Diekirch District

The **District of Diekirch** (, German: _Diekirch_, ) was one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its capital was the city of Diekirch.

In 2015, the districts were abolished.

It was the northernmost of the districts and, with an area of , the largest of the three districts. It has a population of 83,661 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km², the lowest density of all districts.

## History

When the districts were created on 24 February 1843, Diekirch was one of the three of the country.

On 2012, the communes of Heinerscheid and Munshause were made part of the commune of Clervaux; Hosingen, Consthum and Hoscheid were merged to made the new commune of Parc Hosingen; Ermsdorf and Medernach were merged to made the new commune of Vallée de l'Ernz; Heiderscheid and Neunhausen were joined to Esch-sur-Sûre. So the number of communes changed from 43 to 36.

## Geography

The Diekirch district is bordered to the west and north by Belgium (Belgian provinces of Luxembourg and Liège), to the east by Germany (German _Land_ of Rhineland-Palatinate, to the south by the Luxembourg district and to the southwest by the Grevenmacher district.

The two highest hills in Luxembourg, the Kneiff () and Buurgplaatz (), are in this district, in the _commune_ Troisvierges.

The former Diekirch District coincides with the Oesling Region, except for the southern parts.

## Composition

The Diekirch district has 5 cantons and 36 _communes_.

|||Canton||Capital||Area <small>(km²)</small> || Population <small>(2014)</small> || Density <small>(inhab./km²)</small> || Communes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Clervaux|Clervaux|342.2|16,447||5|
|2|Diekirch|Diekirch|204.5|30,460||10|
|3|Redange|Redange|267.5|17,086||10|
|4|Vianden|Vianden|78.5|4,722||3|
|5|Wiltz|Wiltz|264.6|14,946||8|

### Cantons and their communes

1. Clervaux
    1. Clervaux
    1. Parc Hosingen
    1. Troisvierges
    1. Weiswampach
    1. Wincrange
1. Diekirch
    1. Bettendorf
    1. Bourscheid
    1. Diekirch
    1. Erpeldange
    1. Ettelbruck
    1. Feulen
    1. Mertzig
    1. Reisdorf
    1. Schieren
    1. Vallée de l'Ernz
1. Redange
    1. Beckerich
    1. Ell
    1. Grosbous
    1. Préizerdaul
    1. Rambrouch
    1. Redange
    1. Saeul
    1. Useldange
    1. Vichten
    1. Wahl
1. Vianden
    1. Putscheid
    1. Tandel
    1. Vianden
1. Wiltz
    1. Boulaide
    1. Esch-sur-Sûre
    1. Eschweiler
    1. Goesdorf
    1. Kiischpelt
    1. Lac de la Haute-Sûre
    1. Wiltz
    1. Winseler

## Infobox (settlement)

- **parts type**: Subdivisions
- **p1**: 3 Cantons of Luxembourg, cantons
24 Communes of Luxembourg, communes
- **name**: Diekirch District
- **settlement type**: Districts of Luxembourg, District
- **image map**: Distrikt Diekirch in Luxembourg.svg
- **map caption**: Location of the Diekirch district
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Luxembourg
- **established date**: 24 February 1843
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Diekirch
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 1157.2
- **population as of**: 2014
- **population total**: 83661
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **iso code**: LU-D