Cantons of Luxembourg

The 12 cantons (French: [cantons] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), German: Kantone, Luxembourgish: [Kantonen] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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

#	Canton	Capital	District	Population^[2] (2017)	Area^[3] (km²)	Density (inhab./km²)	Communes
1	Capellen	Capellen	Luxembourg	47,209	199.21	237.0	10
2	Clervaux	Clervaux	Diekirch	17,631	331.75	53.1	5
3	Diekirch	Diekirch	Diekirch	32,244	214.93	150.0	10
4	Echternach	Echternach	Grevenmacher	18,702	185.54	100.8	8
5	Esch-sur-Alzette	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	172,687	242.77	711.3	14
6	Grevenmacher	Grevenmacher	Grevenmacher	29,525	211.37	139.7	8
7	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	179,369	238.46	752.2	11
8	Mersch	Mersch	Luxembourg	31,351	223.90	140.0	11
9	Redange	Redange	Diekirch	18,351	267.49	68.6	10
10	Remich	Remich	Grevenmacher	21,987	127.87	171.9	8
11	Vianden	Vianden	Diekirch	5,162	78.52	65.7	3
12	Wiltz	Wiltz	Diekirch	16,449	264.55	62.2	7

Armoiries Clervaux 2.svg

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Armoiries de Wiltz 1.svg

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Armoiries de Nassau 2.svg

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Blason Redange-Sur-Attert.svg

burelé d'argent et de gueules à la bande d'azur brochant, chargée de trois étoiles à six rais d'or.
Blason Diekirch.svg

Coat of arms Diekirch
Armoiries de Mersch 1.svg

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Echternach, Luxembourg
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Coat of arms of Luxembourg City
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Coat of arms of the municipality of Grevenmacher, Luxembourg

↑ "Mémorial A, 1843, No. 17" (PDF) (in français and Deutsch). Service central de législation. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ "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.
↑ "Surface area of the cantons and municipalities". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2014.