Canton of Capellen
Canton of Capellen
Kanton Kapellen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 49°38′N 6°00′E / 49.633°N 6.000°E | |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Legislative constituency | Sud |
| LAU 1 | LU00001 |
| Capital | Capellen |
| Communes (cities in bold) | Dippach Garnich Habscht Käerjeng Kehlen Koerich Kopstal Mamer Steinfort |
| Area | |
| • Total | 199.2 km2 (76.9 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9th of 12 |
| Highest elevation | 398 m (1,306 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 242 m (794 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Total | 54,352 |
| • Rank | 3rd of 12 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 3rd of 12 |
Capellen (Luxembourgish: Capellen) is a canton in Luxembourg. Its capital is Capellen.
History
[change | change source]On 1 January 2012, the communes of Bascharage and Clemency were combined to make the new commune of Käerjeng.[1]
Geography
[change | change source]With an area of 199.2 km2 (76.9 sq mi),[2] and a population (2017) of 47,209, the Capellen canton has a population density of 237.0 inhabitants/km².[3]
The canton has the Redange canton to the north, the Mersch canton to northeast, the Luxembourg canton to the east and the Esch-sur-Alzette canton to the south. The canton borders, to the west, the arrondissement of Arlon in Belgium.
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Communes
[change | change source]The Capellen canton consists of the following 10 communes (2017 population).[3]
- Dippach (4,178)
- Garnich (2,099)
- Hobscheid (3,518)
- Käerjeng (10,232)), formed January 1, 2012 from:[1]
- Bascharage and
- Clemency
- Kehlen (5,903)
- Koerich (2,528)
- Kopstal (3,673)
- Mamer (9,185)
- Septfontaines (812)
- Steinfort (5,081)
Related pages
[change | change source]- Cantons of Luxembourg
- Districts of Luxembourg (a type of subdivision that no longer exists)
- List of cities in Luxembourg
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mémorial A, 2011, No. 110" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "Surface area of the cantons and municipalities". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Population by canton and municipality 1821 - 2017". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.