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The 12 cantons (French: canton [kɑ̃tɔ̃] ; German: Kanton [kanˈtoːn] ; Luxembourgish: Kanton [ˈkɑnton]) of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are subdivisions at the first level of local administrative unit (LAU-1) in the European Union's Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics for Eurostat purposes. They were subdivisions of the three districts of Luxembourg until 2015, when the district level of government was abolished. The cantons are in turn subdivided into 100 communes (i.e. municipalities).

Function

Unlike in Switzerland and similarly to France, Luxembourgish cantons have no administrative structure of their own—rather, they are used to delimitate electoral constituencies and judicial districts. Until 2015, they also served to delimitate Luxembourg's three districts.

History

The origins of the cantons of Luxembourg lie in the decree of 31 August 1795 by the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolutionary period. This established 37 cantons in the Département des Forêts, grouped into 4 arrondissements (districts): Bitbourg, Diekirch, Luxembourg, and Neufchâteau. The old feudal territorial divisions were replaced with a system of uniform administrative division into cantons of approximately equal size and population.

The decree of 6 March 1802 reduced the number of cantons in the department to 28.

This situation lasted until 1815, when the Congress of Vienna re-organised Europe's borders. The Duchy of Luxembourg lost its territories east of the Our, the Sauer and the Moselle rivers to Prussia. The subsequent administrative reorganisation divided Luxembourg into 32 cantons, grouped into five arrondissements: Marche, Saint-Hubert, Neufchâteau, Diekirch, and Luxembourg.

By royal decree of 2 January 1832, arrondissements were reduced in size, but their number increased from 5 to 8. They were now named quarters, and later, districts.


List

Clervaux Diekirch Redange Vianden Wiltz Echternach Grevenmacher Remich Capellen Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Mersch

The following list gives the names of the cantons in French and Luxembourgish (in that order) which are both official languages of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg:

Name Luxembourgish name Namesake commune Electoral district Coat of arms Area
(km²)(2018) 		Population
(As of 2023) 		Population Density
Inhabitants/km (As of January 2023) 		Highest point Lowest point
Clervaux Klierf Clervaux North Armoiries Clervaux 2 342.17 20,687 60.5 560 230
Wiltz Wolz Wiltz North Armoiries de Wiltz 1 264.55 19,209 72.6 537 233
Vianden Veianen Vianden North Armoiries de Nassau 2 78.52 5,593 103.4 542 190
Redange Réiden Redange North Coat of arms redange sur attert luxbrg 267.49 20,874 78 554 232
Diekirch Dikrech Diekirch North Coat of arms diekirch luxbrg 204.51 35,150 171.9 525 175
Mersch Miersch Mersch Centre Armoiries de Mersch 1 223.90 35,579 158.9 436 201
Echternach Iechternach Echternach East Coat of arms echternach luxbrg 185.54 20,280 109.3 414 141
Capellen Kapellen Mamer South Armoiries de Septfontaines 1 199.21 52,828 265.2 398 242
Luxembourg Lëtzebuerg Luxembourg City Centre Coat of arms Luxembourg City 238.46 204,358 857 429 228
Grevenmacher Gréiwemaacher Grevenmacher East Coat of arms grevenmacher luxbrg 211.37 35,524 153.9 411 132
Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-Uelzecht Esch-sur-Alzette South Coat of arms esch alzette luxbrg 242.77 189,540 780.7 435 224
Remich Réimech Remich East Remich (canton) coat of arms 127.87 24,186 189.1 368 140

Maps

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See also

Notes

  1. Plural: French: cantons [kɑ̃tɔ̃] ; German: Kantone [kanˈtoːnə] ; Luxembourgish: Kantonen [ˈkɑntonən] or Kantoner [ˈkɑntonɐ].

References

  1. "Le territoire du Luxembourg". luxembourg.public.lu (in French). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  2. ^ Calmes, Albert (5 November 1952). "Origine du Canton d'Echternach". Luxemburger Wort (in French). p. 11. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  3. Calmes, Albert (20 May 1953). "Origine du canton de Diekirch". Luxemburger Wort (in French). p. 15. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  4. Calmes, Albert (7 June 1950). "Origine du Canton de Rédange". Luxemburger Wort (in French). p. 13.
  5. "Kantone". Daniel Erpelding. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  6. "Territorial subdivisions (Situation on 1st January 2018)". www.statistiques.public.lu. Statistics portal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  7. "Population by canton and municipality 2018". www.statistiques.public.lu. Statistics portal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  8. "Population density by canton and municipality on 1st January(Inhabitants per km) 1821 - 2021". www.statistiques.public.lu. Statistics portal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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