Capellen_(canton)
Canton of Capellen
Canton in Sud, Luxembourg
Capellen is a canton in southwestern Luxembourg. It is named after Capellen, which is not a commune but rather a section of the commune of Mamer.
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Canton of Capellen
Kanton Kapellen | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 49°38′N 6°00′E | |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Legislative constituency | Sud |
| LAU 1 | LU00001 |
| Communes (cities in bold) | Dippach Garnich Habscht Käerjeng Kehlen Koerich Kopstal Mamer Steinfort |
| Area | |
| • Total | 199.2 km2 (76.9 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9th of 12 |
| Highest elevation | 398 m (1,306 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 242 m (794 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 52,828 |
| • Rank | 3rd of 12 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 3rd of 12 |
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Capellen Canton consists of the following nine communes:
- On 1 January 2012 the former communes of Bascharage and Clemency (both from Capellen Canton) were merged to create the commune of Käerjeng. The law creating Käerjeng was passed on 24 May 2011.[1]
- On 1 January 2018 the former communes of Hobscheid and Septfontaines (both from Capellen Canton) were merged to create the commune of Habscht. The law creating Habscht was passed on 24 December 2017.[2][3]
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- "Mémorial A, 2011, No. 110" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- wort.lu: "Ja" aus Simmern, Böwingen, Tüntingen, Eschweiler und Wiltz, retrieved 14 February 2015
- wort.lu: "Ja" zur "Gemeng Habscht", retrieved 14 February 2015
- "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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