Belval is a quarter

Quarters of Esch-sur-Alzette

The Quarters of Esch-sur-Alzette are the smallest administrative division for local government in Esch-sur-Alzette, the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.There are currently sixteen quarters, covering most of the commune of Esch-sur-Alzette...

 and neighbourhood

Neighbourhood

A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition...

 in the west of Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette is a commune with city status, in south-western Luxembourg. It is the country's second city, and its second-most populous commune, with a population of 29,853 people...

, in south-western Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

. Belval is the site of the large steelworks

Steel mill

A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. It is produced in a two-stage process. First, iron ore is reduced or smelted with coke and limestone in a blast furnace, producing molten iron which is either cast into pig iron or...

 that dominate the city. Due to the dominance of the steelworks, Belval has suffered from the abandonment of steel production in Luxembourg, and is undergoing an extensive regeneration

Urban renewal

Urban renewal is a program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. Renewal has had both successes and failures. Its modern incarnation began in the late 19th century in developed nations and experienced an intense phase in the late 1940s – under the rubric of...

 programme to help diversify beyond steel production. The redevelopment plan, costed at €450m, will turn the brownfield

Brownfield land

Brownfield sites are abandoned or underused industrial and commercial facilities available for re-use. Expansion or redevelopment of such a facility may be complicated by real or perceived environmental contaminations. Cf. Waste...

 site into a large scientific and cultural centre, including the science faculty of the University of Luxembourg

University of Luxembourg

thumb|Campus LimpertsbergThe University of Luxembourg is the only university in Luxembourg, founded on 13 August 2003. Prior to that, there were several higher educational institutions such as the cour universitaire or the IST that offered one or two years of academic studies...

. It is the location of the Rockhal

Rockhal

The Rockhal is a concert hall in Esch-sur-Alzette, in southern Luxembourg. It opened on 23 September 2005, has a maximum capacity of 6,500 people and is sited on the former industrial site of Belval....

, Luxembourg's largest music venue, which was opened in 2005.

Belval is served by two railway stations

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois

Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois is the national railway company of Luxembourg. In 2005, the company carried approximately 14.1 million passengers and 11.7 million tonnes of goods...

: Belval-Université and Belval-Rédange

Belval-Rédange railway station

Belval-Rédange railway station is a railway station serving the neighbourhood of Belval, in the west of Esch-sur-Alzette, in southern Luxembourg. The 'Rédange' in the name is a reference to the French town of Rédange, which lies just across the border...

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External links

Fonds Belval official website