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Luxembourg

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg  (Luxembourgish)
  • Großherzogtum Luxemburg  (German)
  • Grand-Duché de Luxembourg  (French)
Flag of Luxembourg
Coat of arms of Luxembourg
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn" (Luxembourgish)
"We want to remain what we are"
Anthem: "Ons Heemecht"
"Our Homeland"
Location of  Luxembourg  (dark green)– in Europe  (green & dark grey)– in the European Union  (green)
Location of  Luxembourg  (dark green)

– in Europe  (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union  (green)

Capital
and largest city
Luxembourg City
49°36′N 6°7′E / 49.600°N 6.117°E / 49.600; 6.117
Official languages French
German
Luxembourgish
Demonym Luxembourgish, Luxembourger
Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch (list)
Henri
Xavier Bettel
Etienne Schneider
Legislature Chamber of Deputies
Independence
965 (as County of Luxembourg)
• Elevation to Duchy of Luxembourg
1355
• from the French Empire and elevation to Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
1815
• Independence in personal Union with the Netherlands Treaty of London)
19 April 1839
• Reaffirmation of Independence Treaty of London
11 May 1867
23 November 1890
• from the German Reich
1944 / 1945
Area
• Total
2,586.4 km2 (998.6 sq mi) (168th)
• Water (%)
0.60%
Population
• April 2015 estimate
576,249 (170th)
• 2001 census
439,539
• Density
222.8/km2 (577.0/sq mi) (60th)
GDP (PPP) 2016 estimate
• Total
$58.234 billion (94th)
• Per capita
$100,991 (2nd)
GDP (nominal) 2016 estimate
• Total
$60.176 billion (71st)
• Per capita
$104,359 (3rd)
Gini (2014)  28.7
low · 19th
HDI (2014) Increase 0.892
very high · 19th
Currency Euro ()b (EUR)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)
CEST (UTC+2)
Drives on the right
Calling code +352
ISO 3166 code LU
Internet TLD .luc
  1. Not the same as the Het Wilhelmus of the Netherlands.
  2. Before 1999, Luxembourgish franc.
  3. The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.
  4. ^ "CIA – The World Factbook – Field Listing – Distribution of family income – Gini index". United States government. 

Coordinates: 49°45′N 6°10′E / 49.750°N 6.167°E / 49.750; 6.167

– in Europe  (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union  (green)

Luxembourg Listeni/ˈlʌksəmbɜːrɡ/ (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg; German: Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital, Luxembourg City, is, together with Brussels and Strasbourg, one of the three official capitals of the European Union and the seat of the European Court of Justice, the highest juridical authority in the EU. Its culture, people and languages are highly intertwined with its neighbors, making it essentially a mixture of French and Germanic cultures. The repeated invasions by its neighbor countries, especially in World War II, resulted in the country's strong will for mediation between France and Germany and led to the foundation of the European Union.


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