Alzette

Alzette (-French, in Luxembourgish: Uelzecht; in German: Alzig) is a river with a length of 73 kilometers in France and Luxembourg.

It rises near the town Audun-le-Tiche in the Moselle département, France. It crosses the border with Luxembourg after a few km. It flows through the Luxembourgish towns Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg City and Mersch, and empties into the Sauer/Sûre near Ettelbruck. The Sauer is an affluent of the Moselle River.