The 12
cantons
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( lb, Kantonen or ; french: cantons ; german: Kantone ) of the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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are areas of local government at the first level of
local administrative unit
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(LAU-1) in the
European Union
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's
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
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for
Eurostat
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purposes. They were subdivisions of the three
districts of Luxembourg The three districts of Luxembourg (french: districts, german: Distrikte, lb, Distrikter) were the top-level administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The districts were further subdivided into cantons, which still exist:
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until 2015, when the district level of government was abolished. The cantons are in turn subdivided into 102
communes
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(i.e. municipalities).
List
The following list gives the names of the cantons in French and Luxembourgish (in that order) which are both official languages of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg:
See also
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:Lists of cantons of Luxembourg
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ISO 3166-2:LU
References
External links
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Subdivisions of Luxembourg
Luxembourg 2
Cantons, Luxembourg
Cantons
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