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Bissen

Bissen

Bissen is a commune and town in central , in the canton of Mersch. It is situated on the river Attert. As of 2025, the town of Bissen, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 3,505.
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  • Type: Village with 3,230 residents
  • Description: commune in Mersch, Luxembourg
  • Postal codes: L-7760, L-7761, L-7762, L-7763, L-7764, L-7765, L-7766, L-7767, L-7768, L-7769, L-7770, L-7771, L-7772, L-7773, L-7774, L-7777, L-7778, L-7779, L-7780, L-7781, L-7782, L-7783, L-7784, L-7785, L-7786, L-7787, L-7788, L-7789, L-7790, L-7791, L-7792, L-7793, L-7794, and L-7795
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Étienne and Bissen railway station.

Church
Photo: Zinneke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Building
Photo: Zinneke, CC BY-SA 3.0 lu.
is a building.

Church
Photo: MMFE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berg and Bill.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km northeast of Bissen.

Hamlet
Photo: Les Meloures, CC BY-SA 3.0 lu.
is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Bissen.

Village
Photo: Christian Ries, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the commune of , in central . In 2025, the village had a population of 249. in the center of the village is one of the best-preserved fortified castles in the country. is situated 3½ km southeast of Bissen.

Bissen

Latitude
49.78915° or 49° 47′ 21″ north
Longitude
6.0663° or 6° 3′ 59″ east
Population
3,230
Elevation
221 metres (725 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LU BSN
Open location code
8FX8Q3Q8+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 266204157
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2960759
Wiki­data ID
Q866692
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Zeeuws—“Bissen” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Бісэн”
  • Bulgarian: “Бисен”
  • Bulgarian: “Биссен (комуна)”
  • Catalan: “Bissen”
  • Cebuano: “Bissen”
  • Chinese: “Bissen”
  • Chinese: “比森”
  • Danish: “Bissen (Luxembourg)”
  • Danish: “Bissen”
  • Dutch: “Bissen (Luxemburg)”
  • Dutch: “Bissen”
  • French: “Bissen”
  • German: “Biissen”
  • German: “Bissen”
  • Italian: “Bissen”
  • Lithuanian: “Bisenas”
  • Low German: “Gemeen Bissen (Luxemborg)”
  • Low German: “Gemeen Bissen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Biissen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bissen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gemeng Biissen”
  • Malay: “Bissen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bissen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bissen”
  • Norwegian: “Bissen”
  • Persian: “بیسن”
  • Polish: “Bissen”
  • Portuguese: “Bissen”
  • Romanian: “Bissen”
  • Russian: “Биссен”
  • Slovak: “Bissen”
  • Spanish: “Bissen”
  • Swedish: “Bissen, Luxemburg”
  • Swedish: “Bissen”
  • Swiss German: “Biissen”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Biissen”
  • Turkish: “Biissen”
  • Turkish: “Bissen”
  • Turkish: “LU0402”
  • Ukrainian: “Біссен (комуна)”
  • Ukrainian: “Біссен”
  • Zeeuws: “Bissen”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bissen”. Photo: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 1.0.