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Luxembourg

	Lëtzebuerg Luxembourg Luxemburg

Lëtzebuergesch	Lëtzebuerg - Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg D'Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ass e Land an Europa, dat tëschent Däitschland, der Belsch a Frankräich läit. Et huet ronn 450.000 Awunner. Lëtzebuerg läit a Westeuropa tëschent der Belsch, Frankräich an Däitschland. Et huet eng Superficie vun 2586 km². Déi gréissten Distanz vun Norde no Süden (Huldang-Rëmeleng) bedréit 82 km, vu Westen no Oste sinn et der maximal 57 km (Pärel-Rouspert).
Français	Luxembourg - Grand-Duché de Luxembourg La Grand-Duché de Luxembourg est un pays d'Europe situé entre l'Allemagne, la Belgique et la France. Il compte environ 455 000 habitants (au 1er janvier 2005).
Deutsch	Luxemburg - Großherzogtum Luxemburg Das Großherzogtum Luxemburg ist ein Staat in Westeuropa. Zusammen mit Belgien und den Niederlanden bildet es die Beneluxstaaten. Es grenzt an Frankreich (Grenzlänge 73 km) und Belgien (Grenzlänge 148 km) sowie an die deutschen Länder Rheinland-Pfalz und Saarland (Grenzlänge 138 km). Luxemburg ist mit einer Fläche von 2.586 km² der zweitkleinste Staat (nach Malta) der Europäischen Union, 14 km² größer als das Saarland.
English	Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by ► Belgium (► Wallonia), ► France, and ► Germany. Luxembourg has a population of under half a million people in an area of about 2,600 square kilometres (997 sq mi). Luxembourg lies on the cultural divide between Romance Europe and Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions. While French and Luxembourgish are the predominant languages in daily life and on the streets, Luxembourg remains a trilingual country; French, German, and Luxembourgish are official languages. Although a secular state, Luxembourg is predominantly Roman Catholic.

Short name	Luxembourg
Official name	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Status	Independent country since 1816 (until 1890 in personal union with the Netherlands), member of the ► European Union since 1957
Location	Western Europe
Capital	Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourg) Luxembourg Luxemburg
Population	465,000 inhabitants
Area	2,586 km²
Major languages	Luxembourgish, French, German (all official)
Major religions	Roman Catholicism
More information	Luxembourg, Geography of Luxembourg, History of Luxembourg and Politics of Luxembourg
More images	Luxembourg - Luxembourg (Category).

General maps

Map of Luxembourg

Same map in Luxembourgish

Same map in French

Same map in German

Map of Luxembourg

Administrative divisions of Luxembourg

Districts of Luxembourg

Districts of Luxembourg

District of Diekirch
Clervaux
Diekirch
Redange
Vianden
Wiltz
District of Grevenmacher
Grevenmacher
Echternach
Remich
District of Luxembourg
Capellen
Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourg
Mersch

Cantons of Luxembourg

Cities of Luxembourg

Communes of Luxembourg

Topograpic map of Luxembourg

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Luxembourg, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Luxembourg.

Possible extent of (proto-)Celtic influence 800-400 BC

Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present Luxembourg

Map of the Roman Empire in 50

The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;

133 BC

44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)

AD 14 (death of Augustus)

117 (maximum extension))

Camps of the Roman Legions in 80

Map of the Roman Empire in 116

Germania Superior in the Roman Empire (116)

The Roman Empire in CE 116 and Germania Magna

Das Römische Reich und Magna Germania im Jahr 116

Roman Empire in 117

Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.

Western Roman Empire 395

The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.

Western Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500

Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500

Division of the Roman Empire in 406

Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire, c.476

Rise of the Frankish Empire

Empire of Clovis

Europe 526-600

Carolingian Empire around 800

Carolingian Empire (in French)

Europe in 814

The Frankish Empire

Treaty of Verdun (843) and Treaty of Meerssen (870)

Division of the Frankish Empire after 870

Central Europe 919-1125

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Holy Roman Empire 10th century

Hanseatic trade routes

The Holy Roman Empire in the 14th century

Map of the Low Countries 1477

Burgundian possessions

The Netherlands as part of the Holy Roman Empire

Habsburgian ruled Europe, inclusive the Netherlands

The Habsburigians around 1547

Unions of Utrecht and Arras

Unions of Utrecht and Arras

The Netherlands 1559-1608

Area ruled by the Spanish king around 1580 (Netherlands in blue) on a map showing modern-day state borders

The United and the Spanish Netherlands

The religious situation in central Europe about 1618

Area controlled by the Holy Roman Empire around 1630

The Austrian Netherlands

Luxembourg annexed to the French Empire 1811

Europe under Napoleon

Luxemburg under French occupation

The Talleyrand partition plan

The United Kingdom of the Netherlands

Het Verenigde Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (1815-1831)

The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Limburg in 18391, 2 and 3 United Kingdom of the Netherlands (until 1830)
1 and 2 Kingdom of the Netherlands (after 1830)
2 Duchy of Limburg (In the German Confederacy after 1839 as compensation for Waals-Luxemburg)
3 and 4 Kingdom of Belgium (after 1830)
4 and 5 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (borders until 1830)
4 Province of Luxembourg (Waals-Luxemburg, to Belgium in 1839)
5 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (German Luxemburg; borders after 1839)
In blue, the borders of the German Confederacy

Splitsing van de Nederlanden. 1 en 2: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, waarvan 2 Limburg, lid van de Duitse Bond. 3 en 4: Koninkrijk België, inclusief 4 Waals Luxemburg. 5: Groothertogdom Luxemburg, in personele unie met Nederland, lid van de Duitse Bond, maar exclusief 4 Waals Luxemburg.

Partitions of Luxembourg (historical)

Schuster line, 1940

German invasion of Luxembourg, 1940

Second map

Luxembourgian military sectors, 1945-1955

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

The 17 Netherlands, depicted as Leo Belgicus

Duchy of Luxembourg, Map by Blaeu, 1645

Leo Belgicus by Josse de Hond

Blaeu map of the Low Countries in 1645

Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands in 1905

Other maps

the Benelux states

Railways

Legislative circonscriptions

District Tribunals

Lower tribunals

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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