Capellen

Capellen is a canton in southwestern . It is named after , which is not a commune but rather a section of the commune of . It borders .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Capellen railway station and Église Sainte-Vierge-Marie, Salut de Notre Peuple.

Railway station
is a railway station serving , in the commune of , in south-western . It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garnich and Olm.

Village
is a commune and small town in southwestern . It is part of the canton of Capellen. As of 2025, the town of , which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 1,353.

Village
is a village in the commune of , in western . As of 2025, the village had a population of 2,128.

Village
is a small town in the commune of , in western . As of 2025, the town has a population of 1,615.

Capellen

Latitude
49.6368° or 49° 38′ 12″ north
Longitude
5.9703° or 5° 58′ 13″ east
Population
54,400
Elevation
311 metres (1,020 feet)
Open location code
8FX7JXPC+P4
Geo­Names ID
2960696
Wiki­data ID
Q397678
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Capellen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كانتونة كابيلين
  • Aragonese: Cantón de Kapellen
  • Bavarian: Kanton Capellen
  • Belarusian: Капелен
  • Catalan: cantó de Capellen
  • Catalan: Cantó de Capellen
  • Cebuano: Canton de Capellen
  • Chechen: Капеллен (кантон)
  • Chechen: Капеллен
  • Chinese: Capellen
  • Chinese: 卡佩伦县
  • Czech: Kanton Capellen
  • Danish: Capellen
  • Dutch: Capellen
  • Dutch: Kanton Capellen
  • Esperanto: Capellen
  • Esperanto: Kantono Capellen
  • French: canton de Capellen
  • French: Canton de Capellen
  • French: Capellen
  • German: Kanton Capellen
  • Hungarian: Capellen kanton
  • Indonesian: Kanton Capellen
  • Indonesian: Kanton Kapellen
  • Italian: cantone di Capellen
  • Italian: Cantone di Capellen
  • Italian: Capellen
  • Japanese: カペレン郡
  • Korean: 카펠렌주
  • Limburgan: Capellen
  • Limburgan: Kanton Capellen
  • Lithuanian: Kapeleno kantonas
  • Low German: Kanton Capellen
  • Luxembourgish: Kanton Capellen
  • Luxembourgish: Kanton Kapellen
  • Luxembourgish: Kapellen
  • Min Nan Chinese: Capellen
  • Northern Frisian: Capellen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Capellen
  • Norwegian: Capellen
  • Persian: کاپلن (کانتون)
  • Persian: کاپلن
  • Polish: Kanton Capellen
  • Portuguese: Capellen
  • Romanian: Capellen
  • Russian: Капеллен
  • Scots: Capellen
  • Slovak: Capellen
  • Slovenian: Kanton Capellen
  • Spanish: Canton de Capellen
  • Spanish: Cantón de Capellen
  • Swedish: Capellen
  • Swedish: Kapellen
  • Swiss German: Kanton Kapellen
  • Thai: อำเภอคาเพ็ลเลิน
  • Thai: อำเภอคาแพ็ลเลิน
  • Tosk Albanian: Kanton Kapellen
  • Turkish: Capellen kantonu
  • Turkish: Capellen
  • Ukrainian: Капеллен
  • Vietnamese: Capellen
  • Zeeuws: Capellen (kanton)
  • Zeeuws: Capellen

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