Luxembourg

The city of Luxembourg is the capital of the namesake country, and with a population just under 135,000, it is the second smallest national capital of the European Union, after Malta's Valletta.

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Type: City with 122,000 residents
Description: capital and largest city of Luxembourg
Also known as: “City of Luxembourg”, “Letzeburg”, “Lucilinburhuc”, “Luxembourg City”, and “Luxemburg”
Postal codes: L-1111, L-1112, L-1113, L-1114, L-1115, L-1116, L-1117, L-1118, L-1119, L-1120, L-1121, L-1122, L-1123, L-1124, L-1125, L-1126, L-1127, L-1128, L-1129, L-1130, L-1131, L-1132, L-1133, L-1134, L-1135, L-1136, L-1138, L-1139, L-1140, L-1141, L-1142, L-1143, L-1144, L-1145, L-1146, L-1147, L-1148, L-1149, L-1150, L-1151, L-1152, L-1159, L-1160, L-1161, L-1208, L-1210, L-1211, L-1212, L-1213, L-1214, L-1215, L-1217, L-1218, L-1219, L-1220, L-1221, L-1222, L-1224, L-1225, L-1226, L-1227, L-1229, L-1230, L-1233, L-1234, L-1235, L-1236, L-1237, L-1238, L-1240, L-1241, L-1242, L-1243, L-1244, L-1246, L-1247, L-1248, L-1249, L-1250, L-1251, L-1252, L-1253, L-1254, L-1255, L-1256, L-1257, L-1258, L-1260, L-1261, L-1262, L-1263, L-1264, L-1265, L-1266, L-1267, L-1268, L-1269, L-1270, L-1271, L-1272, L-1273, L-1275, L-1277, L-1278, L-1279, L-1280, L-1281, L-1309, L-1310, L-1311, L-1312, L-1313, L-1314, L-1316, L-1317, L-1318, L-1319, L-1320, L-1321, L-1322, L-1323, L-1324, L-1325, L-1326, L-1327, L-1328, L-1329, L-1330, L-1331, L-1332, L-1333, L-1335, L-1336, L-1337, L-1338, L-1340, L-1341, L-1342, L-1343, L-1344, L-1345, L-1346, L-1347, L-1349, L-1351, L-1352, L-1354, L-1355, L-1356, L-1357, L-1358, L-1359, L-1361, L-1362, L-1364, L-1365, L-1367, L-1368, L-1369, L-1370, L-1371, L-1372, L-1374, L-1375, L-1409, L-1411, L-1412, L-1413, L-1414, L-1415, L-1416, L-1417, L-1418, L-1419, L-1420, L-1421, L-1424, L-1425, L-1426, L-1427, L-1428, L-1429, L-1430, L-1431, L-1432, L-1433, L-1434, L-1449, L-1450, L-1451, L-1452, L-1453, L-1454, L-1456, L-1457, L-1458, L-1459, L-1460, L-1461, L-1462, L-1463, L-1464, L-1465, L-1466, L-1468, L-1469, L-1470, L-1471, L-1472, L-1473, L-1474, L-1475, L-1476, L-1477, L-1478, L-1479, L-1480, L-1481, L-1482, L-1484, L-1490, L-1499, L-1509, L-1510, L-1511, L-1512, L-1513, L-1514, L-1515, L-1517, L-1518, L-1519, L-1520, L-1521, L-1522, L-1525, L-1526, L-1527, L-1528, L-1529, L-1530, L-1531, L-1532, L-1533, L-1534, L-1535, L-1536, L-1537, L-1539, L-1540, L-1541, L-1542, L-1543, L-1544, L-1545, L-1546, L-1548, L-1549, L-1550, L-1610, L-1611, L-1613, L-1615, L-1616, L-1617, L-1618, L-1619, L-1620, L-1621, L-1622, L-1623, L-1624, L-1626, L-1627, L-1628, L-1629, L-1630, L-1631, L-1632, L-1633, L-1634, L-1635, L-1636, L-1637, L-1639, L-1640, L-1641, L-1642, L-1643, L-1644, L-1645, L-1647, L-1648, L-1649, L-1650, L-1651, L-1653, L-1654, L-1655, L-1660, L-1661, L-1710, L-1711, L-1712, L-1713, L-1714, L-1716, L-1717, L-1718, L-1719, L-1720, L-1721, L-1722, L-1723, L-1724, L-1725, L-1726, L-1727, L-1728, L-1729, L-1730, L-1731, L-1732, L-1733, L-1734, L-1735, L-1737, L-1738, L-1739, L-1740, L-1741, L-1742, L-1743, L-1744, L-1745, L-1746, L-1747, L-1750, L-1811, L-1812, L-1814, L-1815, L-1817, L-1820, L-1821, L-1831, L-1832, L-1833, L-1834, L-1835, L-1836, L-1837, L-1838, L-1839, L-1840, L-1841, L-1845, L-1850, L-1851, L-1852, L-1853, L-1854, L-1855, L-1856, L-1857, L-1858, L-1859, L-1860, L-1861, L-1862, L-1863, L-1864, L-1865, 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Places of Interest

Highlights include Stade Josy Barthel and Grand Ducal Palace.

