Luxembourg

Luxembourg

AREA	2586 sq km (999 sq miles).
POPULATION	423,700 (1998).
POPULATION DENSITY	163.8 per sq km.
CAPITAL	Luxembourg-Ville.
CAPITAL POPULATION	79,500 (1998).
GEOGRAPHY	The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg shares borders to the north and west with Belgium, to the south with France and to the east with Germany. One-third of the country is made up of the hills and forests of the Ardennes, while the rest is wooded farmland. In the southeast is the rich wine-growing valley of Moselle. The capital, Luxembourg-Ville, is built on a rock overlooking the Alzette and Petrusse valleys.
GOVERNMENT	Constitutional monarchy. Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union and the only Grand Duchy in the world. Head of State: Grand Duke Jean since 1964. Head of Government: Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker since 1995.
LANGUAGE	Lëtzeburgesch, a German-Moselle-Frankish dialect, became the officially recognised national language in 1984. French and German are generally used for administrative and commercial purposes. Many Luxembourgers also speak English.
RELIGION	91% Roman Catholic, with Protestant, Anglican and Jewish minorities.
STANDARD TIME	GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October).

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