Cantons of Luxembourg

administrative division of Luxembourg

The 12 cantons (French: cantons, German: Kantone, Luxembourgish: Kantonen) of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are areas of local government. They are subdivisions of the three districts of Luxembourg. The cantons are in turn subdivided into 106 communes.

The cantons were created, together with the districts, on 24 February 1843.[1]

List of cantons

Cantons of Luxembourg
#CantonCapitalDistrictPopulation[2]
(2017)
 Area[3] 
(km²)
Density
(inhab./km²)
Communes
 1CapellenCapellenLuxembourg47,209199.21237.010
 2ClervauxClervauxDiekirch17,631331.7553.15
 3DiekirchDiekirchDiekirch32,244214.93150.010
 4EchternachEchternachGrevenmacher18,702185.54100.88
 5Esch-sur-Alzette  Esch-sur-Alzette  Luxembourg172,687242.77711.314
 6GrevenmacherGrevenmacherGrevenmacher  29,525211.37139.78
 7LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg179,369238.46752.211
 8MerschMerschLuxembourg31,351223.90140.011
 9RedangeRedangeDiekirch18,351267.4968.610
10RemichRemichGrevenmacher21,987127.87171.98
11ViandenViandenDiekirch5,16278.5265.73
12WiltzWiltzDiekirch16,449264.5562.27


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