Guttland
The Guttland (German pronunciation:
The Guttland is not an homogeneous region, and includes five main sub-regions: the
Unlike the sparsely populated Éislek, the Guttland is relatively urbanised. Whereas the Éislek has only one town with a population larger than 2,000 people, the Guttland has four cities with a population largely above 20,000 (Luxembourg City/Lëtzebuerg, Esch-sur-Alzette/Esch-Uelzecht, Differdange/Déifferdang and Dudelange/Diddeleng). However, the Guttland's urban areas are mostly congregated in the
The Guttland has a lower altitude above sea level and a flatter landscape than the Éislek. Geologically, the Guttland is predominantly a large Jurassic-Triassic sandstone formation, part of the Lorrainian system; the Éislek is predominantly Devonian schist and quartz. Both are wooded, but the Éislek's forests are more numerous and thicker, a testament to the slower pace of human development in the Éislek. Most of the Guttland is fertile agricultural territory - hence the name.