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Coordinates: 49°35′04″N 6°13′33″E / 49.58444°N 6.22583°E / 49.58444; 6.22583
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Contern
Conter (Luxembourgish)
Conton
Commune
St. Walpurga's church
St. Walpurga's church
Coat of arms of Contern
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Contern highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Map of Luxembourg with Contern highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°35′04″N 6°13′33″E / 49.58444°N 6.22583°E / 49.58444; 6.22583
Country Luxembourg
CantonLuxembourg
First Settlement builtapprox. 2nd Century
Government
 • MayorMarion Zovilé-Braquet
Area
 • Total20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi)
 • Land20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi)
 • Rank54th of 100
Highest elevation
356 m (1,168 ft)
 • Rank81st of 100
Lowest elevation
237 m (778 ft)
 • Rank45th of 100
Population
 (2023)
 • Total4,374
 • Rank44th of 100
 • Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
  • Rank43rd of 100
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2LU0000302
Websitecontern.lu

Contern (Luxembourgish: Conter [ˈkontɐ] ⓘ) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located east of Luxembourg City.[1] As of 2024 the commune has a population of 4,513 whereas the town itself, which lies in the south-west of the commune, has a population of 1,876.[2][3]

The main towns are Contern, Moutfort, Oetrange and Medingen and Milbech. Additionally the commune contains the Lieu-dits of Bricherhaff, Brichermillen, Kréintgeshaff, Kackerterhaff, Marxeknupp and Pleitrange.[4][1] The commune also contains the industrial zones of Chaux de Contern, and Rosswenkel, as well as the activity zone of Weiergewan.

The town dates back to around the 9th century and was initially economically focussed on farming. Having gone through various changes in governance over the centuries, the commune as it exists today was formed around the 19th century. In recent years Contern has industrialised; however, it mainly functions as a commuter town into Luxembourg City, as do most of the other settlements in the commune. As a result Contern boasts the 10th highest median average salary out of all 102 communes in Luxembourg as of 2022.[5]

History

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The Romans settled Luxembourg in the 1st Century BC, it has been speculated whether or not the settlement of Contern was founded by them or even previously however there it hasn't been proven despite the presence of remnants of Roman infrastructure within the boundaries of the modern day commune. This includes a crossing over the Trudlerbaach which exists as a part of the Roman road which once linked Luxembourg and Dalheim, remnants of the road pass through the farmstead of Faerschthaff.[6] The name Contern first appeared in a charter in 879/880/903/904 AD, although its first official listing was in 1128 and it is almost certain Contern dated back to the Celtic Era. In the 14th century it was recorded in writing as Guntrein.[7] Contern in the 13th century got a lot of influence from Christianity and Chivalry. At this time Contern became a parish and has its church built.

Contern was formed as a parish in 1621. Later in 1684, neighbouring Oetrange also became a parish followed by Moutfort in 1707. At the time, the parish of Contern had no Lieu-dits although Oetrange was home to the settlement of Kackerterhaff. Moutfort was home to the settlements of Medingen and Millbech as well as the Moulin the Millbech and the farmstead of Pleitrange.[8][9] By 1796 Contern was founded as an Arrondissement, which was home to several localities:

Localities within the Arrondissement of Contern c.1800s[8][9]
Locality (French) Locality (German) Locality (Luxembourgish) Parish
Brücherhof Brücherhof Bricherhaff None
Brüchermühle Brichermillen None
Contern Contern Conter or Konter Contern
Contern-Barriére None
Conterweyer None
Kackerterhof Kackerterhaff Oetrange
Kroentgeshof or Croentgeshof Kroentgeshof or Kröntgeshof Kréintgeshaff None
Marxeknupp Marxeknupp None
Medingen Medingen Méideng or Méidéng Moutfort
Moutfort Mutfort Mutfert Moutfort
Mühlbach Mühlbach Millbech or Milbech Moutfort
Mühlbach-Moulin or

Moulin de Millbech

Millbechermillen or

Milbechermillen

Moutfort
Oetrange Oetringen Éiter Oetrange
Oetrange-Moulin Éitermillen None
Pleitrange Pleitringen Pläitreng Moutfort

Contern remained an Arrondissement officially up until 1912 but prior to it being dissolved, the modern day commune was formed. The exact time period of its formation is unknown but the earliest Census data which is applicable to Contern with its current boundaries dates back to 1821 and the oldest archived mention of Contern dates back to 1842 with a mention in a newspaper.[10][11]

By 1890 most of the former Arrondissements of Contern were incorporated as Lieu-dits and census subdivisions.

Population of all Villages and Lieu-dits of Contern[12]
Rank Settlement Parish Population
1 Contern Contern 356
2 Moutfort Moutfort 328
3 Oetrange Oetrange 253
4 Medingen Moutfort 200
5 Muhlbach Moutfort 28
6 Kroentgeshof Contern 24
7 Barrièrehauser Moutfort 16
8 Nehmuhl Moutfort 13
9 Conterwieber Contern 11
10 Oetrange Moulin Oetrange 8
Brücherhof Contern 8
12 Pleitrange Moutfort 7
13 Brüchermuhl Contern 6
14 Kackert Oetrange 4

From 1945 onwards, Contern's municipal structure was made up of Contern, Oetrange, Moutfort and Medingen. The parish of Oetrange was absorbed into the parish of Moutfort in 1946, shortly after in 1948, the parishes of Contern and Moutfort were effectively dissolved.[8][9]

Archaeology

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Although no prominent archaeological sites or artifacts date back to the Celtic times, plenty has been left over since the Romans including some housing and remnants of an aqueduct.[13] The most prominent thing from the Romans however is the Gallo-Roman villa, it stood on the current site of the town and there are still remains of it to this day.[14]

Etymology

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Following World War II, the Luxembourgers had strong distaste for their former German overseers. This was why almost every place in the country was renamed from its original Luxembourgish name of German origin, to that of French origin without changing too much. Contern's name would have stayed Conter if it weren't for the French pronunciation of "er" being far too strong, thus an "n" was added on the end. It could have been possible to have followed what places like Hesperange did, but in the end it stuck to the name Contern. In the modern era, to encourage more Luxembougish in the commune, many documents and signs use "Conter" instead of Contern.

Geography

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The Kackeschbaach makes up a part of the border between Contern and Schuttrange

The Commune of Contern is located within the Canton of Luxembourg itself within Luxembourg District.

