Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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Motto: "Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn" (Luxembourgish) "Nous voulons rester ce que nous sommes" (French) "Wir wollen bleiben, was wir sind" (German) "We want to remain what we are" | |
Anthem: "Ons Heemecht" ("Our Homeland") | |
![]() Location of Luxembourg (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark gray) | |
Capital and largest city | Luxembourg City[1] 49°48′52″N 06°07′54″E / 49.81444°N 6.13167°ECoordinates: 49°48′52″N 06°07′54″E / 49.81444°N 6.13167°E |
Official languages | National language: Luxembourgish
Administrative languages: Luxembourgish, French, German[a] |
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Demonym(s) | Luxembourger |
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Henri |
Xavier Bettel | |
Legislature | Chamber of Deputies |
Independence | |
• from the French Empire and elevation to Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | 15 March 1815 |
• Independence in personal Union with the Netherlands (Treaty of London) | 19 April 1839 |
• Reaffirmation of Independence Treaty of London | 11 May 1867 |
• End of personal union with the Kingdom of the Netherlands | 23 November 1890 |
• Occupation during World War I by the German Empire | 1 August 1914 |
• Liberation from the Greater German Reich | 1944 / 1945 |
• Admitted to the United Nations | 24 October 1945 |
1 January 1958 | |
Area | |
• Total | 2,586.4 km2 (998.6 sq mi) (168th) |
• Water (%) | 0.23 (2015)[3] |
Population | |
• March 2021 estimate | ![]() |
• 2011 census | 512,353 |
• Density | 242/km2 (626.8/sq mi) (58th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
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GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
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Gini (2019) | ![]() medium |
HDI (2019) | ![]() very high · 23rd |
Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Note: Although Luxembourg is located in Western European Time/UTC (Z) zone, since 1 June 1904, LMT (UTC+0:24:36) was abandoned and Central European Time/UTC+1 was adopted as standard time,[1] with a +0:35:24 offset (+1:35:24 during DST) from Luxembourg City's LMT. | |
Date format | dd.mm.yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +352 |
ISO 3166 code | LU |
Internet TLD | .lub |
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Luxembourg
Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and largest city, Luxembourg City, is one of the four official capitals of the European Union and the seat of several EU agencies, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its French and German neighbors; while Luxembourgish is legally the only national language of the Luxembourgish people, French and German are used in administrative and judicial matters and jointly considered administrative languages of the country.