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|name = Howald
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[Luxembourg]]
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Canton of Luxembourg]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Communes of Luxembourg|Commune]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Hesperange]]
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|population_total = 5,815
|population_as_of = 2024
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'''Howald''' ({{langx|lb|Houwald}}) is a town in the [[Communes of Luxembourg|commune]] of [[Hesperange]], in southern [[Luxembourg]]. The town merges almost seamlessly with [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg City]]'s south-eastern [[suburb]]an [[Quarters of Luxembourg City|quarter]] of [[South Bonnevoie]], which lies to the north of Howald. {{As of|2024}}, the town has a population of 5,815,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.public.lu/fr/datasets/registre-national-des-personnes-physiques-rnpp-population-par-localite-population-per-locality/ |title=Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité |date=2024-01-07 |website=data.public.lu}}</ref> making it the most populous town in the commune and the 22nd-most populous in Luxembourg.

Through Howald runs the ''route de Thionville'', one of Luxembourg's historically most-important roads, which runs from Luxembourg City to the [[France|French]] town of [[Thionville]] (which had been a part of Luxembourg until 1659). However, for cross-border travel, this has since been supplanted by the [[A3 motorway (Luxembourg)|A3 motorway]], which connects the same two cities via [[Bettembourg]] and [[Dudelange]], and the northern terminus of which is just to the west of the town, on the other side of the railway track. A [[Howald railway station|railway station]] opened in Howald in December 2017.

From 20 February 1882 until 22 May 1955 a steam railway line from Luxembourg to Remich ran alongside the route de Thionville through Howald. The train was affectionately referred to as the "Jangeli", a name evoking the sound that the train made.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ligne Luxembourg - Remich|url = http://www.rail.lu/ligneluxembourgremich.html|website = www.rail.lu|access-date = 2015-12-28}}</ref> The name Jangeli is still maintained as the bus stop location on the Route de Thionville in Howald.

Howald's role as a suburb of Luxembourg City is highlighted by the town's youth. As recently as 1885, the town had a population of only 21 people.<ref name="La localité de Howald">{{cite web |url=http://www.hesper.lu/Default.aspx?id=ced50033-d2ff-480c-807f-2be269396af1 |title=La localité de Howald |access-date=2007-06-13 |last=Muller |first=Roger |publisher=Commune of Hesperange |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011312/http://www.hesper.lu/Default.aspx?id=ced50033-d2ff-480c-807f-2be269396af1 |archive-date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> Even until the [[World War II|Second World War]], the town was limited almost exclusively to lining the sides of the ''route de Thionville''.<ref name="La localité de Howald" /> However, since the 1960s, the creation of two development [[zoning]] areas, on either side of the ''route de Thionville'', has seen the town expand dramatically,<ref name="La localité de Howald" /> such that it is now the largest town in the commune of [[Hesperange]].

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Hesperange]]
[[Category:Towns in Luxembourg]]

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Howald - Revision history

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