Canton of Luxembourg

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Basic data
State : Luxembourg
LAU 1: 03
ISO 3166-2 : LU-LU
Administrative headquarters: Luxembourg
Surface: 238.46  km²
ranked 6th of 12th
Residents: 186,533 (January 1, 2019)
ranked 1 of 12
Population density : 782 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '  N , 6 ° 8'  E

The canton of Luxembourg is located in the south of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and, along with the canton of Mersch, is the only canton without a national external border. It borders the cantons of Mersch and Grevenmacher to the north, the canton of Remich to the east, the canton of Esch an der Alzette to the south and the canton of Capellen to the west .

Until the abolition of the Luxembourg districts on October 3, 2015, the canton was part of the Luxembourg district .

Administrative division

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

  1. Beard Rings (8282)
  2. Contern (3865)
  3. Hesperingen (15,479)
  4. Luxembourg City (119,215)
  5. Niederanven (6222)
  6. Sandweiler (3676)
  7. Schuettringen (4166)
  8. Steinsel (5408)
  9. Streets (9589)
  10. Walferdingen (8231)
  11. Hamlet to the Tower (2400)

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 : Canton of Luxembourg  - collection of images, videos and audio files