Districts of Luxembourg

The former three districts of Luxembourg (French: districts, German: Distrikte, Luxembourgish: Distrikter) were the top-level administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The districts were divided into cantons.

Former districts of Luxembourg
NDistrictCapitalArea[1]
(km²)		Population[2]
(2014)		Density
(inhab./km²)		Cantons
1DiekirchDiekirch1,157.2483,66172.3Clervaux, Diekirch, Redange, Vianden, Wiltz
2GrevenmacherGrevenmacher524.864,978123.8Echternach, Grevenmacher, Remich
3LuxembourgLuxembourg904.34401,041443.5Capellen, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Mersch

History

The districts (and cantons) were created on 24 February 1843.[3] In 1857, the Mersch district was created from the cantons of Mersch and Redange.[4] However, this fourth district was abolished in 1867.[5]

In October 2015, the districts were abolished.[6]

References
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  1. "Surface area of the cantons and municipalities". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. "Population by canton and municipality 1821 - 2014". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1843, No. 17" (PDF). Service central de législation. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1857, No. 16" (PDF). Service central de législation. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  5. (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1867, No. 17" (PDF). Service central de législation. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  6. "Loi du 2 septembre 2015 portant abolition des districts" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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