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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Beggen
| settlement_type    = [[Quarters of Luxembourg City|Quarter]]
<!-- images, nickname, motto -->| image_skyline      = <!-- maps and coordinates -->
| image_map          = Beggen quarter locator map.svg
| mapsize            = 175px
| map_alt            = Map of Luxembourg City, with Beggen highlighted
| map_caption        = Beggen is one of 24 quarters in Luxembourg City
| coordinates        = {{Coord|49.64355|6.13051|display=title|region:LU-LU_type:city}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
<!-- location -->| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Luxembourg]]
| subdivision_type1  = Commune
| subdivision_name1  = [[Luxembourg City]]
<!-- display settings -->| unit_pref          = metric
<!-- area -->| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web|title=Beggen|url=https://www.vdl.lu/la-ville/en-bref/les-24-quartiers-de-la-ville/beggen|website=www.vdl.lu|publisher=Ville de Luxembourg|accessdate=11 June 2018|language=fr}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 1.7091
<!-- elevation -->| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m        = <!-- population -->
| population_as_of   = 31 December 2023
| population_footnotes = <ref name=Population>{{cite web|title=Statistiques sur la Ville de Luxembourg: Etat de la Population - 2023|url=https://www.vdl.lu/sites/default/files/media/document/Etat%20de%20la%20population%202023.pdf|website=www.vdl.lu|publisher=Ville de Luxembourg|access-date=15 October 2024|language=fr}}</ref>
| population_total   = 3954
| population_density_km2 = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->| demographics_type1 = Nationality
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=Population />
| demographics1_title1 = Luxembourgish
| demographics1_title2 = Other
| demographics1_info1 = 31.89%
| demographics1_info2 = 68.11%
<!-- website, footnotes -->| website            = {{URL|vdl.lu/la-ville/en-bref/les-24-quartiers-de-la-ville/beggen|Beggen}}
}}
'''Beggen''' ({{IPA|lb|ˈbæɡən|-|Lb-Beggen.ogg}}) is a [[Quarters of Luxembourg City|quarter]] in northern [[Luxembourg City]], in southern [[Luxembourg]]. {{As of|2023|12|31}}, the quarter has a population of 3,954 inhabitants.<ref name=Population />
The quarter is the location of the 19th century [[Embassy of Russia in Luxembourg|Château de Beggen]], built on the ruins of a former 18th century paper mill. In the 20th century, the château has served, successively, as the home of the director general of Luxembourg's notable steel company, [[ARBED]], a base for both occupying [[Wehrmacht]] forces and, later, the [[Luxembourg in World War II|liberating]] US troops during the [[Second World War]], a hotel, an embassy of the [[Soviet Union]], and currently, the embassy of the [[Russian Federation]] in Luxembourg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.ambruslu.com/o-posolstve |title=Embassy| website=Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |accessdate=12 June 2018}}</ref>
Beggen is home to [[FC Avenir Beggen]], a historically successful [[football (soccer)|football]] club that has struggled in the last years and now plays at level 3 in the Luxembourg football league.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}
==References==
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==External links==
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