Boundaries

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Contern is bordered by the communes of Sandweiler and Schuttrange to the North, Lenningen and Bous-Waldbredimus to the east, Dalheim to the south, Weiler-la-Tour to the southwest and Hesperange to the west. The borders of Contern aren't largely defined by any major roads of rivers. There are exceptions to this however. Betaeen Eitermillen and the border with Sandweiler, the Kackeshbaach marks as the border between Contern and Schuttrange. Between Syren and Brichemillen the Syre marks the border with Weiler-La-Tour and east of the Contern-Sandweiler industrial zone, the Réimeschbaach marks the border with Hesperange.[1][15]

Topography

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Typical topography of Contern containing rolling hills. Taken from the east of Oetrange

Contern covers an area of 20.55 square kilometres, making it, As of 2022[needs update] the 54th largest commune in Luxembourg out of 102.[16] It had a population of 4374, the 44th highest out of 102 communes as of 2023 giving it a population density of 210 people per square kilometre, 43rd highest in Luxembourg. The population has since risen to 4513.

Contern lies within the Guttland region of Luxembourg and covers part of both the Luxembourg Plateau and Moselle Valley sub-regions.[17] The contrast between the 2 sub regions gives Contern a varying topography. From the rolling hills which the town itself sits on in the south, north and west of the commune compared to the sharp sandstone cliffs that make up the east of the commune around Medingen.

Contern is largely centres around the Syre river, which nearly perfectly bisects the commune, and to a lesser extent, it’s tributaries. The Syre flows North-East from Syren in the commune of Weiler-la-tour flowing until the border with Schuttrange halfway between Oetrange and Schrassig. Whilst flowing through the commune, it directly bisects both Moutfort and Oetrange and the lieu-dits of Bricherhaff and Brichermillen. There is one tributary of the syre which directly hosts a settlement atop it,the Kackeschbaach which Eitermillen is atop. The remaining settlements are located atop hills including Contern itself.[1]

Climate

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The nearest place to survey the climate is in Luxembourg City however temperatures likely differ slightly due to the urban heat island effect present in Luxembourg City which isn't felt to the same extent in Contern. Contern has an oceanic climate (Cfb), with moderate precipitation, cold to cool winters and warm summers. It is cloudy about two-thirds of the year.

Climate data for Luxembourg City (1991–2020, extremes 1947–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 13.9
(57.0) 		19.8
(67.6) 		23.5
(74.3) 		27.9
(82.2) 		31.6
(88.9) 		35.4
(95.7) 		39.0
(102.2) 		37.9
(100.2) 		31.5
(88.7) 		26.0
(78.8) 		19.8
(67.6) 		14.7
(58.5) 		39.0
(102.2)
Mean maximum °C (°F) 10.7
(51.3) 		12.2
(54.0) 		17.4
(63.3) 		22.9
(73.2) 		26.6
(79.9) 		30.1
(86.2) 		31.9
(89.4) 		31.5
(88.7) 		25.6
(78.1) 		20.9
(69.6) 		14.6
(58.3) 		10.8
(51.4) 		33.5
(92.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 3.8
(38.8) 		5.2
(41.4) 		9.8
(49.6) 		14.4
(57.9) 		18.4
(65.1) 		21.7
(71.1) 		23.9
(75.0) 		23.5
(74.3) 		19.0
(66.2) 		13.5
(56.3) 		7.7
(45.9) 		4.5
(40.1) 		13.8
(56.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.4
(34.5) 		2.2
(36.0) 		5.7
(42.3) 		9.6
(49.3) 		13.5
(56.3) 		16.7
(62.1) 		18.7
(65.7) 		18.4
(65.1) 		14.3
(57.7) 		9.9
(49.8) 		5.2
(41.4) 		2.3
(36.1) 		9.8
(49.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −1.0
(30.2) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		2.0
(35.6) 		5.1
(41.2) 		8.7
(47.7) 		11.8
(53.2) 		13.8
(56.8) 		13.6
(56.5) 		10.3
(50.5) 		6.6
(43.9) 		2.8
(37.0) 		0.0
(32.0) 		6.1
(43.0)
Mean minimum °C (°F) −8.0
(17.6) 		−7.5
(18.5) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		2.8
(37.0) 		6.0
(42.8) 		9.1
(48.4) 		8.3
(46.9) 		5.5
(41.9) 		0.7
(33.3) 		−2.9
(26.8) 		−6.5
(20.3) 		−10.4
(13.3)
Record low °C (°F) −17.8
(0.0) 		−20.2
(−4.4) 		−14.4
(6.1) 		−6.9
(19.6) 		−2.1
(28.2) 		0.9
(33.6) 		4.5
(40.1) 		4.3
(39.7) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		−4.6
(23.7) 		−11.1
(12.0) 		−15.3
(4.5) 		−20.2
(−4.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 72.0
(2.83) 		59.0
(2.32) 		57.0
(2.24) 		49.0
(1.93) 		71.2
(2.80) 		75.6
(2.98) 		71.5
(2.81) 		71.9
(2.83) 		66.2
(2.61) 		76.6
(3.02) 		72.1
(2.84) 		89.4
(3.52) 		831.5
(32.74)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 17.3 15.4 14.8 12.7 14.0 13.3 13.7 13.2 12.2 15.2 17.5 18.1 177.4
Average snowy days 7.5 7.6 3.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.3 6.8 29.4
Average relative humidity (%) 88 83 74 67 68 68 67 68 75 84 89 90 77
Mean monthly sunshine hours 52.0 79.5 137.1 197.5 226.3 241.2 257.6 237.1 174.9 106.7 51.1 41.9 1,802.9
Percent possible sunshine 18.8 29.4 34.0 44.1 44.8 46.7 51.0 51.7 42.7 31.8 19.8 16.1 35.9
Source 1: Meteolux (percent sunshine 1981–2010)[18][19][20]
Source 2: Infoclimat[21]

Geology

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Large Sandstone cliff near Medingen
Main article: Geology of Luxembourg

Being in the Guttland region, Contern’s geological structure consists largely of Luxembourg Sandstone with deposits of lime and clay underneath. The rock formations that now surround the River Syre date back to the late Triassic period.[22][23]

Settlements

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Map of Contern from outside the town Hall
Map of Contern from outside the town Hall

Towns

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Villages

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Lieu-Dits

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  • Bricherhaff
  • Brichermillen
  • Kackerterhaff
  • Kréintgeshaff
  • Marxeknupp
  • Éitermillen
  • Pleitrange

