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The 12 cantons (French: canton [kɑ̃tɔ̃] ⓘ; German: Kanton [kanˈtoːn] ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Kanton [ˈkɑnton])[a] 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.[1] 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.[2] This established 37 cantons in the Département des Forêts, grouped into 4 arrondissements (districts): Bitbourg, Diekirch, Luxembourg, and Neufchâteau.[2] The old feudal territorial divisions were replaced with a system of uniform administrative division into cantons of approximately equal size and population.[3]

The decree of 6 March 1802 reduced the number of cantons in the department to 28.[4]

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.[2] The subsequent administrative reorganisation divided Luxembourg into 32 cantons, grouped into five arrondissements: Marche, Saint-Hubert, Neufchâteau, Diekirch, and Luxembourg.[2]

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


List

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[5] Area
(km²)(2018)[6] 		Population
(As of 2025)[7] 		Population Density
Inhabitants/km2 (As of 2025)[8] 		Highest point Lowest point
Clervaux

Klierf

Clervaux North 342.17 21,873 63.9 560 230
Wiltz

Wolz

Wiltz North 264.55 19,944 75.4 537 233
Vianden

Veianen

Vianden North 78.52 5,744 73.2 542 190
Redange

Réiden

Redange North 267.49 21,442 80.2 554 232
Diekirch

Dikrech

Diekirch North 204.51 36,240 177.2 525 175
Mersch

Mersch

Mersch Centre 223.90 36,736 164.1 436 201
Echternach

Iechternach

Echternach East 185.54 20,509 110.5 414 141
Capellen

Capellen

Mamer South 199.21 55,513 278.7 398 242
Luxembourg

Lëtzebuerg

Luxembourg City Centre 238.46 210,561 883 429 228
Grevenmacher

Gréiwemaacher

Grevenmacher East 211.37 33,712 159.5 411 132
Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-Uelzecht

Esch-sur-Alzette South 242.77 195,091 803.6 435 224
Remich

Réimech

Remich East 127.87 24,608 192.4 368 140

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. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ "Population par commune au 1er janvier 2025". www.statistiques.public.lu. Statistics portal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Population by canton and municipality 2018" (PDF). www.statistiques.public.lu. Statistics portal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Densité de la population par canton et commune au 1er janvier (Habitants par km²)". www.statistiques.public.lu. Statistics portal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 17 May 2025.


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