Munshausen

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Munshausen
Munzen
Coat of arms of Munshausen
Location of Munshausen in Luxembourg
Administration
Country Luxembourg
District (Dark grey) Diekirch
Canton (Dark red) Clervaux
LAU 2 LU00001005
Mayor Emile Eicher
Geography
Area
  - Rank
25.57 km² (9.87 sq mi)
31st of 116
Highest point
  - Rank
548 m (1,798 ft)
3rd of 116
Lowest point
  - Rank
283 m (928 ft)
94th of 116
Population
Population (2005)
  - Rank
887
99th of 116
Density (2005)
  - Rank
34.69 /km² (89.8 /sq mi)
105th of 116
List of communes of Luxembourg

Munshausen (Luxembourgish: Munzen) is a commune and village in northern Luxembourg, in the canton of Clervaux.

As of 2007, the village of Munshausen, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 172, while the commune of Munshausen has a population of 1,034. Other settlements within the commune are Drauffelt (169 inhabitants), Marnach (581), Roder (61), and Siebenaler (51).

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[edit] Geography

Munshausen is situated in the north-eastern part of Luxembourg. Communes around are Hosingen in the south, Kiischpelt and Eschweiler in the southwest, Clervaux in the north-west and Heinerscheid in the north. In the east, the river Our forms a natural boundary to Germany.

Munshausen is part of the Oesling, the Luxembourgish part of the Ardennes. The landscape is composed of free plateaus at an average altitude of 1650 ft, cut by several narrow riverbeds. The axis Hosingen-Heinerscheid, passing through Marnach, is the dividing line between the basins of the river Clerve in the west and the river Our in the east.

[edit] History

The church of Munshausen
The church of Munshausen

[edit] Coat of arms

[edit] Politics

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 50°02′N, 6°02′E