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Luxembourg 🇱🇺

Luxembourg is a country in Europe with a population of 647,599. Its capital is Luxembourg. The official currency is EUR, and the main languages are Luxembourgish, French, German.

Quick facts

  • Capital: Luxembourg
  • Continent: Europe
  • Population: 647,599
  • Area: 2,586 km²
  • Density: 250 people per km²
  • Currency: EUR
  • Languages: Luxembourgish, French, German
  • ISO code: LU

Where Luxembourg sits

Luxembourg 🇱🇺 is one of 46 countries in Europe, with its capital at Luxembourg. It covers 2,586 square kilometres — 170th in the world — and is home to about 647,599 people, 165th globally.

The countries it shares a continent with include Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.

How Luxembourg compares

Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Luxembourg sits closest to Montenegro and Suriname. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Samoa and Mauritius.

At 250 people per square kilometre it is about 4.2 times the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by population than by area, so it is more crowded than its size alone suggests.

Luxembourgish is listed as official in Luxembourg alone. The EUR is shared with 25 other countries, including Andorra, Austria and Belgium, and 22 others.

To see Luxembourg next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.

How to remember Luxembourg

Luxembourg is the country and Luxembourg City is the capital, built where the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers meet. For the flag: red-white-blue like the Netherlands, but with a paler, sky-coloured blue.

The flag of Luxembourg: red, white and light blue

🇱🇺 The flag is three equal horizontal stripes of red, white and light blue. The colours come from the coat of arms of the Grand Duke. The flag is very like the Dutch flag, but Luxembourg's blue is lighter.

Region and neighbours

Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east and France to the south. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Belgium, Germany and France. Luxembourg is landlocked, with no coast on the open ocean.

Three facts about Luxembourg

  1. Luxembourg is the world's only remaining sovereign grand duchy, ruled by a grand duke.
  2. In 2020 Luxembourg became the first country in the world to make public transport free nationwide.
  3. The old city of Luxembourg and its fortifications are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sources: Wikipedia: Luxembourg, Wikipedia: Flag of Luxembourg, Wikipedia: Luxembourg City, CIA World Factbook.

Quiz yourself on Luxembourg

Quizzes that include Luxembourg

Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Luxembourg those are:

Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the colours of the Luxembourg flag?

The flag of Luxembourg is three equal horizontal stripes of red, white and light blue. The colours come from the coat of arms of the Grand Duke. The flag is very like the Dutch flag, but Luxembourg's blue is lighter.

Which countries border Luxembourg?

Luxembourg shares land borders with Belgium, Germany and France.

How can I remember the capital of Luxembourg?

Luxembourg is the country and Luxembourg City is the capital, built where the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers meet. For the flag: red-white-blue like the Netherlands, but with a paler, sky-coloured blue.