This is a list of the extreme points of
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 ...
, the points that are farther
north
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography.
Etymology
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south
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
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east or
west
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth.
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The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...
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higher or lower than any other location in the territory of the state.
Latitude and longitude
*Northernmost point — in
Troisvierges,
Clervaux Canton ()
*Southernmost point — near
Rumelange,
Esch-sur-Alzette Canton ()
*Easternmost point — on
Sauer
The Sauer (German and Luxembourgish, , ) or Sûre ( French, ) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. A left tributary of the Moselle, its total length is .
Rising near Vaux-sur-Sûre in the Ardennes in southeastern Belgium, the Sauer f ...
River in
Rosport-Mompach,
Echternach Canton ()
*Westernmost point — near
Surré,
Wiltz Canton ()
*Geographical Center — near
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 ...
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Elevation
*Highest point —
Kneiff
Kneiff is a hill in the Ardennes, in the commune of Troisvierges, in northern Luxembourg, near the tripoint shared with Belgium and Germany. At 560 metres, it is the highest point in the country; it is 1 m taller than Buurgplaatz, which was pre ...
, in
Troisvierges (559.8
m) ()
*Lowest point — confluence of Sauer and
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
Rivers, in
Wasserbillig
Wasserbillig ( lb, Waasserbëlleg ) is a town in the Communes of Luxembourg, commune of Mertert, in eastern Luxembourg. , Wasserbillig has 2,186 inhabitants, which makes it the largest town in Mertert. Wasserbillig is the administrative seat of ...
(129.9
m) ()
See also
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Extreme points of Earth
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Geography of Luxembourg
Luxembourg is a small country located in the Low Countries, part of North-West Europe It borders Belgium for to the west and north, France () to the south, and Germany () to the east. Luxembourg is landlocked, separated from the North Sea by Bel ...
Geography of Luxembourg
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 ...
Extreme
Extreme points
In mathematics, an extreme point of a convex set S in a Real number, real or Complex number, complex vector space is a point in S which does not lie in any open line segment joining two points of S. In linear programming problems, an extreme po ...
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