Kiischpelt

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Kiischpelt
Kiischpelt
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Wilwerwiltz
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Coordinates: 49°59′31″N6°00′22″E / 49.9919°N 6.0061°E / 49.9919; 6.0061
Country Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Canton Wiltz
Area
  Total33.58 km2 (12.97 sq mi)
  Rank 20th of 100
Highest elevation
498 m (1,634 ft)
  Rank 19th of 100
Lowest elevation
241 m (791 ft)
  Rank 47th of 100
Population
 (2023)
  Total1,260
  Rank 97th of 100
  Density38/km2 (97/sq mi)
   Rank 102nd of 100
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2 LU0000805
Website kiischpelt.lu

Kiischpelt is a commune in northern Luxembourg, in the canton of Wiltz. The commune's administrative centre is Wilwerwiltz.

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Kiischpelt was formed on 1 January 2006 from the former communes of Kautenbach and Wilwerwiltz, both in Wiltz canton. The law creating Kiischpelt was passed on 14 July 2005. [1]

It is the least densely populated commune in Luxembourg.

Populated places

The commune consists of the following villages:

Population

[2]

Footnotes

  1. "Mémorial A, 2005, No. 116" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
  2. "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2022.


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