Canton of Echternach

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Location map of the canton of Echternach
Basic data
State : Luxembourg
LAU 1: 10
ISO 3166-2 : LU-EC
Administrative headquarters: Echternach
Surface: 185.54  km²
ranked 10th of 12th
Residents: 18,944 (January 1, 2019)
Rank 8 of 12
Population density : 102 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '  N , 6 ° 25'  E

The canton of Echternach is located in the east of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . It borders in the north and east on the German state Rhineland-Palatinate , in the south on the canton Grevenmacher and in the west on the cantons Mersch and Diekirch .

Until the abolition of the Luxembourg districts on October 3, 2015, the canton belonged to the Grevenmacher district .

Administrative division

The canton of Echternach comprises seven municipalities (population as of January 1, 2019).

  1. Befort (2802)
  2. Bech (1259)
  3. Berdorf (1794)
  4. Consdorf (2024)
  5. Echternach (5618)
  6. Rosport-Mompach (3644), trained on January 1, 2018
  7. Waldbillig (1803)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ STATEC Luxembourg - Population par canton et commune 1821–2019 (French)
  2. ↑ From Parliament: The districts are abolished. In: Luxemburger Wort . July 7, 2015, accessed July 3, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Kanton Echternach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files