Mertert () is a commune and town in eastern

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 ...

, on the border with

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. 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 the canton of Grevenmacher, and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Grevenmacher. The town is situated on the l ...

. The commune consists of the towns of Mertert and

Wasserbillig Wasserbillig ( ) is a town in the commune of Mertert, in eastern Luxembourg. , Wasserbillig has 3,485 inhabitants, which makes it the largest town in Mertert. Wasserbillig is the administrative seat of the commune of Mertert. Geography Wass ...

. Mertert has a

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on the

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) 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 joins at Koblenz. A sm ...

, the largest in Luxembourg. The commune's administrative centre is Wasserbillig. , the town of Mertert, which lies in the south of the commune, has a population of 1,861.

Population

Notable people

* Pierre Frieden (1892–1959), a Luxembourg politician and writer; the 17th

Prime Minister of Luxembourg The prime minister of Luxembourg (; ; ) is the head of government of Luxembourg. The prime minister leads the executive branch, chairs the Cabinet and appoints its ministers. Since 1989, the title of ''Prime Minister'' has been an official one, ...

in 1958/1959. *

Jacques Santer Jacques Santer (born 18 May 1937) is a Luxembourgish politician who served as president of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999. He served as the finance minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and as prime minister of Luxembourg fr ...

(born 1937 in Wasserbillig), a Luxembourgish politician; the 20th

, 1984/1995 and the 9th

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, 1995/1999 * General Mario Daubenfeld (born 1958 in Wasserbillig), a Luxembourgish soldier and a former

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* Communes in Grevenmacher (canton) Towns in Luxembourg Germany–Luxembourg border crossings {{Grevenmacher-geo-stub