Esch-sur-Sûre


Esch-sur-Sûre is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg, situated in the canton of Wiltz. At one point it was the second smallest commune by area in Luxembourg, until Neunhausen and Heiderscheid were merged into it in 2011.
, the town of Esch-sur-Sûre, which lies in the north of the commune, has a population of 415.
Esch-sur-Sûre is situated by the river Sauer, just east and downstream of the artificial Upper Sauer Lake. The town's prominent 10th Century castle, and the main part of the town below, sit on a spur of a land within a sharp meander of the river.
The suffix to its name distinguishes Esch-sur-Sûre from the city of Esch-sur-Alzette, which is often known just as Esch.
Immediately above the town, the river has been dammed to form a hydroelectric reservoir extending some 6 miles up the valley. The Upper Sauer dam was built in the 1960s to meet the country's drinking water needs.
Image:Staumauer Esch - Sauer - panoramio.jpg|250px|thumb|none|Esch-sur-Sûre dam and reservoir

Populated places

The commune consists of the following villages:
  • Esch-sur-Sûre Section:
  • * Esch-sur-Sûre
  • Heiderscheid Section:
  • * Dirbach
  • * Eschdorf
  • * Heiderscheid
  • * Fond de Heiderscheid
  • * Merscheid
  • * Ringel
  • * Tadler
  • * Hierheck
  • Neunhausen Section:
  • * Bonnal
  • * Insenborn
  • * Lultzhausen
  • * Neunhausen
  • * Bourgfried

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