Diekirch (canton)

	Diekirch
	Canton
Country	Luxembourg
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)
Population	32,244 (2017)
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

Coordinates: 49°52′N 6°10′E / 49.867°N 6.167°E

Diekirch (Luxembourgish: Dikrech) is a canton in Luxembourg. Its capital is Diekirch.

HistoryEdit

War Monument at Bettendorf

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]
- Ermsdorf and
- Medernach

Related pagesEdit

GalleryEdit

Community house in Miedernach
View of Ermsdorf
General view of Folkendange

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Surface area of the cantons and municipalities". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Population by canton and municipality 1821 - 2017". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Mémorial A, 2011, No. 110" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

[stats-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Surface area of the cantons and municipalities". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[stats2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Population by canton and municipality 1821 - 2017". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[A110-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Mémorial A, 2011, No. 110" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

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