Doncols ( lb, Donkels, german: Donkols) is a village in the

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Winseler Winseler () is a commune and village in north-western Luxembourg. Administrative organization and population It is part of the canton of Wiltz. , the village of Winseler, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 120. The ( co ...

, 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 ...

Population

, the village has a population of 221.

Historical and linguistic backgrounds

Doncols is known as an historically Walloon-speaking village, similarly to

Sonlez Sonlez (, ) is a village in Luxembourg. Location and population It is situated in the commune of Winseler, in north-western Luxembourg. , the village has a population of 47. It is situated between Tarchamps (West) and Doncols (East) Linguisti ...

. A. Atten's 'Li leu d' Doncô' is considered the sole instance of a Walloon language text to have been written by a Grand Ducal national. (See the 'External link', below.) Even by

's trilingual standards, the village is noted for the number of different spellings of its name in various languages. ''Doncols'' is its spelling in French, ''Donkols'' in German, ''Donkels'' in Luxembourgish, and ''Doncô'' in Walloon.

External links

*http://rifondou.walon.org/leu.html#doncoo Villages in Luxembourg Wiltz (canton) {{Wiltz-geo-stub

Population

Historical and linguistic backgrounds

See also

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