Place:Luxembourg

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NameLuxembourg
Alt namesGrand Duchy of Luxembourgsource: Wikipedia
Grand-Duché de Luxembourgsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1991) p 645
Gross-Herzogtum Luxemburgsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 377-378
Grossherzogtum Luxemburgsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 656; Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VII, 576 ff.
Grousherzogdem Lëtzebuergsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 376-377
Letzeburgsource: BHA, Authority file (2003-)
Luxembourgeoissource: Oxford English Dictionary [online] accessed 20 January 2004
Luxemburgsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Luxemburgosource: Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) p 865
Lützelburgsource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 539
TypeNation
Coordinates49.75°N 6.167°E
Contained Places
District
Diekirch
Grevenmacher
Luxembourg
Parish
Gondelange
Region
Bon Pays
Ösling
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the north as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland ("good country") in the south. Luxembourg has a population of 524,853 (as of October 2012) in an area of .

As a representative democracy with a constitutional monarch, it is headed by a grand duke and is the world's only remaining grand duchy. Luxembourg is one of the world's most developed countries, with an advanced economy and the world's highest GDP (PPP) per capita, according to the World Bank. Its historic and strategic importance dates back to its founding as a Roman era fortress and Frankish count's castle site in the Early Middle Ages. It was an important bastion along the Spanish Road when Spain was the principal European power influencing the whole western hemisphere and beyond in the 16th–17th centuries.

Luxembourg is a member of the European Union, NATO, OECD, the United Nations, and Benelux, reflecting the political consensus in favour of economic, political, and military integration. The city of Luxembourg, the largest and capital city, is the seat of several institutions and agencies of the EU.

Reflecting its geographic position, Luxembourg's culture is a fusion of Romance and Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions. Luxembourg is a trilingual country: Luxembourgish, French and German are official languages. Although a secular state, Luxembourg is predominantly Roman Catholic.

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