Esch-sur-Sûre (, ; , ; , ) is a
commune and small town in north-western
Luxembourg
Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...
, situated in the canton of
Wiltz. At one point it was the second smallest commune by area in Luxembourg (after
Remich
Remich ( ) is a commune with town status in south-eastern Luxembourg with a population of 4,101 inhabitants . It is situated in the canton of the same name. Remich lies on the left bank of the river Moselle, which forms part of the border betwee ...
), until
Neunhausen and
Heiderscheid were merged into it in 2011.
, the town of Esch-sur-Sûre, which lies in the north of the commune, has a population of 402.
Esch-sur-Sûre is situated by the river
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 ...
, just east and downstream of the artificial ''
Upper Sauer Lake''. The town's prominent 10th Century
castle
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...
, and the main part of the town below, sit on a spur of a land within a sharp meander of the river.
The suffix to its name distinguishes Esch-sur-Sûre from the city of
Esch-sur-Alzette
Esch-sur-Alzette (, ; ; or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is a city in Luxembourg and the country's List of communes of Luxembourg by population, second-most populous commune, with a population of 36,625 inhabitants, . It lies in the south-west of the ...
, which is often known just as ''Esch''.
Immediately above the town, the river has been dammed to form a hydroelectric reservoir extending some 6 miles (10 km) up the valley. The Upper Sauer dam was built in the 1960s to meet the country's drinking water needs.
Populated places
The commune consists of the following villages:
* Esch-sur-Sûre Section:
** Esch-sur-Sûre
*
Heiderscheid Section:
**
Dirbach
**
Eschdorf
**
Heiderscheid
**
Fond de Heiderscheid
**
Merscheid
**
Ringel
**
Tadler
**
Hierheck (lieu-dit)
*
Neunhausen Section:
**
Bonnal
**
Insenborn
**
Lultzhausen
**
Neunhausen
**
Bourgfried (lieu-dit)
Population
References
External links
*
* www.petitbourg.l
Le Paradis des Ardennes Luxembourgoises
Communes in Wiltz (canton)
Towns in Luxembourg
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