Wincrange

Wincrange

*Wëntger* (Luxembourgish)
Wincrange Wëntger (Luxembourgish)
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Map of Luxembourg with Wincrange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
	Coordinates: 50°03′12″N 5°54′52″E / 50.0533°N 5.9144°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Clervaux
Government
• Mayor	Marcel Thommes (CSV)
Area
• Total	113.36 km2 (43.77 sq mi)
• Rank	1st of 102
Highest elevation	528 m (1,732 ft)
• Rank	11th of 102
Lowest elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
• Rank	100th of 102
Population (2023)
• Total	4,804
• Rank	36th of 102
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Rank	101st of 102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000502
Website	wincrange.lu

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.^[2]

As of 2005^[update], the village of Wincrange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 197.

Populated places

The commune consists of the following villages:

Asselborn Section:
- Asselborn
- Boxhorn
- Maulusmühle
- Rumlange
- Sassel
- Stockem
- Uschler
- Lentzweiler^a
- Asselborn-Moulin (lieu-dit)
- Emeschbach-Asselborn (lieu-dit)
- Emeschbach-Stockem (lieu-dit)
- Bockmühle (lieu-dit)
- Cinqfontaines (lieu-dit)
- Asselborn-Route (lieu-dit)
- Stockem-Route (lieu-dit)

Boevange Section:
- Boevange
- Deiffelt
- Doennange
- Hamiville
- Crendal
- Lullange
- Troine
- Wincrange
- Lentzweiler^b
- Hinterhasselt (lieu-dit)
- Antoniushof (lieu-dit)
- Troine-Route (lieu-dit)

Hachiville Section:
- Hachiville
- Hoffelt
- Weiler
- Neumühle
- Lehresmühle
- Moulin-Neuf (lieu-dit)

Oberwampach Section:
- Allerborn
- Brachtenbach
- Derenbach
- Niederwampach
- Schimpach
- Oberwampach
- Birkenhof (lieu-dit)
- Buschweg (lieu-dit)
- Schimpach-Station (lieu-dit)

Notes:
^a - partly shared with the former commune of Boevange
^b - partly shared with the former commune of Asselborn

References

^ "WINCRANGE - Syvicol". www.syvicol.lu. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Mémorial A, 1977, No. 70" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-11.