Mersch () is a canton in the centre of

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

. It is the only canton, other than

, to be entirely surrounded by other cantons, and therefore not to have an international boundary.

Administrative divisions

Mersch Canton consists of the following ten communes: * Bissen *

Colmar-Berg Colmar-Berg (, ) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the Mersch (canton), canton of Mersch. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Attert River, Attert and Alzette. Colmar-Berg is the site of the Grand D ...

* Fischbach * Heffingen * Helperknapp * Larochette *

Lintgen Lintgen () is a town in central Luxembourg and the capital of the Communes of Luxembourg, commune of the same name. Lintgen situated in the Cantons of Luxembourg, canton of Mersch (canton), Mersch and located on the river Alzette. The commune of ...

* Lorentzweiler * Mersch * Nommern

Mergers

* On 1 January 2018 the former communes of

Boevange-sur-Attert Boevange-sur-Attert (, ; ; ) is a small town in central Luxembourg, in the Mersch (canton), canton of Mersch. It is situated on the river Attert River, Attert. It had a population of 989 as of 2024. Until 31 December 2017, it was a commune. On 1 J ...

and Tuntange were merged to create the commune of Helperknapp. The name "Helperknapp" derives from the name of a hill of the same name located within the commune.

Population

References

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