Luxembourg (district)

The **District of Luxembourg** () was one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its capital was Luxembourg City.

In 2015, the districts were abolished.

The district is to the southwest of the country. It was the second largest district of the three districts, with an area of . It was the district with more people living in it with a population, in 2014, of 401,041 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

## History

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

On 30 May 1857, the Mersch canton was taken from the Luxembourg district to made part of the new district of Mersch. on 4 May 1867, the new district was abolished and the Mersch canton was made again a part of the Luxembourg district.

On 2012, the communes of Bascharage and Clemency were combined to make the new commune of Käerjeng. So the number of communes changed from 47 to 46.

## Geography

The district of Luxembourg is bordered to the north by the Diekirch district, to the east by the Grevenmacher district, to the south by France (the Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle _départements_) and to the west by Belgium (the Belgian province of Luxembourg).

## Composition

The Luxembourg district has 4 cantons and 46 _communes_.

|||Canton||Capital||Area <small>(km²)</small> || Population <small>(2014)</small> || Density <small>(inhab./km²)</small> || Communes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Capellen|Capellen|199.21|43,607||10|
|2|Esch-sur-Alzette|Esch-sur-Alzette|242.77|160,960||14|
|3|Luxembourg|Luxembourg|238.46|167,199||11|
|3|Mersch|Mersch|223.90|29,275||11|

### Cantons and their communes

1. Capellen
    1. Dippach
    1. Garnich
    1. Hobscheid
    1. Käerjeng
    1. Kehlen
    1. Koerich
    1. Kopstal
    1. Mamer
    1. Septfontaines
    1. Steinfort
1. Esch-sur-Alzette
    1. Bettembourg
    1. Differdange
    1. Dudelange
    1. Esch-sur-Alzette
    1. Frisange
    1. Kayl
    1. Leudelange
    1. Mondercange
    1. Pétange
    1. Reckange-sur-Mess
    1. Roeser
    1. Rumelange
    1. Sanem
    1. Schifflange
1. Luxembourg
    1. Bertrange
    1. Contern
    1. Hesperange
    1. Luxembourg
    1. Niederanven
    1. Sandweiler
    1. Schuttrange
    1. Steinsel
    1. Strassen
    1. Walferdange
    1. Weiler-la-Tour
1. Mersch
    1. Bissen
    1. Boevange-sur-Attert
    1. Colmar-Berg
    1. Fischbach
    1. Heffingen
    1. Larochette
    1. Lintgen
    1. Lorentzweiler
    1. Mersch
    1. Nommern
    1. Tuntange

## Infobox (settlement)

- **parts type**: Subdivisions
- **p1**: 3 Cantons of Luxembourg, cantons
24 Communes of Luxembourg, communes
- **name**: Luxembourg District
- **settlement type**: Districts of Luxembourg, District
- **image map**: Distrikt Luxemburg in Luxembourg.svg
- **map caption**: Location of the Luxembourg district
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Luxembourg
- **established date**: 24 February 1843
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 904.34
- **population as of**: 2014
- **population total**: 401041
- **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-L