Grevenmacher is a canton in the east of

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. Its capital is

Grevenmacher Grevenmacher (; ) is a commune with town status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. It gives its name to and is the capital of the canton of Grevenmacher, and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Grevenmacher. The town ...

, a commune with town status. The canton's name derives from its principal municipality. Neither the canton, town, or commune of Grevenmacher should be confused with the former district of Grevenmacher, one of three administrative units in Luxembourg abolished in October 2015.

Administrative divisions

Grevenmacher Canton consists of the following eight

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, ...

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Biwer Biwer is a commune and small town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher Grevenmacher (; ) is a commune with town status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. It gives its name to and is the capital of the ...

Flaxweiler Flaxweiler () is a commune and small town in south-eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher. , the town of Flaxweiler, which lies in the north-west of the commune, has a population of 338. Other towns within the commune inclu ...

Junglinster Junglinster ( lb, Jonglënster) is a commune in central Luxembourg, which draws its name from its principal town, Junglinster. It is one of six communes in the Luxembourg canton of Grevenmacher. The 18th-century St Martin's church is a nationa ...

Manternach Manternach is a commune and small town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher. , the town of Manternach, which lies in the south of the commune, has a population of 417. Other towns within the commune include Berbourg, ...

Mertert Mertert () is a commune and town in eastern Luxembourg, on the border with Germany. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher. The commune consists of the towns of Mertert and Wasserbillig. Mertert has a river port on the Moselle The Mo ...

Wormeldange Wormeldange ( lb, Wuermer or (locally) ; german: Wormeldingen) is a commune and small town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher. , the town of Wormeldange, which lies in the south of the commune, has a population of 7 ...

Mergers

* On 1 January 1979 the former commune of

Rodenbourg Rodenbourg ( lb, Roudemer, german: Rodenburg) is a village in the commune of Junglinster, in central Luxembourg. , the village has a population of 159 inhabitants. Rodenbourg gave its name to a commune in the canton of Grevenmacher until 1 Janu ...

(from Grevenmacher Canton) was absorbed into the commune of Junglinster. The law expanding Junglinster was passed on 23 December 1978.

Population

References

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