Munshausen ( lb, Munzen) is a village in northern

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 commune of

Clervaux Clervaux (; lb, Clierf or (locally) ; german: Clerf) is a commune and town in northern Luxembourg, administrative capital of the canton of Clervaux. The town's arms, granted in 1896, show three blackbirds on a gold ground in the chief of a red ...

. Munshausen was the seat of its own

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

until it was merged with Clervaux in 2009. , the village of Munshausen had a population of 172, while the former commune had a population of 1,034.

Former commune

The former commune consisted of the villages: *

Drauffelt Drauffelt () is a village in the commune of Munshausen, in northern Luxembourg. As of 2014, the village has a population of 205. Description Drauffelt contains a handful of roads and lanes, of which the most important is the ''Wëlzerstroos'' (W ...

(Draufelt) op. (2007): 169*

Marnach Marnach () is a small town in the commune of Munshausen, in northern Luxembourg. As of 2007, the town has a population of 581. Near Marnach is the site of the transmitter of Radio Luxembourg Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial ...

(Maarnech) op. (2007): 581* Munshausen (Munzen) op. (2007): 172* Roder (Rueder) op. (2007): 61* Siebenaler (Siwwenaler) op. (2007): 51

Geography

Munshausen is situated in the northeastern part of Luxembourg. In the east, the river

Our Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulato ...

forms a natural boundary to

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. Munshausen is part of the

Oesling The Oesling or Ösling () is a region covering the northern part of both the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, within the greater Ardennes area that also covers parts of Belgium and France. The Oesling covers 32% of the terri ...

, the Luxembourgish part of the Ardennes. The landscape is composed of free plateaus at an average altitude of 1650 ft, cut by several narrow riverbeds. The axis Hosingen-Heinerscheid, passing through

, is the dividing line between the basins of the river

Clerve The Clerve ( lb, Klierf) is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Wiltz at Kautenbach. It flows through both the towns of Troisvierges and the town of Clervaux Clervaux (; lb, Clierf or (locally) ; german: Clerf) is a commune and ...

in the west and the river Our in the east.

References

External links

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