Schengen, Luxembourg

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This article deals with the village of Schengen in Luxembourg. For other uses, see Schengen.

Schengen
Schengen

District

Grevenmacher

Canton

Remich

LAU 2

LU00008006

Geography

Area
Area rank

10.63 km²
104th of 116

Highest point
Highest point rank

302 m
=110th of 116

Lowest point
Lowest point rank

142 m
=7th of 116

Population

Population (2005)
Population rank

1,527
72nd of 116

Density (2005)
Density rank

143.7 /km²
44th of 116

List of communes of Luxembourg

A monument of the Schengen Agreement in Schengen

Schengen is a small wine-making town and commune in far south-eastern Luxembourg, near the point where the borders of Germany, France, and Luxembourg come together. Other towns within the commune include Remerschen and Wintrange.

As of 2005, the town has a population of 425.

The town became famous on 14 June 1985, when the Schengen Agreement was signed aboard the ship Princesse Marie-Astrid on the Moselle River at Schengen. To use this name recognition, the council of the commune of Remerschen decided on 18 January 2006 to rename the commune to Schengen. The Chamber of Deputies voted on 13 July 2006 a law [1] allowing the change of name, which was published on 30 August 2006. The law took effect three days later, and the name of the commune of Remerschen was changed to Schengen as of 3 September 2006.