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City Anno 1600 The Old City of Luxembourg at night. In the Roman era, a fortified tower guarded the crossing of two Roman roads that met at the site of Luxembourg city. Through an exchange treaty with the abbey of Saint Maximin in Trier in 963, Siegfried I of the Ardennes, a close relative of King Louis II of France and Emperor Otto the Great, acquired the feudal lands of Luxembourg.
Luxembourg (/ ˈ l ʌ k s əm b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ, LUK-səm-burg; [9] Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg [ˈlətsəbuəɕ] ⓘ; German: Luxemburg [ˈlʊksm̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; French: Luxembourg [lyksɑ̃buʁ] ⓘ), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, [a] is a landlocked country in Western Europe.
A political Map of Europe in SVG format. Every country has an id which is its ISO-3116-1-ALPHA2 code in lower case for easy coloring. ... Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ...
An area of the (now extinct) commune of Hollerich was conferred the title on 7 April 1914, under the title of 'Hollerich-Bonnevoie'; [5] this status was lost when Hollerich was merged into Luxembourg City on 26 March 1920. [6] The last such statute affecting town status in Luxembourg was the Loi communale du 13 décembre 1988. In the order ...
Towns and rivers in Luxembourg. Luxembourg is a small country located in the Low Countries, part of North-West Europe. It borders Belgium for 148 kilometres (92 miles) to the west and north, France (73 km [45 mi]) to the south, and Germany (138 km [86 mi]) to the east. Luxembourg is landlocked, separated from the North Sea by Belgium.
The location of Luxembourg An enlargeable map of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Luxembourg: Luxembourg – small sovereign country located in Western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. [1]
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
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