Stade Josy Barthel

Stadium

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The Stade Josy Barthel is the former national stadium of Luxembourg, and the former home of the Luxembourg national football team. The stadium, which also hosted rugby union and athletics events, is located on route d'Arlon, in the Luxembourg City quarter of Belair.

Grand Ducal Palace

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The Grand Ducal Palace is a palace in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the official residence of the grand duke of Luxembourg, and where he performs most of his duties as head of state of the grand duchy, though his principal residence is Berg Castle, in Colmar-Berg.

Fort Thüngen

Fort

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Fort Thüngen is a historic fortification in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is sited in Dräi Eechelen Park, in the Kirchberg quarter, in the north-east of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gasperich and Luxembourg-Kirchberg.

Gasperich

Suburb

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Gasperich is a district in southern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. As of 31 December 2024, the district has a population of 10,208 inhabitants.

Luxembourg-Kirchberg

Suburb

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Kirchberg is a district in north-eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It consists of a plateau overlooking the north-east of the historical city center, Ville Haute, connected to the rest of the elevated city by the Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge, which spans the Pfaffenthal valley.

Rollingergrund-North Belair

Suburb

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Rollingergrund-North Belair is a district in north-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Within the modern district lies most of the former commune of Rollingergrund. As of 31 December 2024, the district had a population of 4,820 inhabitants.

Luxembourg

Categories: municipality of Luxembourg, big city, largest city, capital city, and locality
Location: Central Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

49.6113° or 49° 36′ 41″ north

Longitude

6.1298° or 6° 7′ 47″ east

Population

122,000

Elevation

259 metres (850 feet)

IATA airport code

LUX

United Nations Location Code

LU LUX

Open location code

8FX8J46H+GW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52943358

OpenStreetMap feature

place=city

GeoNames ID

2960316

Wikidata ID

Q1842

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Luxembourg” goes by many names.