Localities

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  • Moulin de Milbech
  • Maulin Diderich
  • Beriton
  • Shalten
  • Schleedervale
  • Ledenbierg
  • Millebridge
  • Schleederfalls
  • Stuwelshill
  • Fehreston
  • Eltercavern
  • Wilkon Hill
  • Millangswell
  • Rouvale
  • Canten
  • Linten
  • Kueledall
  • Stehaff
  • Reulendergassen

Suburbs

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  • Hoehenhof

Industrial zones

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  • Chaux de Contern
  • Rosswénkel
  • Weiergewann
  • Contern
    Contern
  • Moutfort
    Moutfort
  • Oetrange
    Oetrange
  • Medingen
    Medingen
  • Milbech
    Milbech
  • Kréingeshaff
    Kréingeshaff
  • Pleitrange
    Pleitrange
  • Eitermillen
    Eitermillen
  • Bricherhaff
    Bricherhaff
  • Brichermillen
    Brichermillen
  • Kackerterhaff
    Kackerterhaff
  • Faerschthaff
    Faerschthaff

Rivers and streams

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Contern lies exclusively within the Rhine and Moselle basins. The vast majority of Contern’s territory flows into the Moselle through the Syre however a small portion in the northwest of the commune flows into the Alzette and the Sauer before reaching the Moselle. The Syre itself passes though the commune and is a defining feature of the landscape. It flows southwest to north east however doesn’t pass near the centre of the commune. Instead initially running across the south before turning and running up north. The central and eastern areas of the commune are home to tributaries of the Alzette.

List of rivers which at least in part flow through Contern
Name Tributary of Template
Syre Moselle
Trudlerbaach Syre
Kackeschbaach Syre
Schleederbaach Syre
Réimeschbaach Itzigerbaach
Bricherbaach Syre
Gaardebaach Trudlerbaach

Syre

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Main article: Syre (river)

Trudlerbaach

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Main article: Trudlerbaach

Schleederbaach

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The Schleederbaach, sometimes referred to as the Millebaach, is a brook which flows from the Contern-Sandweiler industrial estate to just west of Moutfort where it meets the syre. Historically the course of the Schleederbaach was different but its course was changed by the construction of the industrial zone.[24][25]

Forests

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Contern has 800 hectares of forests within its borders taking up around 37% of its land area.[26]

Demographics

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As of 1 January 2023, the commune has a population of 4,374 inhabitants. Around 70% of the population are aged 15–65 and an estimated third of the commune's population consists of non-Luxembourgers, which is considerably higher than the national average. The town of Contern itself has a population of 1,876 as of 2024.[3]

Population of Contern 1821-1970[27][28][29][30]
Year Population Population Density
Overall +/-
Total p.a % %p.a /km2 /sq mi
1821 793 – – – – 38.6 14.9
1843 1301 Increase508 Increase23.1 Increase64.1 Increase2.9 – –
1851 1404 Increase103 Increase12.9 Increase7.9 Increase1.0 68.3 26.4
1871 1249 Decrease155 Decrease7.8 Decrease8.4 Decrease0.4 60.8 23.4
1880 1216 Decrease33 Decrease3.7 Decrease2.6 Decrease0.3 59.2 22.9
1890 1176 Decrease40 Decrease4 Decrease3.3 Decrease0.3 57.2 22.1
1900 1098 Decrease78 Decrease7.8 Decrease6.6 Decrease0.7 53.4 20.6
1910 1097 Decrease1 Decrease0.1 Steady Steady 53.4 20.6
1922 1162 Increase65 Increase5.4 Increase5.6 Increase0.5 56.5 21.8
1930 1199 Increase37 Increase4.6 Increase3.2 Increase0.4 58.3 22.5
1935 1153 Decrease46 Decrease9.2 Decrease3.8 Decrease0.8 56.1 21.7
1947 1126 Decrease27 Decrease2.3 Decrease2.3 Decrease0.2 60.1 23.2
1960 1181 Increase55 Increase4.2 Increase4.9 Increase0.4 57.5 22.2
1970 1639 Increase458 Increase45.8 Increase38.8 Increase3.9 79.8 30.8

Industrial zones

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Industrial Zone Chaux de Contern as seen from the nearby fields
Industrial Zone Chaux de Contern as seen from the nearby fields
The An de Steng residential development

Contern consists of 2 separate industrial zones separated from each other. Although they are officially separate, they're often seen locally as one entity, even on road signs. The area where Sandweiler-Contern railway station is located is home to a lot of commercial infrastructure such as the only full-fledged supermarket in the commune, a trampoline park and the commune's only gas station. A few restaurants and eateries are also located there to serve the local workers. The area is home to more than 110 companies and over 5000 jobs and is quickly growing and receiving new developments.[31][13]


Transportation

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The E29 running through the commune just North of Eitermillen

Road

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Contern is well connected to the road network and links to Luxembourg City however the only dual carriageway and officially designated Trunk Road in the commune is the E29.[32] There are plans in the next 5–10 years to build a new motorway exit on the Luxembourg Ring to serve Contern and Itzig but that hasn't been built yet.[33]

Contern is involved with websites that provide traffic info.[34][35]

The first road infrastructure constructed within the boundaries of the modern day commune was also the oldest known instance of any infrastructure in the commune in the form of the Roman road from Luxembourg to Dalheim including a crossing over the Trudlerbaach. Parts of this road including the river crossing still remain in the locality of op der Syrener-Heed.[36]

Bus

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Contern is served by many different bus routes as is many of the other towns within the commune.[37][38]

Rail

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Management of Railways in Contern[39][40]
Dates Organisation Overseen by
1861-1871 Société royale grand-ducale des chemins de fer Guillaume-Luxembourg Chemins de fer de l'Est
1871–1946 Société royale grand-ducale des chemins de fer Guillaume-Luxembourg Compagnie EL (Reichseisenbahn Elsass-Lothringen)
1946-prensent Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois Luxembourgish Government

The Commune of Contern is served by CFL Line 30, there are 2 stations inside the commune, Oetrange and Sandweiler-Contern. The track also passes through Moutfort and Milbech however there are no stations to serve the area. Typically Oetrange is served by 2 regional trains an hour to Luxembourg westbound and one to Wittlich and one to Wasserbillig eastbound. Sandweiler-Contern also sees an hourly semi-fast service from Luxembourg to Trier/Koblenz. In addition to line 30 there is a junction in Oetrange to CFL Line 4 which runs through Moutfort and out of the commune towards Fentange and Berchem on CFL Line 60. This line is a freight line used by trains to bypass Luxembourg city centre. It seese no regular passenger service unless the line between Luxembourg and Oetrange is closed for engineering works.[40][41]

