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.
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  Canton  Capital  Area(km²)  Population(2014)  Density(inhab./km²)  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
Capellen
Dippach
Garnich
Hobscheid
Käerjeng
Kehlen
Koerich
Kopstal
Mamer
Septfontaines
Steinfort
Esch-sur-Alzette
Bettembourg
Differdange
Dudelange
Esch-sur-Alzette
Frisange
Kayl
Leudelange
Mondercange
Pétange
Reckange-sur-Mess
Roeser
Rumelange
Sanem
Schifflange
Luxembourg
Bertrange
Contern
Hesperange
Luxembourg
Niederanven
Sandweiler
Schuttrange
Steinsel
Strassen
Walferdange
Weiler-la-Tour
Mersch
Bissen
Boevange-sur-Attert
Colmar-Berg
Fischbach
Heffingen
Larochette
Lintgen
Lorentzweiler
Mersch
Nommern
Tuntange

References

Category:Districts of Luxembourg