Afrikaans: “Luxemburg”
Albanian: “Luksemburgu”
Amharic: “ሉክሰምበርግ”
Arabic: “العاصمة لوكسمبورج”
Arabic: “العاصمة لوكسمبورغ”
Arabic: “لوكسمبورج العاصمة”
Arabic: “لوكسمبورج”
Arabic: “لوكسمبورغ العاصمة”
Arabic: “لوكسمبورغ”
Arabic: “مدينة لوكسمبورج”
Arabic: “مدينة لوكسمبورغ”
Aragonese: “Luxemburgo”
Armenian: “Լյուքսեմբուրգ”
Arpitan: “Luxembôrg”
Asturian: “Luxemburgu”
Avaric: “Люксембург”
Azerbaijani: “Lüksemburq”
Balinese: “Luksemburg (kota)”
Balinese: “Luksemburg”
Basque: “Luxenburgo”
Belarusian: “Люксембург”
Belarusian: “Люксэмбург”
Bengali: “লুক্সেমবার্গ”
Bengali: “লুক্সেমবুর্গ শহর”
Bengali: “লুক্সেমবুর্গ”
Betawi: “Leksembereh”
Bosnian: “Luxembourg”
Breton: “Luksembourg”
Bulgarian: “Люксембург”
Burmese: “လူဇင်ဘတ်နိုင်ငံ”
Catalan: “Ciutat de Luxemburg”
Catalan: “Luxemburg”
Cebuano: “Luxembourg”
Central Kurdish: “لوکسەمبورگ”
Chechen: “Люксембург”
Chinese: “Luxembourg”
Chinese: “卢森堡 / 盧森堡”
Chinese: “卢森堡城”
Chinese: “卢森堡市”
Chinese: “盧森堡城”
Chinese: “盧森堡市”
Church Slavic: “Люѯємбоургъ · градъ”
Chuvash: “Люксембург”
Croatian: “Luxembourg”
Czech: “Lucemburk”
Danish: “Luxembourg”
Dimli (individual language): “Luksemburg”
Dutch: “Luxemburg (stad)”
Dutch: “Luxemburg”
Eastern Mari: “Люксембург (ола)”
Eastern Mari: “Люксембург”
Egyptian Arabic: “لوكسمبورج”
Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه لوكسمبورج”
Erzya: “Люксембург ош”
Esperanto: “Luksemburgo”
Esperanto: “Luksemburgurbo”
Estonian: “Luxembourg”
Faroese: “Luksemburg”
Faroese: “Luxembourg”
Finnish: “Luxembourg”
Finnish: “Luxemburg”
Finnish: “Luxemburgin kaupunki”
French: “Luxembourg-Ville”
French: “Luxembourg”
French: “Ville de Luxembourg”
Friulian: “Lussemburc (citât)”
Friulian: “Lussemburc”
Galician: “Luxemburgo”
Georgian: “ლუქსემბურგი”
German: “Luxembourg”
German: “Luxemburg (Stadt)”
German: “Luxemburg Stadt”
German: “Luxemburg-Stadt”
German: “Luxemburg”
German: “Stadt Luxemburg”
Greek: “Λουξεμβούργο”
Gujarati: “લક્ઝેમ્બર્ગ”
Haitian: “Liksanbou”
Hakka Chinese: “Luxembourg Sṳ”
Hausa: “Birnin Luxembourg”
Hebrew: “לוקסמבורג”
Hindi: “लक्ज़मबर्ग नगर”
Hindi: “लक्ज़मबर्ग शहर”
Hindi: “लक्ज़मबर्ग”
Hungarian: “Luxembourg”
Icelandic: “Lúxemborg”
Ido: “Luxemburg”
Inari Sami: “Luxemburg”
Indonesian: “Luksemburg”
Interlingua: “Luxemburg”
Interlingue: “Luxemburg”
Irish: “Lucsamburg”
Italian: “Lussemburgo”
Japanese: “ルクセンブルク”
Japanese: “ルクセンブルク市”
Javanese: “Luksemburg”
Kalaallisut: “Luxembourg”
Kannada: “ಲಕ್ಸೆಂಬರ್ಗ್”
Kannada: “ಲುಕ್ಸೆಂಬೂರ್ಗ್”
Kashubian: “Luksembùrg”
Kazakh: “Люксембург”
Kirghiz: “Люксембург”
Komering: “Kota Luxemburg”
Komi: “Люксембург”
Korean: “룩셈부르크”
Kotava: “Luxemburg”
Kurdish: “Lûksembûrg (bajar)”
Kurdish: “Lûksembûrg”
Latin: “Luxemburgum”
Latvian: “Luksemburga”
Ligurian: “Luscemburgo”
Ligurian: “Lusenbùrgo”
Ligurian: “Luxemburgo”
Ligurian: “Luxenbùrgo”
Limburgan: “Luxembörg”
Limburgan: “Luxemburg”
Lithuanian: “Liuksemburgas”
Livvi: “L’uksemburgu”
Lombard: “Lüssemburgh”
Luxembourgish: “D’Stad”
Luxembourgish: “Gemeng Lëtzebuerg”
Luxembourgish: “Lëtzebuerg (Stad)”
Luxembourgish: “Lëtzebuerg”
Luxembourgish: “Stad Lëtzebuerg”
Macedonian: “Луксембург”
Malay: “Bandar Luxembourg”
Malayalam: “ലക്സംബർഗ് സിറ്റി”
Maltese: “Belt tal-Lussemburgu”
Maltese: “Lussemburgu”
Manx: “Lucsemburg”
Maori: “Rakapuō”
Marathi: “लक्झेंबर्ग सिटी”
Marathi: “लक्झेंबर्ग”
Mazanderani: “لوکزامبورگ (شهر)”
Mazanderani: “لوکزامبورگ”
Min Dong Chinese: “Luxembourg Chê”
