Lac de la Haute-Sûre

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Lac de la Haute-Sûre
Lac de la Haute-Sûre
Coat of arms of Lac de la Haute-Sûre
Location of Lac de la Haute-Sûre in Luxembourg
Administration
Country Luxembourg
District (Dark grey) Diekirch
Canton (Dark red) Wiltz
LAU 2 LU00005007
Mayor René Michels
Geography
Area
  - Rank
48.50 km² (18.73 sq mi)
6th of 116
Highest point
  - Rank
537 m (1,762 ft)
=8th of 116
Lowest point
  - Rank
284 m (932 ft)
95th of 116
Population
Population (2005)
  - Rank
1,454
74th of 116
Density (2005)
  - Rank
29.98 /km² (77.6 /sq mi)
112nd of 116
List of communes of Luxembourg

Lac de la Haute-Sûre (Luxembourgish: Stauséigemeng) is a commune in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch. The commune is named after the reservoir of the upper Sauer river. The commune's administrative centre is Bavigne.

Lac de la Haute-Sûre was formed on 1 January 1979 from the former communes of Harlange and Mecher, both in Wiltz canton. The law creating Lac de la Haute-Sûre was passed on 23 December 1978.[1]

Towns within the commune include Bavigne, Harlange, Mecher, Kaundorf, Nothum, and Tarchamps.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ (French) Mémorial A, 1978, No. 89 (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved on 2006-08-11.

Coordinates: 49°54′11″N, 5°52′29″E