[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/list-of-towns-in-luxembourg\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/list-of-towns-in-luxembourg\/","headline":"List of towns in Luxembourg","name":"List of towns in Luxembourg","description":"before-content-x4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Towns in Luxembourg highlighted amongst all communes in the country. after-content-x4 There are twelve","datePublished":"2019-09-15","dateModified":"2019-09-15","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd810e53c1408c38cc766bc14e7ce26a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd810e53c1408c38cc766bc14e7ce26a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/02\/Luxembourg_cities_map.svg\/220px-Luxembourg_cities_map.svg.png","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/02\/Luxembourg_cities_map.svg\/220px-Luxembourg_cities_map.svg.png","height":"304","width":"220"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/list-of-towns-in-luxembourg\/","wordCount":3914,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Towns in Luxembourg highlighted amongst all communes in the country.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4There are twelve towns in Luxembourg, as defined by statute. Despite the status as towns, they are not all contiguous urbanised areas.  They are similar to communes, but have been given a separate legal status.  There is a technical difference between the status of commune and towns, but this is limited in practicality.  One difference is that \u00e9chevins in towns are formally appointed by the Grand Duke, whereas \u00e9chevins for other communes are appointed by the Minister for the Interior.[1]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsTerminology[edit]History[edit]List of towns[edit]See also[edit]Terminology[edit]The officially used terms for a town in the sense of this article are Stad (plural Stied) in Luxembourgish, Stadt (plural St\u00e4dte) in German, and ville (plural villes) in French.All of these terms may be translated as either “town” or “city”. However, apart from the capital, Luxembourg, and Esch-sur-Alzette, most of the places have none of the qualities that would award them the status of a “city” according to English usage.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4History[edit]Historically, this status was derived from a town’s possession of a town charter, but town rights are now granted and regulated by statute.  In the modern era, the status was first conferred on 24 February 1843, when seven of the eight towns that had previously been granted charters were reinstated as towns (Clervaux was not).  They were (in the order given in the law): Luxembourg City, Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Echternach, Wiltz, Vianden, and Remich.[2]For over sixty years, no more towns were added, but the vast demographic shift during the last part of the nineteenth century made it impossible to leave the arrangements unchanged.  Thus, on 29 May 1906, Esch-sur-Alzette was promoted;[3] Esch was followed by Differdange, Dudelange, Ettelbruck, and Rumelange on 4 August 1907.[4]  An area of the (now extinct) commune of Hollerich was conferred the title on 7 April 1914, under the title of ‘Hollerich-Bonnevoie’;[5] this status was lost when Hollerich was merged into Luxembourg City on 26 March 1920.[6]The last such statute affecting town status in Luxembourg was the Loi communale du 13 d\u00e9cembre 1988.  In the order outlined in that legislation (i.e. alphabetical, except with Luxembourg City first), the twelve communes with town status are: Luxembourg City, Diekirch, Differdange, Dudelange, Echternach, Esch-sur-Alzette, Ettelbruck, Grevenmacher, Remich, Rumelange, Vianden, and Wiltz.[7]In spite of their town status, some of the municipalities are very small and more like villages than towns. There are also municipalities without town status that have more inhabitants than some of the official towns (especially in the Luxembourg and Red Lands agglomerations, but also elsewhere, such as Mersch). Apart from the capital, Luxembourg, which is a city with now over 110,000 inhabitants, only the three or five next largest municipalities (Esch-sur-Alzette, Differdange, Dudelange, plus possibly Ettelbruck and Diekirch) have long been urbanised enough to be described as towns. However, most municipalities are now growing with the continuously high figures of immigration to Luxembourg. There is a town planning project that aims at developing Ettelbruck, Diekirch and four bordering municipalities into a new centre called Nordstad (“North Town”) with an expected population of 30,000.List of towns[edit]      Coat of armsNameCantonArea (km\u00b2)Population (As of 2016[update])Date of lawDiekirch Dikrech, DikrichDiekirch12.426,89624 February 1843Differdange D\u00e9ifferdeng, D\u00e9ifferdangEsch-sur-Alzette22.1824,8054 August 1907Dudelange DiddelengEsch-sur-Alzette21.3820,0034 August 1907Echternach Iechternach, EechternoachEchternach20.495,24924 February 1843Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-UelzechtEsch-sur-Alzette14.3533,93929 May 1906Ettelbruck Ettelbr\u00e9ckDiekirch15.188,5444 August 1907Grevenmacher Gr\u00e9iwemaacherGrevenmacher16.484,79424 February 1843Luxembourg L\u00ebtzebuergLuxembourg51.46115,22724 February 1843Remich R\u00e9imechRemich5.293,48224 February 1843Rumelange R\u00ebmelengEsch-sur-Alzette6.835,4224 August 1907Vianden Veianen, VeinenVianden9.671,91824 February 1843Wiltz Wolz, WooltzWiltz19.376,52224 February 1843See also[edit]^ “M\u00e9morial A, 1988, No. 64” (PDF) (in French). Service central de l\u00e9gislation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-03-02. Retrieved 2008-04-25.^ (in French and German) “M\u00e9morial A, 1843, No. 17” (PDF). Service central de l\u00e9gislation. Retrieved 2006-09-07.^ (in French and German) “M\u00e9morial A, 1906, No. 34” (PDF). Service central de l\u00e9gislation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2006-09-07.^ (in French and German) “M\u00e9morial A, 1907, No. 42” (PDF). Service central de l\u00e9gislation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2006-09-07.^ (in French and German) “M\u00e9morial A, 1914, No. 18” (PDF). Service central de l\u00e9gislation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2006-10-06.^ (in French and German) “M\u00e9morial A, 1920, No. 23” (PDF). Service central de l\u00e9gislation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2006-12-21.^ “M\u00e9morial A, 1988, No. 64” (PDF) (in French). 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