Min Nan Chinese: “Luxembourg (siâⁿ)”
Minangkabau: “Kota Luksemburg”
Mingrelian: “ლუქსემბურგი”
Moksha: “Люксэмбург”
Mongolian: “Люксембург”
Moroccan Arabic: “لوكسمبورڭ”
Moroccan Arabic: “لوكسمبورݣ”
Northern Frisian: “Luxemborj”
Northern Luri: “لوگزامبورگ”
Northern Sami: “Luxemburg”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Luxembourg (by)”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Luxembourg by”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Luxembourg by”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Luxembourg”
Norwegian: “Luxembourg”
Novial: “Luxembourg”
Novial: “Luxemburg”
Occitan (post 1500): “Luxemborg”
Ossetian: “Люксембург”
Pampanga: “Lakanbalen ning Luksemburgu”
Pampanga: “Luksemburgu Lakanbalen”
Pampanga: “Luksemburgu”
Panjabi: “ਲਕਸਮਬਰਗ”
Papiamento: “Luxemburg”
Persian: “لوکزامبورگ”
Piemontese: “Lussemborgh”
Polish: “Luksemburg”
Portuguese: “Cidade de Luxemburgo”
Portuguese: “Cidade do Luxemburgo”
Portuguese: “Luxemburgo”
Pushto: “د لوګزامبورګ ښار”
Quechua: “Luksimbur”
Quechua: “Luksimpur”
Romanian: “Luxemburg”
Russian: “Город Люксембург”
Russian: “Люксембург”
Rusyn: “Луксембург”
Sardinian: “Lussemburgu”
Saterfriesisch: “Luxembuurich”
Scots: “Luxembourg Ceety”
Scots: “Luxembourg”
Scots: “Luxemburg Ceety”
Scottish Gaelic: “Lucsamburg”
Serbian: “Luksemburg”
Serbian: “Луксембург”
Serbo-Croatian: “Luksemburg”
Serbo-Croatian: “Luxembourg”
Shona: “Luxembourg City”
Silesian: “Luksymburg”
Sindhi: “لگزمبرگ شهر”
Sinhala: “ලක්සම්බර්ගය”
Skolt Sami: “Luxemburgg”
Skolt Sami: “Luxembuurg gåårad”
Slovak: “Luxemburg”
Slovenian: “Luksemburg”
Slovenian: “Luxembourg”
Spanish: “Ciudad de Luxemburgo”
Spanish: “Luxemburgo”
Swahili: “Luxemburg”
Swedish: “Luxembourg City”
Swedish: “Luxembourg”
Swedish: “Luxembourgs stad”
Swedish: “Luxemburg City”
Swedish: “Luxemburg”
Swedish: “Luxemburgs stad”
Swiss German: “Luxeburg”
Swiss German: “Luxemburg (Stadt)”
Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Luksemburgo”
Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Luxembourg”
Tajik: “Люксембург”
Talysh: “Luksemburg”
Talysh: “Luksemburq (şəhr)”
Tamil: “லக்சம்பர்க்”
Tatar: “Люксембург”
Telugu: “లక్సెంబర్గ్”
Thai: “นครลักเซมเบิร์ก”
Thai: “ลักเซมเบิร์ก”
Tibetan: “ལུ་སེམ་བའུརག”
Tosk Albanian: “Luxemburg”
Turkish: “Lëtzebuerg”
Turkish: “LU0304”
Turkish: “Lüksemburg Şehri”
Turkish: “Lüksemburg”
Turkish: “Luxembourg”
Turkish: “Luxemburg”
Turkmen: “Luksemburg”
Udmurt: “Люксембург”
Uighur: “ليۇكسېمبۇرگ شەھىرى”
Ukrainian: “Люксембург”
Upper Sorbian: “Luxemburg”
Urdu: “لکسمبرگ شہر”
Urdu: “لکسمبرگ”
Uzbek: “Lyuksemburg (shahar)”
Uzbek: “Lyuksemburg”
Venetian: “Lusenburgo”
Veps: “Lüksemburg-lidn”
Veps: “Lüksemburg”
Vietnamese: “Luxembourg”
Vietnamese: “Thành phố Luxembourg”
Vlaams: “Luxemburg (stad)”
Vlaams: “Luxemburg”
Volapük: “Lëtzebuerg”
Volapük: “Luxemburg”
Võro: “Luxembourg”
Walloon: “Lussimbork veye”
Waray (Philippines): “Luxemburgo”
Welsh: “Dinas Lwcsembwrg”
Welsh: “Lwcsembwrg”
Western Frisian: “Lúksemboarch”
Western Panjabi: “لکسمبرگ”
Wolof: “Luksambuur”
Wu Chinese: “卢森堡 (城市)”
Wu Chinese: “卢森堡（城市）”
Yakut: “Лүксембург”
Yoruba: “Luxembourg”
Yue Chinese: “盧森堡城”
Zeeuws: “Luxemburg (stad)”
Zeeuws: “Luxemburg”
Zulu: “i-Luxembourg”
“Āltepētl Luxemburgo”
“Luxembourg”
“ma tomo Lesepu”
“ma tomo Lusepu”

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