Esch-sur-Sûre ( lb, Esch-Sauer, , german: Esch-Sauer ) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
and small town in north-western
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
. It is part of the canton of
Wiltz
Wiltz ( lb, Wolz or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in north-western Luxembourg, capital of the canton Wiltz. Wiltz is situated on the banks of the river Wiltz. It was also a battleground in the Battle of the Bulge, near the e ...
, which is part of the district of
Diekirch. At one point it was the second smallest commune by area in Luxembourg (after
Remich
Remich ( lb, Réimech ) is a commune with town status in south-eastern Luxembourg with a population of 3,645 inhabitants . It is the capital of the canton of Remich. Remich lies on the left bank of the river Moselle, which forms part of the borde ...
), 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 314.
Esch-sur-Sûre is situated by the river
Sauer
The Sauer (German and Luxembourgish, , ) or Sûre ( French, ) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. A left tributary of the Moselle, its total length is .
Rising near Vaux-sur-Sûre in the Ardennes in southeastern Belgium, the Sauer ...
, just east and downstream of the artificial ''
Upper Sauer Lake''. The town's prominent AD 927
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
Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, . It lies ...
, 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 (10 km) up the valley. The Upper Sauer dam was built in the 1960s to meet the country's drinking water needs.
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 (lieu-dit)
*
Neunhausen Section:
**
Bonnal
**
Insenborn
**
Lultzhausen
**
Neunhausen
**
Bourgfried (lieu-dit)
Population
References
External links
*
* www.petitbourg.l
Le Paradis des Ardennes Luxembourgoises
Communes in Wiltz (canton)
Towns in Luxembourg
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