Title: Mamer Content: Mamer is a commune and small town in the Capellen canton, south-western Luxembourg. It is at west of Luxembourg City. ==History== The Treveri, a Gallic or Celtic tribe, inhabited the region for several hundred years until they were conquered by Julius Caesar in 54 BC. A Celtic necropolis from the 1st century was discovered in the early 1970s on the Juckelsboesch plateau between Mamer and Kehlen. During the Gallo-Roman era which lasted until about 450, the Romans built and maintained a number of roads in the area including the Kiem (Latin caminus, road) linking Trier to Reims through what is now Mamer. Mambra was a small Roman settlement on the banks of the Mamer river at the eastern end of today's Mamer. The Roman settlement was burnt by Germanic invaders around 276. The road linking Luxembourg City to Brussels, passing through Mamer, was built in 1790. In 1859, the railway to Brussels was opened, with a station in Mamer. ==Geography== Mamer is in the south-west of the country, on the Mamer river, a tributary of the Alzette river. The commune has an area of . The altitude is high. At the church, the altitude is high; the highest point in the commune is Juckelbösch that is . Mamer is surrounded by seven communes of Luxembourg: Koerich and Kehlen to the north, Strassen to the east, Bertrange to the southeast, Dippach to the southwest, Garnich to the west and Steinfort to the northwest. The communes Strassen and Bertrange are part of the Luxembourg canton but the rest are part of the Capellen canton. ==Population== There were 9,185 persons living in the commune in 2017, for a population density of inhabitants/km². Other towns, besides the town of Mamer, within the commune are Capellen and Holzem. Evolution of the population in Mamer Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:10000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:a text:1960 bar:b text:1970 bar:c text:1981 bar:d text:1991 bar:e text:2001 bar:f text:2011 bar:g text:2017 PlotData= color:barra width:25 align:left bar:a from:0 till: 2455 bar:b from:0 till: 3123 bar:c from:0 till: 5423 bar:d from:0 till: 6264 bar:e from:0 till: 6753 bar:f from:0 till: 7687 bar:g from:0 till: 9185 PlotData= bar:a at: 2455 fontsize:S text: 2,455 shift:(-10,5) bar:b at: 3123 fontsize:S text: 3,123 shift:(-14,5) bar:c at: 5423 fontsize:S text: 5,423 shift:(-14,5) bar:d at: 6264 fontsize:S text: 6,264 shift:(-14,5) bar:e at: 6753 fontsize:S text: 6,753 shift:(-14,7) bar:f at: 7687 fontsize:S text: 7,687 shift:(-14,8) bar:g at: 9185 fontsize:S text: 9,185 shift:(-14,8) ==People from Mamer== * Nicolaus Mameranus (1500–1567), soldier and historian under Emperor Charles V. * Nicolas Frantz (1889–1985), cyclist, who won the Tour de France in 1927 and 1928. * Josy Barthel (1927–1992), athlete, who won the 1500 m gold medal at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. ==Twinned and partner towns== Mamer is twinned withː * Dangé Saint- Romain, France == Gallery == File:Mamer-mameranus.jpg|Statue of Nicolaus Mameranus. File:mamer-baths.jpg|Ruins of the Gallo-Roman baths. File:Mamer- church1.jpg|Mamer parish church. File:Kinneksbond Mamer.jpg|Cultural center Kinneksbond in Mamer. ==Related pages== * Cantons of Luxembourg * Communes of Luxembourg * List of cities in Luxembourg