|
Bech
Bech is a commune and small town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Echternach Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in ..., which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. , the town of Bech, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 368. Villages within the commune include Altrier and Rippig. Population References External links * Towns in Luxembourg Communes in Echternach (canton) {{Echternach-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echternach (canton)
Echternach is a canton in the east of Luxembourg. Its capital is Echternach. Administrative divisions Echternach Canton consists of the following seven communes: * Beaufort * Bech * Berdorf * Consdorf * Echternach * Rosport-Mompach * Waldbillig Waldbillig ( lb, Waldbëlleg or (locally) ) is a commune and small town in the canton of Echternach, Luxembourg. , the town of Waldbillig, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 566. Other towns within the commune include ... Mergers * On 1 January 2018 the former communes of Rosport and Mompach were merged to create the commune of Rosport-Mompach. The law creating Rosport-Mompach was passed on 24 May 2011. Population See also * Little Switzerland, a nickname given to this area of Luxembourg. References Cantons of Luxembourg {{Echternach-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communes Of Luxembourg ...
This is a list of the 102 communes of Luxembourg, a basic administrative division in Luxembourg, Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette are further subdivided into 24 and 16 municipal quarters respectively. of which each canton is required to contain at least one. List of municipalities The number, location, and size of municipalities has varied greatly over time. See also Geodata for the Communes of Luxembourg, extracted from OpenStreetMap Footnotes {{Europe topic, List of places in, LU=List of communes of Luxembourg Communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altrier
Altrier () is a village in the commune of Bech, in eastern Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan .... , the village had a population of 184. Echternach (canton) Villages in Luxembourg {{Echternach-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heffingen
Heffingen () is a commune and small town in central Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ..., in the canton of Mersch. , the town of Heffingen, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 598. Another town within the commune is Reuland. Heffingen is where Loschbour man, a homo sapiens of over 8000 years old, was found. Population References External links * Communes in Mersch (canton) Towns in Luxembourg {{Mersch-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junglinster
Junglinster ( lb, Jonglënster) is a commune in central Luxembourg, which draws its name from its principal town, Junglinster. It is one of six communes in the Luxembourg canton of Grevenmacher. The 18th-century St Martin's church is a national monument. History The oldest mention of ''Lincera'' (the "linster" part of the place name) is in documents going back to 983, with the status of parish first attested in 1128. Population , the town of Junglinster has a population of 3,254, whilst the wider commune of Junglinster has a population of 7,621. Figures from the same year report that 64.11% of the population of the commune holds Luxembourgish nationality, with the five largest immigrant populations in the commune being those of Portuguese (7.77%), French (5.12%), German (3.88%), Belgian (3.27%) and British (1.91%) nationalities. Transmitters The commune hosts two of the world's most powerful longwave transmitters, with the older transmitter based just north of the town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biwer
Biwer is a commune and small town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher Grevenmacher (; ) is a commune with town status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. It gives its name to and is the capital of the canton of Grevenmacher, and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Grevenmacher. The town .... , the commune has a population of 1,884 inhabitants. , the town of Biwer, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 1,403 inhabitants. Other localities within the commune include, Boudler, Brouch, Hagelsdorf, Wecker, and Weydig. Population References External links * Communes in Grevenmacher (canton) Towns in Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manternach
Manternach is a commune and small town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher. , the town of Manternach, which lies in the south of the commune, has a population of 417. Other towns within the commune include Berbourg, Lellig, and Munschecker. Manternach railway station has regular services directly to Luxembourg railway station in Luxembourg city and Wasserbillig Wasserbillig ( lb, Waasserbëlleg ) is a town in the commune of Mertert, in eastern Luxembourg. , Wasserbillig has 2,186 inhabitants, which makes it the largest town in Mertert. Wasserbillig is the administrative seat of the commune of Merter ....There are normally 35 trains per day travelling from Manternach to Luxembourg Population Image gallery File:Manternach2294.jpg, Manternach, seen from the railway station References External links * Communes in Grevenmacher (canton) Towns in Luxembourg {{Grevenmacher-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echternach
Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in Luxembourg. History The town grew around the Abbey of Echternach, which was founded in 698 by St Willibrord, an English monk from Ripon, Northumbria (in present-day North Yorkshire, England), who became the first bishop of Utrecht and worked to Christianize the Frisians. As bishop, he was the Echternach monastery's abbot until his death in 739. It is in his honour that the notable Dancing procession of Echternach takes place annually on Whit Tuesday. The river Sauer that flows past the town now forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany; in the later Roman Empire and under the Merovingians by contrast, the Sauer did not form a border or march in this area. The Roman villa at Echternach (traces of which were rediscovered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consdorf
Consdorf () is a commune and town in eastern Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan .... It is part of the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. , the town of Consdorf, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 1,200. Other towns within the commune include Scheidgen, Wolper and Breidweiler. Population References External links * https://www.consdorf.lu * Communes in Echternach (canton) Towns in Luxembourg {{Echternach-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rippig
Rippig () is a village in the commune of Bech, in eastern Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan .... , the village has a population of 109. Echternach (canton) Villages in Luxembourg {{Echternach-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grevenmacher (district)
The District of Grevenmacher (1843 – 3 Oct 2015) was one of three districts of Luxembourg. It contained three cantons divided into 25 communes: #Echternach #*Beaufort #* Bech #*Berdorf #*Consdorf #*Echternach #* Rosport-Mompach #*Waldbillig # Grevenmacher #* Betzdorf #*Biwer #* Flaxweiler #* Grevenmacher #*Junglinster #* Manternach #* Mertert #* Wormeldange #Remich #* Bous #*Burmerange #*Dalheim #*Lenningen #*Mondorf-les-Bains #* Remerschen #*Remich #*Stadtbredimus #*Waldbredimus #*Wellenstein It bordered the districts of Luxembourg to the west and Diekirch to the north, the German Länder of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland to the east, and the French ''département'' of Moselle, Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administr ... to the south. It had a per capita inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
