List of towns in Luxembourg
There are twelve towns in Luxembourg, as defined by
Terminology
The officially used terms for a town in the sense of this article are Stad (plural Stied) in
.All of these terms may be translated as either "town" or "city". However, apart from the capital,
History
Historically, this status was derived from a town's possession of a
For over sixty years, no more towns were added, but the vast demographic shift during the last part of the nineteenth century made it impossible to leave the arrangements unchanged. Thus, on 29 May 1906, Esch-sur-Alzette was promoted;[3] Esch was followed by Differdange, Dudelange, Ettelbruck, and Rumelange on 4 August 1907.[4] An area of the (now extinct) commune of Hollerich was conferred the title on 7 April 1914, under the title of 'Hollerich-Bonnevoie';[5] this status was lost when Hollerich was merged into Luxembourg City on 26 March 1920.[6]
The last such statute affecting town status in Luxembourg was the Loi communale du 13 décembre 1988. In the order outlined in that legislation (i.e. alphabetical, except with Luxembourg City first), the twelve communes with town status are: Luxembourg City, Diekirch, Differdange, Dudelange, Echternach, Esch-sur-Alzette, Ettelbruck, Grevenmacher, Remich, Rumelange, Vianden, and Wiltz.[7]
In spite of their town status, some of the municipalities are very small and more like villages than towns. There are also municipalities without town status that have more inhabitants than some of the official towns (especially in the Luxembourg and Red Lands agglomerations, but also elsewhere, such as Mersch). Apart from the capital, Luxembourg, which is a city with now over 110,000 inhabitants, only the three or five next largest municipalities (Esch-sur-Alzette, Differdange, Dudelange, plus possibly Ettelbruck and Diekirch) have long been urbanised enough to be described as towns. However, most municipalities are now growing with the continuously high figures of immigration to Luxembourg. There is a town planning project that aims at developing Ettelbruck, Diekirch and four bordering municipalities into a new centre called Nordstad ("North Town") with an expected population of 30,000.
List of towns
Coat of arms | Name | Canton | Area (km2) |
Population (As of 2016[update]) |
Date of law |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diekirch Dikrech, Dikrich |
Diekirch
|
12.42 | 6,896 | 24 February 1843 | |
Differdange Déifferdeng, Déifferdang |
Esch-sur-Alzette
|
22.18 | 24,805 | 4 August 1907 | |
Dudelange Diddeleng |
Esch-sur-Alzette
|
21.38 | 20,003 | 4 August 1907 | |
Echternach Iechternach, Eechternoach |
Echternach
|
20.49 | 5,249 | 24 February 1843 | |
Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-Uelzecht |
Esch-sur-Alzette
|
14.35 | 33,939 | 29 May 1906 | |
Ettelbruck Ettelbréck |
Diekirch
|
15.18 | 8,544 | 4 August 1907 | |
Grevenmacher Gréiwemaacher |
Grevenmacher
|
16.48 | 4,794 | 24 February 1843 | |
Luxembourg Lëtzebuerg |
Luxembourg
|
51.46 | 115,227 | 24 February 1843 | |
Remich Réimech |
Remich
|
5.29 | 3,482 | 24 February 1843 | |
Rumelange Rëmeleng |
Esch-sur-Alzette
|
6.83 | 5,422 | 4 August 1907 | |
Vianden Veianen, Veinen |
Vianden
|
9.67 | 1,918 | 24 February 1843 | |
Wiltz Wolz, Wooltz |
Wiltz
|
19.37 | 6,522 | 24 February 1843 |
See also
- List of villages in Luxembourg
Footnotes
- ^ "Mémorial A, 1988, No. 64" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-03-02. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1843, No. 17" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-09-07.
- ^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1906, No. 34" (PDF). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2006-09-07.
- ^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1907, No. 42" (PDF). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2006-09-07.
- ^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1914, No. 18" (PDF). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2006-10-06.
- ^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1920, No. 23" (PDF). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
- ^ "Mémorial A, 1988, No. 64" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-03-02. Retrieved 2006-09-07.