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coat of arms map
Feulen coat of arms Location of Feulen in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Basic data
State : LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
Coordinates : 49 ° 51 '  N , 6 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '15 "  N , 6 ° 2' 44"  E
Canton : Diekirch
Residents : 2164 (January 1, 2019)
Area : 22.8 km²
Population density : 95.1 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number: 0606
Website: www.feulen.lu
politics
Mayor: Fernand Mergen
Elective system : Majority vote

Feulen ( Luxembourgish Feelen ) is a municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and belongs to the canton of Diekirch .

Geographical location

The municipality of Feulen is located in Ösling , in the Luxembourg Ardennes .

Composition of the community

The municipality of Feulen consists of the following localities:

  • Hedgehogs,
  • Hirtzhof,
  • Hubertushof,
  • Downpour,
  • Oberfeulen.

history

In 963 the Ardennes Count Siegfried exchanged land in Viulna (Feulen) with the St. Maximin Monastery in Trier for the Bockfelsen in the Alzette valley . He thus laid the foundation stone for the German noble house of Luxemburg and the county of Luxemburg.

Individual evidence

  1. STATEC Luxembourg - Population par canton et commune 1821–2019 (French)

Web links

Commons : Feulen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files