Mamer
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Mamer Castle, now the town hall
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 Map of Luxembourg with Mamer highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red |
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| Coordinates: 49°37′42″N 6°01′34″E / 49.6283333°N 6.0261111°ECoordinates: 49°37′42″N 6°01′34″E / 49.6283333°N 6.0261111°E | ||
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 Luxembourg
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| Canton | Capellen | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Gilles Roth | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 27.54 km2 (10.63 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 30 of 105 | |
| Highest elevation | 353 m (1,158 ft) | |
| • Rank | 86th of 105 | |
| Lowest elevation | 263 m (863 ft) | |
| • Rank | 69th of 105 | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 8,173 | |
| • Rank | 13th of 105 | |
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) | |
| • Density rank | 23rd of 105 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| LAU 2 | LU00009009 | |
| Website | mamer.lu | |
Mamer (Luxembourgish pronunciation: [ˈmaːmɐ]) is a commune and town (strictly classified as a village) in south-western Luxembourg. It is located 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Luxembourg City. The commune includes Mamer itself, and also the smaller communities of Capellen and Holzem. Mamer is situated on the river Mamer, a tributary of the Alzette. The A6 motorway from Luxembourg to Brussels, also designated European route E25, runs through Mamer.
As of 2014[update], Mamer, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 8,173. The town is the thirteenth-largest in Luxembourg. The commune as a whole is the fourteenth-most populous in the country.
The Treveri, a Gallic or Celtic tribe, inhabited the region for several hundred years until they were conquered by Julius Caesar in 54 BC. A Celtic necropolis from the 1st century was discovered in the early 1970s on the Juckelsboesch plateau between Mamer and Kehlen. A beautiful dark blue glass bowl was among the offerings found in the tombs.
During the Gallo-Roman era which lasted until about 450, the Romans built and maintained a number of roads in the area including the Kiem (Latin caminus, road) linking Trier to Reims through what is now Mamer. Mambra was a Roman vicus centred on a villa with thermal baths, sited on the banks of the Mamer River at the eastern end of today's Mamer. The Roman settlement was burnt by Germanic invaders around 276.
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