Vianden is a

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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, relig ...

: *

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 Biv ...

Tandel Tandel is a commune and village in eastern Luxembourg, in the canton of Vianden. It lies close to the border with Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most ...

Mergers

* On 1 January 2006 the former commune of Bastendorf (from Diekirch Canton) was merged with the former commune of Fouhren (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