21,928	18,646	0.4%	53.8%	45.8%
1947	116	36,467	2,411	0.3%	93.5%	6.2%

Year	only NL Number	NL & FR Number	only FR Number	FR & DE Number	only DE Number	DE & NL Number	NL & FR & DE Number	None Number	only NL Pct.	NL & FR Pct.	only FR Pct.	FR & DE Pct.	only DE Pct.	DE & NL Pct.	NL & FR & DE Pct.
1846	299		3,909		24,275				1.0%		13.7%		85.2%
1866	68	127	3,221	6,342	19,465	23	68	1	0.2%	0.4%	11.0%	21.6%	66.4%	0.1%	0.2%
1880	362	161	3,799	9,459	16,007	8	75	60	1.2%	0.5%	12.7%	31.7%	53.6%	0.0%	0.3%
1890	7	179	4,827	13,523	14,818	14	327	2	0.0%	0.5%	14.3%	40.1%	44.0%	0.0%	1.0%
1900	144	323	6,203	18,950	10,108	11	294	1,867	0.4%	0.9%	17.2%	52.6%	28.1%	0.0%	0.8%
1910	122	415	8,045	20,670	10,892	7	238	2,165	0.3%	1.0%	19.9%	51.2%	27.0%	0.0%	0.6%
1920	94	407	11,566	20,842	6,715	2	350	1,346	0.2%	1.0%	28.9%	52.1%	16.8%	0.0%	0.9%
1930	45	432	15,914	18,456	5,562	7	326	1,763	0.1%	1.1%	39.1%	45.3%	13.7%	0.0%	0.8%
1947	14	675	27,234	9,726	733	4	1,071	1,605	0.0%	1.7%	69.0%	24.6%	1.9%	0.0%	2.7%

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