Winseler () is a commune and village in north-western

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 ...

Administrative organization and population

It is part of the

canton of Wiltz Wiltz () is a canton in northwestern Luxembourg. It covers an area of 264.55 km2, and it has a population of 19,209. It borders Belgium. Administrative divisions Wiltz Canton consists of the following seven communes: * Boulaide * Esch-sur-Sû ...

. , the village of Winseler, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 197. The ( commune) of Winseler has a population of 1116. Following the last Luxembourg communal elections in 2017, Romain Schroeder was returned as Mayor, and Charles Pauly as Alderman. Other members of the Council include, Roland Esch,

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, Paul Kayser, Fernand Majerus, Marc Schmitz, and Will Toex.

Other towns within the commune

Other towns within the commune include Berlé, Doncols, Noertrange, Pommerloch, Grummelscheid, Schleif and Sonlez.

Population

Linguistic background

Lasauvage Lasauvage () (German: — notionally only — Rohrbach) is a small town in the commune of Differdange, in south-western Luxembourg. Lasauvage was known as one of the few French-speaking towns in an otherwise Luxembourgish-speaking country. Unlik ...

in the south of Luxembourg, Doncols and Sonlez, were formerly known as French-speaking (or, strictly, in their cases, Walloon-speaking) villages.

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