Intertel Greater-Region welcoming intellectual visitors.

We decided to be open to Intertel member’s requests to visit our Great Region of Grand-duchy of Luxembourg, and surrounding areas (the so-called “Greater-Region“).

As Intertel member, or affiliated to other High IQ societies, you are encouraged to contact us, in order to plan a venue to this fantastic, central location in Europe. We may provide you advice on “what and how to visit“, depending on your interests, maybe accompany you on part of your journey, and even offer you accommodation, depending on your needs and our availability.

A fantastic opportunity to meet, for both you and us, and share our experiences.

You can reach us by phone on
+352 20.33.20.33.20

What is the Greater-Region ?

Not to be confused with the UEBL (Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union, 1921, the actual first step of the E.U. building…), the Greater-Region (“Grande Région”) , at first “Saar-Lor-Lux“, became wider and wider, bringing together administrative zones around Grand-duchy of Luxembourg.

It is more a cultural-oriented organisation, that makes easiest the daily live of the huge population that is centred on the Grand-duchy incredible economic and financial prosperity. Indeed, above the 672.000 resident (2024) – half of it are not holding Luxembourg nationality – there are more than one million families that rely, partially or totally, on salaries due to their Luxembourg-based employments.

~137.000 residents within the Grand-duchy are coming from the E.U, mainly from the three surrounding State-members (Belgium, Germany and France). The total absence of customs since decades (1968), and the more recent Schengen Agreements makes the crossing of those intra-E.U. administrative borders nearly invisible.

Douaniers à la frontière germano-luxembourgeoise.

Today, it’s close to 250.000 workers that are commuting, daily, from surrounding European regions to Luxembourg, so 47% of the total work force of the Grand-duchy is actually coming from its “economic hinterland“, the “Greater-Region”.

With time, the Sar-Lor-Lux extended to the Luxembourg province in Belgium, and the “Rheinland-Pfalz” (Rhineland-Palatinate) german Länder: