Wiltz is a
canton in northwestern
Luxembourg
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. Its capital is the city of
Wiltz
Wiltz ( lb, Wolz or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in north-western Luxembourg, capital of the canton Wiltz. Wiltz is situated on the banks of the river Wiltz. It was also a battleground in the Battle of the Bulge, near the e ...
. It covers an area of 264.55 km
2, and it has a population of 16,735.
Administrative divisions
Wiltz Canton consists of the following seven
communes
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Boulaide
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Esch-sur-Sûre
Esch-sur-Sûre ( lb, Esch-Sauer, , german: Esch-Sauer ) is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch. At one point it was the second smallest commune by area ...
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Goesdorf
Goesdorf (; lb, Géisdref) is a commune and village in north-western Luxembourg
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Kiischpelt
Kiischpelt is a commune in northern Luxembourg, in the canton of Wiltz. The commune's administrative centre is Wilwerwiltz.
Kiischpelt was formed on 1 January 2006 from the former communes of Kautenbach and Wilwerwiltz, both in Wiltz canton. Th ...
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Lac de la Haute-Sûre
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Wiltz
Wiltz ( lb, Wolz or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in north-western Luxembourg, capital of the canton Wiltz. Wiltz is situated on the banks of the river Wiltz. It was also a battleground in the Battle of the Bulge, near the e ...
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Winseler
Winseler () is a commune and village in north-western Luxembourg.
Administrative organization and population
It is part of the canton of Wiltz.
, the village of Winseler, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 120. The ( co ...
Mergers
* On 1 January 1979 the former communes of
Harlange
Harlange ( lb, Harel, german: Harlingen) is a small town in the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre, in north-western Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 358.
Harlange was a commune in the canton of Wiltz until 1 January 1979, when it was ...
and
Mecher
Mecher ( lb, Meecher) is a village in the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre, in north-western Luxembourg. , the village has a population of 60.
Mecher was a commune in the canton of Wiltz until 1 January 1979, when it was merged with the commu ...
(both from Wiltz Canton) were merged to create the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre. The law creating Lac de la Haute-Sûre was passed on 23 December 1978.
* On 1 January 2006 the former communes of
Kautenbach
Kautenbach ( lb, Kautebaach) is a village in the commune of Kiischpelt, in northern Luxembourg. In 2005, the village had a population of 120.
Kautenbach was a commune in the canton of Wiltz
Wiltz ( lb, Wolz or (locally) ) is a commune ...
and
Wilwerwiltz
Wilwerwiltz ( lb, Wëlwerwolz) is a village in the commune of Kiischpelt, in northern Luxembourg. , the village has a population of 238.
Wilwerwiltz was a commune in the canton of Wiltz until 1 January 2006, when it was merged with the commu ...
(both from Wiltz Canton) were merged to create the commune of Kiischpelt. The law creating Kiischpelt was passed on 14 July 2005.
* On 1 January 2012 the former communes of
Heiderscheid and
Neunhausen (both from Wiltz Canton) were absorbed into the commune of Esch-sur-Sûre. The law expanding Esch-sur-Sûre was passed on 31 May 2011.
* On 1 January 2015 the former commune of
Eschweiler
Eschweiler (, Ripuarian: ) is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Belgian-Dutch border, and about east of Aachen and west of Cologne.
History
* Celts (fi ...
(from Wiltz Canton) was absorbed into the commune of Wiltz. The law expanding Wiltz was passed on 19 December 2014.
Population
References
Cantons of Luxembourg
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