Luxembourg

The city of Luxembourg is the capital of , and with a population just under 135,000, it is the second smallest national capital of the European Union, after 's .
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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, L-1866, L-1868, L-1870, L-1871, L-1872, L-1880, L-1881, L-1882, L-1899, L-1910, L-1911, L-1912, L-1913, L-1914, L-1915, L-1916, L-1917, L-1918, L-1919, L-1920, L-1922, L-1923, L-1924, L-1925, L-1926, L-1927, L-1928, L-1929, L-1930, L-1931, L-1932, L-1933, L-1934, L-1935, L-1937, L-1938, L-1939, L-1940, L-1941, L-1943, L-1944, L-1945, L-1946, L-1947, L-1948, L-1950, L-1951, L-1952, L-1953, L-1954, L-2111, L-2113, L-2114, L-2115, L-2116, L-2117, L-2118, L-2119, L-2120, L-2121, L-2122, L-2124, L-2125, L-2127, L-2128, L-2130, L-2131, L-2132, L-2133, L-2134, L-2135, L-2137, L-2138, L-2139, L-2141, L-2142, L-2143, L-2144, L-2145, L-2146, L-2148, L-2149, L-2150, L-2151, L-2152, L-2153, L-2154, L-2155, L-2156, L-2157, L-2158, L-2159, L-2160, L-2161, L-2162, L-2163, L-2164, L-2165, L-2166, L-2167, L-2168, L-2169, L-2171, L-2172, L-2173, L-2174, L-2175, L-2176, L-2177, L-2178, L-2179, L-2180, L-2181, L-2184, L-2210, L-2211, L-2212, L-2213, L-2214, L-2215, L-2220, L-2221, L-2222, L-2223, L-2224, L-2225, L-2226, L-2227, L-2228, L-2229, L-2230, L-2231, L-2232, L-2233, L-2240, L-2241, L-2261, L-2262, L-2263, L-2265, L-2266, L-2267, L-2268, L-2269, L-2270, L-2271, L-2273, L-2308, L-2309, L-2310, L-2311, L-2312, L-2313, L-2314, L-2316, L-2320, L-2322, L-2323, L-2324, L-2326, L-2327, L-2328, L-2330, L-2331, L-2332, L-2333, L-2334, L-2335, L-2336, L-2337, L-2338, L-2339, L-2340, L-2341, L-2342, L-2343, L-2344, L-2345, L-2346, L-2347, L-2348, L-2349, L-2350, L-2351, L-2352, L-2353, L-2354, L-2355, L-2356, L-2358, L-2359, L-2360, L-2380, L-2381, L-2410, L-2411, L-2412, L-2413, L-2414, L-2417, L-2418, L-2419, L-2420, L-2422, L-2423, L-2424, L-2426, L-2427, L-2428, L-2429, L-2430, L-2431, L-2432, L-2433, L-2435, L-2440, L-2441, L-2442, L-2444, L-2445, L-2448, L-2449, L-2450, L-2451, L-2452, L-2453, L-2511, L-2512, L-2514, L-2515, L-2516, L-2517, L-2518, L-2519, L-2520, L-2521, L-2522, L-2523, L-2525, L-2526, L-2527, L-2528, L-2530, L-2531, L-2533, L-2534, L-2535, L-2536, L-2537, L-2538, L-2539, L-2540, L-2541, L-2542, L-2543, L-2544, L-2546, L-2547, L-2549, L-2550, L-2551, L-2552, L-2553, L-2554, L-2555, L-2556, L-2557, L-2558, L-2559, L-2560, L-2561, L-2562, L-2563, L-2564, L-2566, L-2567, L-2609, L-2610, L-2611, L-2612, L-2613, L-2614, L-2615, L-2616, L-2617, L-2619, L-2620, L-2621, L-2622, L-2623, L-2624, L-2625, L-2626, L-2627, L-2628, L-2629, L-2630, L-2631, L-2634, L-2635, L-2636, L-2637, L-2651, L-2652, L-2661, L-2662, L-2663, L-2664, L-2665, L-2666, L-2667, L-2668, L-2670, L-2671, L-2672, L-2680, L-2711, L-2713, L-2714, L-2715, L-2716, L-2717, L-2718, L-2719, L-2720, L-2722, L-2724, L-2725, L-2726, L-2728, L-2729, L-2730, L-2731, L-2732, L-2733, L-2734, L-2736, L-2737, L-2738, L-2739, L-2740, L-2741, L-2761, L-2762, L-2763, and L-2764
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Stade Josy Barthel and Grand Ducal Palace.

Stadium
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The is the former national stadium of , 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 district of Belair.

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The is a palace in Luxembourg City, in southern . 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 , in Colmar-Berg.

Fort
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is a historic fortification in Luxembourg City, in southern . It is located in Dräi Eechelen Park, in the district, in the north-east of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gasperich and Luxembourg-Kirchberg.

Suburb
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is a district in southern Luxembourg City, in southern . As of 31 December 2025, the district has a population of 10,282 inhabitants.

Suburb
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Kirchberg is a district in north-eastern Luxembourg City, in southern . It consists of a plateau overlooking the north-east of the historical city center, , connected to the rest of the elevated city by the , which spans the valley.

Suburb
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is a district in eastern Luxembourg City, in southern . As of 31 December 2025, the district has a population of 7,178 inhabitants.

Luxembourg

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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Discover Luxembourg from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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 ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”
  • 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: “لڪسمبرگ شھر”
  • 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”
  • “Q1842”

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