Canton of Mersch

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Location map of the canton of Mersch
Basic data
State : Luxembourg
LAU 1: 04
ISO 3166-2 : LU-ME
Administrative headquarters: Mersch
Surface: 223.90  km²
ranked 7 of 12
Residents: 32,725 (January 1, 2019)
ranked 5 of 12
Population density : 146 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '  N , 6 ° 6'  E

The canton of Mersch is located in the center of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . Besides the canton of Luxembourg , it is the only canton without a common border with other countries. It borders in the north on the canton Diekirch , in the east on the cantons Echternach and Grevenmacher , in the south on the cantons Luxemburg and Capellen and in the west on the canton Redingen .

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

Administrative division

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

  1. Bites (3183)
  2. Colmar-Berg (3183)
  3. Rock (2152)
  4. Fischbach (1239)
  5. Heffingen (1468)
  6. Helperknapp (4241), trained on January 1, 2018
  7. Lintgen (3108)
  8. Lorentzweiler (4083)
  9. Mersch (9643)
  10. Nommern (1421)

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 Mersch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files