Luxembourg District

The District of Luxembourg was one of three districts of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. It contained four cantons divided into 44 communes. The district was the second largest in Luxembourg and had the most people living in it.

Cantons and their communes

Geography

It bordered the district of Grevenmacher to the east, the district of Diekirch to the north, the Belgian province of Luxembourg to the west and the French Département of Moselle to the south.

History

When the districts were created on 24 February 1843, Luxembourg was one of the three of the country.
On 30 May 1857, the Mersch canton was taken from the Luxembourg district to made part of the new district of Mersch. on 4 May 1867, the new district was abolished and the Mersch canton was made again a part of the Luxembourg district.
On 2012, the communes of Bascharage and Clemency were combined to make the new commune of Käerjeng. So the number of communes changed from 47 to 46.
After the reorganization of Luxembourg's administrative divisions in 2015, all three districts were abolished per 3 October 2015.