 Rail transport initially reached the commune in 1861 when what would become CFL Line 30 was built by Guillaume-Luxembourg. Both stations in the commune today were opened then.[42][43]

Air

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The nearest airport to Contern is Luxembourg Airport, located a few miles north of the commune.[44]

Municipality and governance

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Contern is a commune which has a local government and therefore a mayor and council, elections are held every 6 years alongside all 99 other Luxembourgish Communes.[45] The Mayor is currently Marion Zovilé-Braquet.[46]

Elections

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Electoral system

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As Contern has a population between 3000 and 5999 it elects a total of 11 councillors, including 2 Aldermen and the mayor. Additionally as a result of having a population over 3000, municipal elections are held using proportional representation. Participation is mandatory for Luxembourgish citizens and unlike in general elections, non-Luxembourgish European Union Citizens are permitted to vote granted they have valid residency.[47]

The Mayor is elected and is put in charge of municipal staff, administration, infrastructure, security, emergency services, communications, relations with other communes, schools and sport. In addition they're also in charge of the "le college Echevinal" and of the Municipal Council.[46]

The college Echevinal consists of the Mayor and their 2 advisors who are all put in charge of different things. The 1st alderman is put in charge of Mobility, Weather, Fairtrade etc.. The 2nd alderman is put in charge of the environment, finances, agriculture, etc...[48][49]

The Municipal Council consists of 11 elected members including the 2 aldermen, the mayor and 8 councilors, they are the legislators of the municipality. Meetings happen roughly every 3 months, take place in the town hall and are public unless otherwise stated.[50]

Elections in Contern occur on 3 levels. The Municipal elections are held for the local government exclusively within Contern however Contern also acts as an electoral ward for national legislative elections and for elections for the European Parliament.

National legislative elections

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2023 National Election by Party[51]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 13406 36.57
2 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 8646 23.68
3 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 4066 11,09
4 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 3709 10.12
5 Alternative Democratic Reform Party

Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei

ADR National conservatism Right-wing to far-right 2298 6.27
6 Pirate Party Luxembourg

Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg

PPLU Pirate politics 2240 6.11
7[52] Focus

Fokus

FOK Pragmatism Centre 1103 3.01
8 The Left

Déi Lénk

DL Democratic socialism Left-wing 844 2.30
9 Liberté - Fräiheet! [lb]

Liberté - Fräiheet!

LF Right-wing populism Right-wing to far-right 293 0.80
10 Communist Party of Luxembourg

Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg

KPL Communism Far-left 58 0.16
2023 National Election by Candidate[51]
List

No.

