Commune of Bascharage was a former commune in

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 ...

. Its main city was

Bascharage Bascharage (; lb, Nidderkäerjeng ; german: Niederkerschen) is a town and a former commune in south-western Luxembourg. Since 2012, it is part of the commune of Käerjeng. History Bascharage with the other towns like Linger, Hautcharage, an ...

with a population of 5387. On 1 January 2012 the existing communes of Bascharage and

Clemency A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the ju ...

with its main city

with a population of 1832 were merged into one commune named

Käerjeng Käerjeng () is a commune in southwestern Luxembourg, in the canton of Capellen. It lies on the border with Belgium. It has an area of 33.67 km2. The commune of Käerjeng was formed on 1 January 2012 from the former communes of Bascharage and ...

. Clemency was assigned as the capital of the merged commune. The law creating the commune of Käerjeng was passed on 24 May 2011.

Former commune

The former commune consisted of the villages: *

Hautcharage Hautcharage (; , ) is a small town in the commune of Käerjeng, in south-western Luxembourg. Geography Neighbouring towns include Clemency, Fingig, Hivange, Schouweiler, Bascharage and Linger. The small river Mierbaach, which rises at the Bouff ...

Linger Linger may refer to: *Linger (surname), a list of people with the name *Linger, Luxembourg, a town *Linger (film), ''Linger'' (film), a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Johnnie To *Linger (novel), ''Linger'' (novel), a 2010 ''Wolves of Mercy Falls' ...

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