Wincrange

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Wincrange
Wëntger
Coat of arms of Wincrange
Location of Wincrange in Luxembourg
Administration
Country Luxembourg
District (Dark grey) Diekirch
Canton (Dark red) Clervaux
LAU 2 LU00001008
Mayor Marcel Thommes
Geography
Area
  - Rank
113.36 km² (43.77 sq mi)
1st of 116
Highest point
  - Rank
528 m (1,732 ft)
12th of 116
Lowest point
  - Rank
350 m (1,148 ft)
114th of 116
Population
Population (2005)
  - Rank
3,504
32nd of 116
Density (2005)
  - Rank
30.91 /km² (80.1 /sq mi)
110th of 116
List of communes of Luxembourg

Wincrange (Luxembourgish: Wëntger, German: Wintger) is a commune and village in northern Luxembourg, in the canton of Clervaux. The commune is the largest in Luxembourg by geographic area.

Wincrange was formed on 1 January 1978 from the former communes of Asselborn, Boevange, Hachiville, and Oberwampach, all in Clervaux canton. The law creating Wincrange was passed on 31 October 1977.[1]

As of 2005, the village of Wincrange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 197. Other towns within the commune include Asselborn, Boevange, Boxhorn, Brachtenbach, Deiffelt, Derenbach, Doennange, Hachiville, Hamiville, Hoffelt, Lullange, Niederwampach, Oberwampach, Rumlange, Stockem, and Troine.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ (French) Mémorial A, 1977, No. 70 (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved on 2006-08-11.

Coordinates: 50°03′N, 5°55′E