Party Candidate Votes %
1 CSV Luc Frieden 1147
2 DP Xavier Bettel 979
3 CSV Elisabeth Margue 882
4 CSV Paul Galles 774
5 CSV Marc Lies 756
6 CSV Claude Wiseler 749
7 CSV Serge Wilmes 744
8 CSV Diane Adehm 678
9 DP Yuriko Backes 677
10 CSV Vincent Reding 619
11 CSV Maurice Bauer 611
12 CSV Alex Donnersbach 602
13 CSV Laurent Mosar 591
14 DP Lydie Polfer 556
15 CSV Lynn Frank 550
16 CSV Alain De Bourcy 544
17 CSV Natalie Silva 542
18 CSV Emilie Costantini 540
19 CSV Laurent Braun 536
20 CSV Marie Laure Goeres 517
21 CSV Jean-Marie Hoffmann 512
22 CSV Abby Toussaint 509
23 CSV Marthe Scharfe 507
24 CSV Danira Mustafic 496
25 DG Sam Tanson 490
26 DP Gérard Schockmel 451
PPLU Sven Clement
28 DP Corinne Cahen 447
29 DP Patrick Goldschmidt 415
30 DP Claude Lamberty 409
31 DP Simone Beissel 399
32 DP Guy Arendt 372
33 DP Frank Colabianchi 362
34 DP Anne Kaiffer 359
DG Francoise Bausch
36 LSAP Franz Fayot 355
37 DP Stéphanie Obertin 353
38 DP Corine Courtois 348
39 DP Raphael Stacchiotti 344
40 LSAP Francine Closener 327
41 DP Martine Dieschburg-Nickels 318
42 DP Alexandre De Toffol 316
43 DP Jana Degrott 315
44 DP Sylvia Camarda 314
45 DP Michel Malherbe 306
DP Monique Smit-Thus
47 DP Nicolas Wurth 300
48 LSAP Claire Delcourt 259
49 DG Djuna Bernard 223
50 FOK Frank Engel 221
51 DG Francois Benoy 214
52 LSAP Cécile Hemmen 208
53 ADR Tom Weidig 205
54 LSAP Fabienne Dimmer 204
55 LSAP Jean-Claude Schmit 202
56 LSAP Romain Nati 198
57 LSAP Régis Moes 185
58 DG Jessie Thill 181
59 LSAP Olivier Bichel 178
60 ADR Alex Penning 176
LSAP Gabriel Boisanté
62 LSAP Monique Feltgen 174
63 LSAP Marguy Kirch-Hirtt 173
LSAP Maxime Miltgen
65 LSAP Ben Baus 170
66 DG Jean-Marc Cloos 168
67 DG Cecelia Beirao 165
68 LSAP Susanna Van Tonder 163
69 LSAP David Viaggi 158
70 LSAP Jeff Herr 157
71 PPLU Mandy Arendt 156
DL David Wagner
73 LSAP Rita Velaquez-Lungui 154
74 DG Nicolas Hentgen 152
75 DG Charles Margue 150
76 DG Fabricio Costa 149
77 LSAP Marvin Caldarella Weis 147
78 LSAP Paul Klensch 145
DG Claudie Reyland
80 DG Gaby Damjankovic 142
81 DG Paul Zens 140
82 DG Anna Tieben 139
83 DG Christa Brommel 135
84 DG Nora Forgirini 132
85 DG Jojo De Vries 130
86 DG Stephen De Ron 128
87 DG Anne-Marie Linden 125
88 DG Gilles Losch 123
89 ADR Marc Adamy 122
90 DG Armand Kremer 119
91 ADR Yves Boden 110
92 ADR André Faber 109
93 ADR Nicky Stoffel 107
94 FOK Marc Ruppert 106
95 PPLU Lucy Agostini 103
96 ADR Marie Therese Fuchs 102
97 ADR Alphonse Conrardy 101
ADR Marco Jakoby
99 ADR Krystyna Gawlik 100
ADR Maksymillian Woloszylo
101 ADR Simon Pierrot 99
PPLU Jerry Weyer
103 ADR David Gawlik 98
ADR Tracy Macri
105 ADR Nadejda Muller-Trotsenko 96
106 ADR Goulnora Soultanova 95
PPLU Tommy Klein
108 ADR Lawrence Wolff-Weiss 94
109 ADR Gabriel Bleser 93
110 PPLU Josiane Engel 92
ADR Taylor King
ADR Marie-Andrée Schanen-Faber
113 ADR Serge Joachheim 91
114 PPLU Jean Heuschling 90
115 PPLU Kim Chang Hoffmann 89
116 PPLU Jo Wampach 88
PPLU Thierry Zoller
118 PPLU Michel Karp 86
119 PPLU Nadine Do Carmo Freitas 85
120 PPLU Roberta Zuge 84
121 PPLU Mathis Godefroid 83
122 PPLU Rebecca Lau 82
123 PPLU Jil Michels 79
124 PPLU Na Shi Bic 76
125 PPLU Boris Liedtke 74
PPLU Jelena Mijatovic
127 PPLU Marcel Laschette 73
128 DL Ana Correia Da Veiga 67
129 FOK Max Maller 60
130 FOK Micky Maller 59
131 LF Roy Reding 49
132 FOK Cedric Bellwald 44
FOK Georges Kieps
134 FOK Micah Dalhem 41
135 FOK Bim Diderich
136 FOK Daniel Miltgen
137 FOK Caroline Quintus 40
138 FOK Francoise Kirch 39
FOK Phillippe Kirch
FOK Laurent Ozkan
141 FOK Camille Feltes 38
LF Bas Schagen
DL Nora Schneider
144 DL Feliz Aluaj 37
DL Conny Merrene
FOK Guilia Jaeger
FOK Eiti Stein
148 FOK Garry Assel 36
FOK Tatevik Manukyan
FOK Julie Schmit
DL Anastasia Iampolskaia
152 DL Joel Delvaux 35
DL Mara Steiber
FOK Sean Klein
155 FOK Fiona Schreiner 34
DL Guy Foetz
DL Nathalie Reuland
158 DL Liette Bissen 33
DL Cleo Thoma
160 DL Laurent Baumgarten 32
DL Olivier Moes
DL Lucia Rubino
DL Christine Silva
164 DL Michel Erlpelding 31
165 DL Hany Heshmat 30
166 DL Lukas Held 29
DL Pierre Turquin
168 DL Antoni Montserrat Moliner 26
169 LB Romain Terzer 21
170 LB Chantal Reinert 19
171 LB David Bettendorf 17
LB Georges Schweich
173 LB Beatrice Clément 14
LB Jos Didier
175 LB Yvette Kahlen 11
LB Henri Turk
LB Laura Veira Neves
178 KPL Alain Herman 9
179 LB Berthe Elcheroth 8
180 LB Gian Franco Fortunaso 7
LB Nico Glod
LB Nicole Grosges
LB Sonja Holper
LB Mirza Cibele Lima Rodrigues
LB Patrick Olm
LB Frank Scheer
LB Stéphanie Volz
LB Jean-Paul Walisch
189 KPL Joseph Gudenburg 6
190 KPL Roland Wolff 4
191 KPL Carole Bestgen 3
KPL Getrude Rucket-Meiser
KPL Silvia Tiberi
196 KPL Venanzo Bartocci 2
KPL Pascal Cuica
KPL Mars Eusani
KPL Gilles Fischbach
KPL Jordy Fuchs
KPL Michel Ginsbach
KPL Romance Goulleven
KPL Enrique Guerrero
KPL Patrick Kleeblatt
KPL Mohammed Mait-Rabbi
KPL Anne Peiffer
KPL Senad Ramdedovic
KPL Marie-Jeanne Reckinger
KPL Alphonse Walers
KPL Pierre Willkomm
2018 National Election by Party[53]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 12365 36.78
2 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 6412 19.07
3 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 5222 15.53
4 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 4299 12.79
5 Alternative Democratic Reform Party

Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei

ADR National conservatism Right-wing to far-right 2297 6.83
6 Pirate Party Luxembourg

Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg

PPLU Pirate politics 1444 4.30
7 The Left

Déi Lénk

DL Democratic socialism Left-wing 1357 4.04
8 Communist Party of Luxembourg

Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg

KPL Communism Far-left 165 0.49
9 Democracy

Demokratie

59 0.18
2013 National Election by Party[54]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 11644 36.80
2 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 7359 23.26
4 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 5461 17.26
3 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 3354 10.6
5 Alternative Democratic Reform Party

Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei

ADR National conservatism Right-wing to far-right 1532 4.84
6 The Left

Déi Lénk

DL Democratic socialism Left-wing 1019 3.22
7 Pirate Party Luxembourg

Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg

PPLU Pirate politics 884 2.79
8 Communist Party of Luxembourg

Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg

KPL Communism Far-left 210 0.66
9 Party for Full Democracy (PID)

Partei fir Integral Demokratie

PID Right Wing 187 0.57
2009 National Election by Party[55]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 11989 40.11
2 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 5673 18.98
4 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 5636 18.86
3 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 3354 10.6
5 Alternative Democratic Reform Party

Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei

ADR National conservatism Right-wing to far-right 1732 5.79
6 The Left

Déi Lénk

DL Democratic socialism Left-wing 838 2.80
7 Communist Party of Luxembourg

Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg

KPL Communism Far-left 170 0.57
2004 National Election by Party[56]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 10130 35.76
2 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 6359 22.45
3 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 4580 17.12
4 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 3599 12.70
5 Alternative Democratic Reform Party

Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei

ADR National conservatism Right-wing to far-right 2777 9.80
6 The Left

Déi Lénk

DL Democratic socialism Left-wing 347 1.22
7 Communist Party of Luxembourg

Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg

KPL Communism Far-left 268 0.95
1999 National Election by Party[57]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 7330 28.84
2 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 7090 27.90
3 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 4324 17.02
4 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 2653 10.44
5 Alternative Democratic Reform Party

Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei

ADR National conservatism Right-wing to far-right 2381 9.37
6 The Left

Déi Lénk

DL Democratic socialism Left-wing 798 3.14
7 The Taxpayer

De Steierzueler

Neoliberalism Right-Wing 465 1.83
8 Green and Liberal Alliance

Gréng a Liberal Allianz

GAL Green politics Centre-left 374 1.47
1994 National Election by Party[58]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 6532 26.98
2 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 6381 26.36
3 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 4516 18.66
4 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 3327 13.74
5 Alternative Democratic Reform Party

Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei

ADR National conservatism Right-wing to far-right 1970 8.14
6 National Movement

National Bewegung

Far-right 592 2.45
7 Group for the Sovereignty of Luxembourg

Groupement fir d’Lëtzebuerger Souveränitéit

GLS Nationalism 362 1.50
8 Communist Party of Luxembourg

Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg

KPL Communism Far-left 223 0.92
9 Neutral and Independent Human Rights Party

Neutral an onofhängeg Mënscherechterpartei

NOMP 161 0.67
10 Party for Regional and Real Politics

Partei fir regional a réel Politik

PRP 143 0.59

European parliamentary elections

[edit]
2024 European Election by Party[59]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 2885 25.92
2 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 2519 22.63
3 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 2143 19.25
4 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 1623 14.58
5 Alternative Democratic Reform Party

Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei

ADR National conservatism Right-wing to far-right 981 8.81
6 Pirate Party Luxembourg

Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg

PPLU Pirate politics 354 3.18
7[52] Focus

Fokus

FOK Pragmatism Centre 185 1.66
8 The Left

Déi Lénk

DL Democratic socialism Left-wing 844 2.30
9 Volt Luxembourg

Volt Lëtzebuerg

VOLT European Liberalism Centre-left to Left-wing 127 1.14
10 We The People [lb]

Mir d'Vollek

MV Anti-Establishment Right-wing 48 0.43
11 The Conservatives

dei Konservativ

DK Conservatism Right-wing 41 0.37
12 Communist Party of Luxembourg

Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg

KPL Communism Far-left 35 0.31
13 Together - the Bridge [lb]

Zesummen – d’Bréck

ZB Internationalism Left-Wing 15 0.13

Municipal elections

[edit]
2023 Municipal Election by Party[60]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Political Position Votes Seats
Total +/- % +/-% Total +/- % +/-%
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 9130 Increase1028 44.25 Decrease0.27 5 Steady 45.45 Steady
2 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 5042 Increase1953 24.44 Increase7.47 3 Increase1 27.27 Increase9.10
3 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 3551 Decrease466 17.12 Decrease4.95 2 Steady 18.18 Steady
4 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 2909 Decrease82 10.12 Decrease6.31 1 Decrease1 9.10 Decrease9.10
Total 20632 Increase2433 100 Steady 100 Steady 100 Steady
2023 Municipal Election by Candidate[60]
List

No.

Party Candidate Votes %
1 CSV Marion Zoville-Braquet 1444 7.00
2 CSV Jim Schmitz 1074 5.21
3 CSV Tom Jungblut 1014 4.91
4 CSV Digi Di Genova 956 4.63
5 DP Dali Zhu 834 4.04
6 CSV Marc Entringer 827 4.01
7 CSV Yves Loose 669 3.24
8 CSV Liss Schumacher 659 3.19
9 CSV Noah Rodrigues 651 3.16
10 CSV Natalie Schlesser 643 3.12
11 CSV Marco Schmit 606 2.94
12 DP Eric Eifes 590 2.86
13 CSV Jasmine Kamran 587 2.85
14 DG Ari Arrensdorff 585 2.84
15 DP Robert Axmann 479 2.32
16 LSAP Stephanie Ansay 475 2.30
17 DP Ernest Pirch 428 2.07
18 LSAP Claire Delcourt 428 2.07
19 DP Charles Muller 426 2.06
20 DP Pia Diderich 411 1.99
21 DP Rose-Marie Arcanger 407 1.97
22 DP Patrick Elsen 397 1.92
23 DP Cynthia Gansauer 384 1.86
24 DP Marie-Anne Kolback-Hoffmann 358 1.74
25 LSAP Geoffrey Thierie 350 1.70
26 DP Meho Bajrami 328 1.59
27 LSAP Pol Thome
28 LSAP Martina Brandenburger 321 1.56
29 LSAP Salia Bodian 308 1.49
30 LSAP Astrid Lagoda 301 1.46
31 DG Lydie Arrensdorff-Dumont 290 1.41
32 LSAP Cecilia Quirke 284 1.38
33 LSAP Antonia Caetano Pina
34 DG Ewald Röll 270 1.31
35 DG Anna Fox 251 1.22
36 LSAP Elizabeth Schrobiltgen 248 1.20
37 DG Toinon Hann-Schmit 244 1.18
38 DG Eric Corrignan
39 LSAP Darina Cochrane 224 1.09
40 DG Natalie Ebert 222 1.08
41 DG Anja Cutler 220 1.07
42 DG Frederic Just 208 1.01
43 DG Alina Rachieru 188 0.91
44 DG Thierry Cutler 187
2017 Municipal Election by Party[61]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 8102 44.52
2 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 4017 22.07
3 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 3089 16.97
4 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 2991 16.43
2017 Municipal Election by Candidate[61]
List

No.

