Luxembourg

capital and largest city of Luxembourg
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Summary

Luxembourg is a municipality of Luxembourg[1]. Luxembourg ranks in the top 0.94% of municipality of luxembourg entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,134 views/month, #1 of 106).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Climate Alliance[3], QuattroPole[4], Organization of World Heritage Cities[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Luxembourg[6]
  • Country: Luxembourg[7]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Alzette[8], Pétrusse[9], Zéissengerbaach[10], Q25584407[11], Drosbach[12]
  • Head of government: Lydie Polfer[13]
  • Continent: Europe[14]
  • Instance of: city[15], big city[16], largest city[17], capital city[18]
  • Shares border with: Walferdange[19], Steinsel[20], Niederanven[21], Sandweiler[22], Hesperange[23], Roeser[24], Leudelange[25], Bertrange[26], Strassen[27], Kopstal[28]
  • Twinned administrative body: Prague[29], London Borough of Camden[30], Metz[31]
  • Legislative body: Luxembourg communal council[32]
  • Commons category: Luxembourg City[33]
  • Located in time zone: Central European Time[34], UTC+01:00[35], UTC+02:00[36]
  • Inception: 963[37]
  • Significant event: Siege of Luxembourg[38]
  • Official website: https://www.vdl.lu/en[39], https://www.vdl.lu/fr[40], https://www.vdl.lu/de[41], https://www.vdl.lu/[42]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Luxembourg City[43]
  • Commons gallery: Luxembourg (Ville)[44]
  • Population: 15,091[45], 21,754[46], 26,303[47], 30,205[48], 32,767[49], 39,488[50], 45,169[51], 46,530[52], 53,837[53]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Luxembourg include Luxembourg[54], a sovereign state[55], in Luxembourg[56], founded in 1815[57]; Luxembourg Airport[58], an international airport[59], in Luxembourg[60]; and Autobus de la Ville de Luxembourg[61], a bus-based transport system[62], in Luxembourg[63], founded in 1875[64].

Why It Matters

Luxembourg has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Luxembourg is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

Entities named for Luxembourg include Luxembourg[54], a sovereign state[55], in Luxembourg[56], founded in 1815[57]; Luxembourg Airport[58], an international airport[59], in Luxembourg[60]; and Autobus de la Ville de Luxembourg[61], a bus-based transport system[62], in Luxembourg[63], founded in 1875[64].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  51. [53] ↑ . STATEC. Retrieved . data.public.lu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  7. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · GilPe · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+51.46'}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46197|batch #46197]]"
  2. 11w ago · Gilleszeimet · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+15091'}, {'amount': '+21754'}, {'amount': '+26303'} +58
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||57 */ Population, Normalize Luxembourg population statements to the Stadtbredimus/STATEC model"
  3. 11w ago · Abductive · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 49.610555555556, 'lon': 6.1327777777778}
    Biblissima authority id → Q28682
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Coordinate location: 49°36'41"N, 6°7'48"E"
  4. 12w ago · Gilleszeimet · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Stad Lëtzebuerg'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Luxembourg'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Luxemburg'}
    Different from → Lussemburgo, Luxemburg, Luxemburgo
    Official name → {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Lëtzebuerg'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Luxembourg'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Luxemburg'} +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/42465|batch #42465]]"
  5. 13w ago · Gilleszeimet · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lëtzebuerger online dictionnaire id → LETZEBUERG2, STADLETZEBUERG1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Lëtzebuerger online dictionnaire id: STADLETZEBUERG1"
  6. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → jFdb8
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78485
    Gadm id → ['LUX.3.3.4_1', 'LUX.3_1', 'LUX.3.3_1']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 78485, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  8. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gadm id → ['LUX.3.3.4_1', 'LUX.3_1', 'LUX.3.3_1']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gadm id: LUX.3.3.4_1, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/101151644|Luxembourg (#101151644)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3912|GADM]] #mix'n'mat"
  9. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → luxembourg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: luxembourg, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289944146|luxembourg (#289944146)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  10. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0412507-Lucemburk-Lucembursko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0412507-Lucemburk-Lucembursko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  11. 18w ago · NicolasCoeurdelion · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+15091'}, {'amount': '+21754'}, {'amount': '+26303'} +58
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Population: 124,529"
  12. 19w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → geografico/1203410
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id: geografico/1203410"
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