Bissen ( ) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the

canton of Mersch Mersch is a canton in the centre of Luxembourg. It is the only canton, other than Luxembourg, to be entirely surrounded by other cantons, and therefore not to have an international boundary. Its capital is Mersch. Administrative divisions Mersc ...

. It is situated on the river

Attert Attert (; lb, Atert; wa, Ater) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 70.94 km², had 4,802 inhabitants, giving a population density of 67.7 inh ...

. , the town of Bissen, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 3,021. Bissen is home to a

steel Steel is an alloy made up of iron with added carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron. Many other elements may be present or added. Stainless steels that are corrosion- and oxidation-resistant ty ...

factory, operated by ArcelorMittal, the world's second-largest steel manufacturer.

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* Communes in Mersch (canton) Towns in Luxembourg {{Mersch-geo-stub