Party Candidate Votes %
1 CSV Marion Zoville-Braquet 1214 6.67
2 CSV Jim Schmitz 1158 6.36
3 LSAP Fernand Schiltz 1038 5.70
4 CSV Digi Di Genova 906 4.98
5 CSV Laurent Lakaff 804 4.41
6 CSV Tom Jungblut 760 4.18
7 CSV Carlo Boulanger 689 3.79
8 DG Ari Arrensdorff 597 3.28
9 CSV Liss Schumacher 567 3.12
10 CSV Yve Loose 548 3.01
11 CSV Marco Schmit 537 2.95
12 DG Claude Schmit 507 2.79
13 DP Guy Lorent 488 2.68
14 CSV Micheline Feilen-Brisbois 474 2.60
15 CSV Marie-France Back-Pelaie 445 2.45
16 LSAP Olivier Unsen 400 2.20
17 LSAP Patrick Weymerskirch 390 2.14
18 DP Eric Eifes 382 2.01
19 DP Dali Zhu 346 1.90
20 DP Kim Arsene 342 1.88
21 LSAP Geoffrey Thierie 326 1.79
22 DG Laurie Wolter 301 1.65
23 LSAP Edmund Nicolay 295 1.62
24 LSAP Astrid Lagoda 294
25 LSAP Danielle Kies 282 1.55
26 LSAP Martina Brandenburger 268 1.47
27 LSAP Elizabeth Cordova Carnero 262 1.44
28 DP Patrick Elsen 259 1.42
29 DP Pia Diderich 247 1.36
DG Muriel Moritz
31 DP Sandra Lorent 240 1.32
32 DG Ewall Roll 236 1.30
33 LSAP Annika Holst 231 1.27
LSAP Birgitte Holst
35 DG Lydie Arrens 225 1.24
36 DP Rose-Marie Arcanger 213 1.17
37 DP Marie-Anne Kolbach-Hoffman 204 1.12
38 DP Vitor Dos Santos 203
39 DG Anna Fox 194 1.01
40 DG Stephanie Weis 188 1.03
41 DG Thierry Coutelier 183 1.01
42 DG Fréderic Juste 169 0.93
43 DP Romaine Krischel-Kahlen 165 0.91
44 DG Sylvain Classen 145 0.80
2011 Municipal Election by Party[62]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 5993 32.48
2 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 5001 27.10
3 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 4424 23.97
4 The Greens

Déi Gréng

DG Green politics Centre-left 3036 16.45
2011 Municipal Election by Candidate[62]
List

No.

Party Candidate Votes %
1 CSV Jim Schmitz 1405
2 LSAP Fernand Schiltz 1095
3 CSV Marion Zoville-Braquet 898
4 DP Jean-Marie Mangen 876
5 LSAP Philo Guenther-Marx 702
6 CSV Jean-Pierre di Genova 670
7 LSAP Marcel Zeimes 627
8 DP Guy Lorent 562
9 DP Eric Eiffes 549
10 CSV Laurent Lakaff 543
11 DP Arsene Kihm 519
12 DP Alexandre Krieps 506
13 DG Ari Arrensdorff 477
14 DG Claude Schmit 417
15 CSV Marco Schmit 407
16 DP Carlo Hermann 403
17 DP Lydia Alegria 370
18 CSV Marie-France Back-Pelaie 362
19 DP Tom Jungblut 360
20 LSAP Fernand Entringer 355
CSV Roland Reicher
22 DG Yoland Kox 354
23 CSV Bernadette Krack 351
24 CSV Pascal Lullingen 349
25 CSV Josiane Braun-Beauchaud 340
26 DP Pia Diderich 316
27 CSV Myriam Hames-Muller 313
28 DP Romaine Krischel-Kahlen 301
29 DG Ewald Roll 300
30 LSAP Olivier Unsen 294
31 DG Lydie Arrensdorff-Dumont 279
32 LSAP Marco Suman 265
33 DP Steve Thull 239
34 LSAP Vladimir Garboutchev 237
35 LSAP Marc Cloos 225
LSAP Isabelle Tunc
37 DG Thierry Coutelier 220
38 DG Yves Dieschbourg 207
39 DG Yves Zolfer 203
LSAP Edith Reckinger
41 DG Lilianne Grethen 200
42 DG Sylvain Classen 198
43 LSAP Birgitte Holst 196
44 DG John Lorentz 181
2005 Municipal Election by Party[63]
List

No.

Name Abbr, Ideology Political Position Votes %
1 Democratic Party

Demokratesch Partei

DP Liberalism Centre to centre-right 5525 33.96
2 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party

Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei

LSAP Social democracy Centre-left 5468 33.61
3 Christian Social People's Party

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei

CSV Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 5277 32.43
2005 Municipal Election by Candidate[63]
List

No.

Party Candidate Votes %
1 LSAP Fernand Schiltz 1171
2 CSV Jim Schmitz 1129
3 CSV Jean Sauber 840
4 DP Jean-Marie Mangen 832
5 DP Constant Goergen 799
6 DP Alexandre Krieps 701
7 LSAP Roland Schiel 671
8 LSAP Philo Gunther-Marx 597
9 DP Aresene Kihm 587
10 DP Guy Lorent 582
11 DP Eric Eiffes 559
12 CSV Lilly Schmit-Eischen 555
13 LSAP Michelle Reuter 551
14 CSV Marion Zoville-Braquet 511
15 LSAP Marcel Zeimes 471
16 LSAP Fernand Entringer 461
17 CSV Nico Dusseldorf 448
18 CSV Marc Schleck 414
19 DP Marie-Anne Kolbach-Hoffmann 360
20 DP Brigitte Hilbert-Henx 356
21 LSAP Danny Deville 341
22 LSAP Christian Loor 328
23 LSAP Marco Hames 315
24 LSAP Edith Reckinger 314
25 CSV Marco Schmit 310
26 CSV Nico Klein 304
27 CSV Marcel Hoffmann 301
28 DP Pia Diderich 272
29 DP David Reicher 270
30 LSAP Roy Kierch 248
31 CSV Bernadette Reisen-Krack 237
32 CSV Marie-France Back-Pelaié 228
33 DP Alan Pfister 207

Services

[edit]
The school in Oetrange

Education

[edit]

The commune owns and runs a school in the southwest of the town. The commune is delegated with the task of ensuring that Government Mandated Education is enforced, the education budget is controlled, and that the school buses linking the rest of the commune with the school are operational. Many local residents, particularly of secondary school, tend to have their education outside the commune.[64][65] There's also a school in Oetrange.

Financial

[edit]

The Communal Revenue department manages Contern's taxation, dept and accounting.

