Living in Luxembourg: Focus on Mondercange

What if you were to write a new page in your life by moving to Mondercange? The municipality has all the ingredients for an ideal compromise: a green environment and a human-sized urban centre, which borders Esch-sur-Alzette to the south-west and which is only twenty minutes away from the capital of the Grand Duchy via the A4 motorway.

With almost 7,000 inhabitants, the municipality is centred around its main town, Mondercange, where just over half the population lives and, to the east, the villages of Pontpierre (1,122 inhabitants), Bergem (1,515) and Foetz (1,122). Do you need any other figures to illustrate the balance of the locality? It includes 195 hectares of woodland and 1,500 hectares of meadows and crops. A real small town in the countryside that the whole family will enjoy.

Real estate in Mondercange

In the last two decades, less than a thousand new inhabitants have settled in the town, which has enabled the municipality to equip itself with appropriate services without becoming too gigantic.

Property prices in Mondercange are in the upper middle range. For example, you should expect to pay 7,197 euros per square metre for a built flat and just over 7,780 euros for a VEFA (Ventes en Etat Futur d'Achèvement) flat.

If you prefer to rent a flat, the average price per square metre is 24.33 euros.

The advantages of Mondercange

The proximity of Esch-sur-Alzette is certainly an asset, but on a daily basis, the shops and services as well as the range of leisure activities offered locally are sufficient and make Mondercange a pleasant place where the useful is combined with the pleasant.

For children, there are nurseries, pre and primary schools, a “maison relais”, and a youth centre that offers a variety of activities after school or during the weekends. Besides, thanks to the “MuMo” scheme, all schoolchildren in Mondercange can take part in a sporting activity under the guidance of qualified instructors seconded by local clubs.

Regarding secondary schools and high schools, buses provide transport to the establishments located in Esch-sur-Alzette: a few kilometres and the teenagers have arrived!

For the whole family, there are two cultural centres offering performances and artistic entertainment. And it is always worth visiting the city's heritage masterpiece: its church dating from 1738, classified as a “national monument” due to its characteristic baroque style.

There is no need to go far if you want to get some exercise in Mondercange. There are several safe playgrounds for the little ones, and for the rest of the family, the range of sports facilities is exemplary. A swimming pool, multi-sports fields, one specific field dedicated to beach volleyball, a pump track area, indoor gyms, not forgetting a “boulodrome” for pétanque enthusiasts: no excuse for sitting on the sofa with your arms crossed or your eyes glued to your smartphone!

For a simple walk or jog, the central park and the Molter park are pleasant green sites. And there are also marked trails in the surrounding countryside, including in the forest areas. However, it is for its karting circuit that visitors sometimes come from far away! But if you live there, you can enjoy it as often as you like...

The history of Mondercange

The town of Mondercange is one of the oldest in the Grand Duchy. It is mentioned as early as 965 in an official document, and at the same period, the first Christian church was built there...

The geographical situation of the town becomes more problematic after the year 1000 as it is located on the border between the Duchy of Luxembourg and Lorraine, Mondercange has often been marked by wars.

In the 18th century, under the reign of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in particular, daily life in the locality as well as in the whole country finally became more prosperous. In Mondercange, the beautiful baroque church was built at this time...

Mondercange has entered the 21st century. The demographic growth is under control: if the figures were spectacular before the year 2000 (3,100 inhabitants were counted in 1970 against 6,200 in 2003), growth has now returned to a reasonable rhythm.