Wellenstein

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Wellenstein
Wellesteen

District

Grevenmacher

Canton

Remich

LAU 2

LU00008010

Geography

Area
Area rank

7.42 km²
112nd of 116

Highest point
Highest point rank

292 m
114th of 116

Lowest point
Lowest point rank

141 m
=5th of 116

Population

Population (2005)
Population rank

1,297
81st of 116

Density (2005)
Density rank

174.8 /km²
33rd of 116

List of communes of Luxembourg

Wellenstein (Luxembourgish: Wellesteen) is a commune and small town in south-eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Remich, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. The commune's administrative centre is Bech-Kleinmacher.

As of 2005, the town of Wellenstein, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 453. Other towns within the commune include Bech-Kleinmacher and Schwebsange.

On 25 October 2005, members of the pan-European organisation Cultural Village of Europe offered a declaration on village life to the European Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel in Wellenstein. This "Declaration of Wellenstein" lists qualities of life in small communities.