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Luxembourg

LU / LUX   49.8°, 6.1°

Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south and west. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg City, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union and hosts several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU.

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People are called
Luxembourger
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+352
Capital
Luxembourg
Population
690,959
Area
2,593 km2
Climate
Continental
Government
Constitutional monarchy
Currency
Euro
Languages
Luxembourgish 48.9%, Portuguese 15.4%, French 14.9%
Sells
iron blocks, gas turbines, plastic products, rubber tires
Sells to
Germany 18%, France 15%, Belgium 8%
Land borders
3: Belgium, Germany, France
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+352
Founded
1815
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Luxembourger

These are English demonyms for people from Luxembourg. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Luxembourg yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Luxembourgishofficial
48.9%
15.4%
Frenchofficial
14.9%
3.6%
3.6%

Largest cities

Luxembourg  capital 76,684
Esch-sur-Alzette 36,625
Dudelange 18,013

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Constitutional monarchy.

Climate and geography

modified continental with mild winters, cool summers

Climate zone

Highest point

Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Jean of Luxembourg
Jean of Luxembourg Grand Duke, 1964-2000 Jean was Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 until his abdication in 2000.
Robert Schuman
Robert Schuman Architect of European integration Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman was a Luxembourg-born French statesman.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, leaders, past leaders.