Vianden is a canton in the north of

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. Its capital is

Vianden Vianden ( lb, Veianen or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the Oesling, north-eastern Luxembourg, with over 1,800 inhabitants. It is the capital of the canton of Vianden, which is part of the district of Diekirch. Vianden lies on t ...

Administrative divisions

Vianden Canton consists of the following three

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, religious, ...

: *

Putscheid Putscheid () is a commune and village in north-eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Vianden. , the village of Putscheid, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 35. Other villages within the commune include Bivel ...

Tandel Tandel is a commune and village in eastern Luxembourg, in the canton of Vianden. It lies close to the border with Germany. , the village of Tandel, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 87. The commune of Tandel was formed ...

Mergers

* On 1 January 2006 the former commune of

Bastendorf Bastendorf ( lb, Baastenduerf) is a small town in the commune of Tandel, in north-eastern Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 371. Bastendorf was a commune in the canton of Diekirch until 1 January 2006, when it was merged with the commu ...

(from Diekirch Canton) was merged with the former commune of

Fouhren Fouhren ( lb, Furen ; german: Fuhren) is a small town in the commune of Tandel, in north-eastern Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 353. Fouhren was a commune in the canton of Vianden until 1 January 2006, when it was merged with the co ...

(from Vianden Canton) to create the commune of

(in Vianden Canton). The law creating Tandel was passed on 21 December 2004. Therefore, Vianden Canton gained 24.44 km² of land from Diekirch Canton.

Population

References

Cantons of Luxembourg {{Vianden-geo-stub