Hosingen

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Hosingen
Housen
Commune

Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Hosingen highlighted in orange, the district in dark grey, and the canton in dark red
Country  Luxembourg
District Diekirch
Canton Clervaux
Government
  Mayor Jacquot Heinen
Area
  Total 45.28 km2 (17.48 sq mi)
Area rank 7th of 116
Highest elevation 535 m (1,755 ft)
  Rank 10th of 116
Lowest elevation 230 m (750 ft)
  Rank 45th of 116
Population (2011)
  Total 1,827
  Rank 63rd of 116
  Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
  Density rank 102nd of 116
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
LAU 2 LU00001004
Website hosingen.lu

Hosingen (Luxembourgish: Housen) is a small town and former commune in northern Luxembourg. On January 1, 2012, the commune merged with Consthum and Hoscheid communes to form Parc Hosingen commune.

Near Hosingen there is a transmitter for FM and TV of RTL.

As of 2005, the town of Hosingen, which lies in the south of the commune, had a population of 761. Other towns within the commune include Bockholtz, Dorscheid, Neidhausen, Rodershausen, Untereisenbach, Wahlhausen.

Coordinates: 50°01′N 6°06′E / 50.017°N 6.100°E / 50.017; 6.100

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