Mersch is a

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in the centre of Luxembourg. It is the only canton, other than Luxembourg, to be entirely surrounded by other cantons, and therefore not to have an international boundary. Its capital is

Mersch Mersch ( ) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, capital of the canton of Mersch. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Alzette, Mamer and Eisch. , the town of Mersch, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population o ...

Administrative divisions

Mersch Canton consists of the following ten communes: *

Bissen Bissen ( ) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated on the river Attert. , the town of Bissen, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 3,021. Bissen is home to a steel factory, o ...

* Colmar-Berg * Fischbach * Heffingen *

Helperknapp Helperknapp is a commune in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It was established on 1 January 2018 from the amalgamation of the communes of Boevange-sur-Attert and Tuntange. Populated places The commune consists of the following villa ...

Larochette Larochette (; Luxembourgish: ''Fiels'', German: ''Fels'') is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated on the White Ernz river. The town is dominated by the partly ruined Larochette Castle. The town of La ...

Lintgen Lintgen () is a commune and small town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated on the river Alzette The Alzette (; ; ) is a river with a length of in France and Luxembourg. It is a right tributary of the Sauer (a tri ...

* Lorentzweiler *

Nommern Nommern () 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 Luxembour ...

Mergers

* On 1 January 2018 the former communes of Boevange-sur-Attert and

Tuntange Tuntange (; lb, Tënten; german: Tüntingen) is a small town in western Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. Until 31 December 2017, it was a commune. On 1 January 2018, the commune was merged with Boevange-sur-Attert to form the new commune of ...

were merged to create the commune of Helperknapp. The name "Helperknapp" derives from the name of a hill of the same name located within the commune.

Population

References

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