Schieren

Schieren

Schieren
Schieren Schieren
Commune
	Schieren train station and church
	Coat of arms
	Map of Luxembourg with Schieren highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
	Coordinates: 49°50′00″N 6°06′00″E / 49.8333°N 6.1°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Diekirch
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Paul Zeimet
Area
• Total	10.41 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
• Rank	94th of 102
Highest elevation	515 m (1,690 ft)
• Rank	15th of 102
Lowest elevation	198 m (650 ft)
• Rank	24th of 102
Population
• Total	2,156
• Rank	73rd of 102
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
• Rank	39th of 102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000609
Website	schieren.lu

Schieren is a commune and town in central Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Diekirch.

The town of Schieren, which lies in the west of the commune, has a population of 2,156. Schieren is served by a railway station.

Schieren was formed on 1 July 1850, when it was detached from the commune of Ettelbruck, along with the commune of Erpeldange. The law forming Schieren was passed on 22 January 1850.^[1]

In 1894, Schieren established a fire station with five volunteer firefighters. It has a notable church.

Population

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Footnotes

^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1850, No. 18" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)