Diekirch (canton)
Diekirch (Luxembourgish: Dikrech) is a canton in Luxembourg. Its capital is Diekirch.
| Diekirch | |
| Canton | |
| Country |  Luxembourg
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|---|---|
| Capital | Diekirch |
| - coordinates | 49°52′N 6°10′E / 49.867°N 6.167°E |
| Highest point | |
| - elevation | 525 m (1,722 ft) |
| Lowest point | |
| - elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Area | 204.5 km² (79 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 32,244 (2017) [2] |
| Density | 158 /km² (409 /sq mi) |
| Canton | 24 February 1843 |
| Subdivisions | 10 communes |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| ISO 3166-2 | LU-DI |
| LAU 1 | LU00002 |
 Location of the Diekirch canton
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HistoryEdit
On 1 January 2012, the canton lost the commune of Hoscheid when it was made part of the new commune Parc Hosingen in the Clervaux canton, and the communes of Ermsdorf and Medernach were merged to make the new commune of Vallée de l'Ernz.[3]
GeographyEdit
With an area of 204.5 km2 (79.0 sq mi),[1] and a population (2017) of 32,244, the Diekirch canton has a population density of 157.7 inhabitants/km².[2]
It is bordered on the north by the cantons Clervaux and Vianden, on the east by the German district of Bitburg-Prüm (part of the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate) and the canton of Echternach, in the south by the canton of Mersch, and to the west by the cantons Redange and Wiltz.
CommunesEdit
The Diekirch canton consists of the following 10 communes (2017 population).[2]
- Bettendorf (2,753)
- Bourscheid (1,820)
- Diekirch (6,472)
- Erpeldange-sur-Sûre (2,392)
- Ettelbruck (8,833)
- Feulen (2,062)
- Mertzig (2,115)
- Reisdorf (1,202)
- Schieren (2,004)
- Vallée de l'Ernz (2,591), formed in January 1, 2012 from:[3]
Related pagesEdit
GalleryEdit
Community house in Miedernach
View of Ermsdorf
General view of Folkendange
ReferencesEdit
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Surface area of the cantons and municipalities". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 20 May 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Population by canton and municipality 1821 - 2017". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 30 December 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mémorial A, 2011, No. 110" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 26 April 2014. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)