Emergency services

[edit]

Contern is not home to any Hospitals, Medical Clinics, Police Stations or Fire Stations and must rely on neighbouring communes for such services.[66]

Waste collection

[edit]
Zone industrial « Op Dem keller » where the dump is located
Zone industrial « Op Dem keller » where the dump is located

Waste Collection is managed and run by the commune of Contern. There is a simple system of when garbage trucks come, what they pick up each day, and how much it all costs. The dump is located in the Op Dem Keller industrial zone in Munsbach and is shared with the commune of Shuttrange.[67]

Urban planning

[edit]

Contern's urban planning is run by its urban planning department. They control and manage building permits and requests. There's a 2 tier system for any form of construction or Landscaping. There's the minor intervention for small construction projects such as minor landscaping, street and sidewalk construction and the building of wells and outdoor facilities. Then there's the major interventions for construction or extension of new housing or office space, or modifications to the structure or load-bearings of existing infrastructure.[68]

Other

[edit]

The commune also offers services for reception, revenue, technical and communications.[69]

Social component

[edit]

Contern is in partnership with the communes in Schuttrange and Weiler-La-Tour with whom they share a social office in Moutfort.[70]

Contern endeavours to get the entire population to speak a large variety of languages. Many Local Children speak Luxembourgish, French, German and even English. The commune wishes to spread the speaking of all these languages to everyone in their boundaries, assisted heavily by their Luxembourgish Courses.[71]

Luxembourgish has been on the rise recently, with many documents being posted in Luxembourgish, sometimes exclusively, the commune of Contern is encouraging learning of the national language through courses set up exclusively by them. Courses occur yearly and are encouraged due to the large immigrant population of the commune.[72]

Municipality

[edit]

The commune of Contern operates many of the services of its designated area.[73] The commune runs multiple buildings such as the Town Hall, Municipal Workshop, Social office, etc.[74] It also issues many public documents available online and job applications to work for the commune directly are possible, even for people as young as 16.[75][76] All new regulations made the by the commune are also available in PDF form online.[77] The human resources department service is responsible for managing Municipal jobs, this includes jobs for students aged 16 and over during the summer.[78] The commune also offers the "cost of living allowance." It comes from the FNS and can be applied for so long as the decision is enclosed with the SNSF agreement. Like many other things it has a PDF to accompany with, which is supposed to be filled in.[79] There's also a separate National Fund for Low income citizens, the total sum is determined mostly by their household.[80]

WIFI4EU

[edit]

Contern has worked with the European Commission to bring publicly available WI-FI to certain areas of the commune. These include both the site of the former school and parts of the current one, Prince Charles Park in Oetrange, the park in Moutfort and the Cultural Centre in Medingen. These by no coincidence, are all located within the 4 main settlements in Contern. There are potentially more areas which meet the criteria set by the European Commission to warrant a new hotspot but none are planned for the moment. WIFI4EU is by no means unique to Contern.[81]

Coat of arms

[edit]
The Coat of Arms

Description

[edit]

The Contern Coat of arms is "Argent a fess wavy Gules charged with three triangles also wavy Or, said fess accompanied in chief by a cross anchored Gules, at the base of a shell Sable."[82]

The commune of Contern received its coat of arms on 26 July 1982. These are coats of arms in the shape of a shield divided into three parts, one for each village of the municipality.

  • The upper part shows a cross derived from the coat of arms of the lords of Larochette who owned Contern from 1534 to 1731.
  • The bars come from the coat of arms of the Grandpré family, lords of Roussy, who were the owners of the villages of Moutfort, Medingen and Pleitrange. The bars undulate to represent the River Syre which runs through the town.
  • The lower part shows a shell derived from the coat of arms of the Metternich family to which Oetrange belonged.[82]

Usage

[edit]

The Contern Coat of arms is used all over the commune, on the flag, outside official buildings, even on the wheelie bins. Its distinctive looks and colour make it easy to spot.

Shopping

[edit]

Contern is home to a large number of small businesses which local residents can do their shopping at. This is not only restricted to settlements as the industrial zone is home to the only Big Box Store in the commune. The other stores consist of but are not limited to grocery stores, drink shops and bakeries. Contern also has a variety of hair salons and pharmacies. Most of these are concentrated around Moutfort due to the E29 main road slicing the town in twain. The commune is full of mixed use development hence why shops although occasionally found in dedicated shopping districts, are still just as often in residential areas.[83]

Culture, sport and leisure

[edit]

There are many cultural centres in Contern all of which have their own events. They are Chapel Street in Medingen, Moutfort Cultural and Sports Centre, Oetrange Cultural Centre, and "An Henks" Cultural Centre in Contern.[84] There are a total 7 different monuments in Contern, dotted across the various towns and serving different purposes. There are 3 different war memorials, one it Contern itself, one it Oetrange and one in Moutfort. In Moutfort there is another monument to the liberators in Luxembourg, and in Oetrange there is a white bridge named Liberation Bridge. There are 2 smaller monuments, one in the industrial zone, and one more in Moutfort.[85]

The Comic Strip Festival is a festival that was started by a man named Daniel Grun and has been going since 1994. It was the first of its kind in the country although that no longer stays true to this day.[86] It is known as BD Contern.[87]

Appelfest is an annual Autumn festival that happens in Contern, near the Gemeng. It is very well known amongst the locals and every year before happening has banners placed on the lampposts on the streets entering the town and has road signs pointing to it to inform everyone when it is happening.

End of Winter Bonfire 2022
Close up of the Bonfire

Every year in March at a relatively random date, in the south-west of Contern near Hoehenhof on a small trail, a large bonfire is made and the local residents are invited to a gathering. This is a historic tradition to "burn away the winter" and say hello to spring. It has been going before mass adoption of the Christian Calendar hence does not take place the same day every year. In 2022 it took place on 5 March.

There are many cultural events which happen in Contern.[88] For younger people there are a number of small play areas dotted around the commune.[89][90] There is also the Yearly Christmas March, which will take place on 4–5 December in 2022.

There are many local festivals and events that happen in Contern, including Integration Week, Day of Sporting and Cultural Merit, Environment Week, Commemoration Day and many more.[91]

Autopedestrians is a series of hiking/biking paths which are mapped out by the commune to increase use and decrease risk. There are 7 in total, all of which are clearly marked and labelled, with maps available online.[92] Some of them leave the commune at times, while most only go between towns in Contern.[93][94]

Contern has many cycle paths that are part of Regional or National collaboration. There are also many unmarked gravel or paved paths which are mostly dedicated to cyclists all across the commune. This includes many paths linking hamlets such as Faerschthaff so that their tractors can access the farm more easily. Motor vehicles excluding tractors are banned from all these paths, but they are open to cyclists.[95]

There are a number of basketball courts and football fields within and just outside the commune. There is also a children's Football Club with a full size playing field located at Moutfort. It is the "Union Sportif Moutfort-Medingen" or USMM for short, set up in 1937. It attracts people not just from Contern but also the neighbouring communes.[96]

Contern is also home to many public courts for Multisports and Petanque.[97][98] The nearest swimming pool is regional, outside of the commune entirely in Nideranven.[99]

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