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# Luxembourg

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Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Großherzogtum Luxemburg
Grousherzogdem Lëtzebuerg

| Coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(In Detail)

National motto: Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sin (Luxembourgish, We wish to stay what we are)
Official languages | French, German, (Luxembourgish)
Capital | Luxembourg
Grand Duke | Grand Duke Henri
Prime minister | Jean-Claude Juncker
Area - Total - % water | Ranked 166th 2,586 km² Very little
Population - Total (Year) - Density | Ranked 168th 442,972 171/km²
Independence - Declared - Recognised | 1835 May 11, 1867
Currency | Euro(€)¹, Lux. euro coins
Time zone | UTC +1
National anthem | Ons Hémécht
Internet TLD | .LU
(1) Prior to 1999: Luxembourg franc

Luxembourg is a country in Europe. It is a small country. It was one of the first countries in the European Union. The countries next to Luxembourg are Belgium, Germany, and France.

## [edit] History

  963 Luxembourg was founded. Sigefroid, Count of Ardennes, came to own the ruins of an old Roman fort called "Castellum Lucilinburhuc" ("Little Castle") from the monks of the Abbey of St. Maximin in Trier.
  1354 the emperor Charles IV made Luxembourg a duchy.
  1437 there were no people in the ruling family alive. The castle was given to the Hapsburgs.
  1443 Luxembourg was captured by Philip of Burgundy.
  1482 Mary of Burgundy died. Luxembourg was ruled by the Hapsburgs again.
  1795 After the French revolution Luxembourg was taken over by France. It became a département of France.
  1815 Luxembourg became a grand duchy. It was ruled by the king of the Netherlands .
  1815-66 Luxembourg became a member of the German Confederation.
  1890 after the death of William III, Luxembourg passed to the House of Nassau-Weilburg.
  1914-18 Luxembourg was conquered by Germany during World War I.
  1940 The Germans returned during World War II, and in 1942 Luxembourg became part of the Third Reich.
  September 1944 Luxembourg became independent again because the United States Army arrived.
  1945 Luxembourg joined the United Nations
  1957 Luxembourg became one of the first six members of the European Economic Community. That is now called the European Union.

Countries and territories of Europe
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Dependencies: Akrotiri and Dhekelia2 - Faroe Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Jan Mayen - Jersey - Isle of Man - Svalbard
Unrecognised countries: Abkhazia | Nagorno-Karabakh2 | South Ossetia | Transnistria | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus2
1. Country partly in Asia. 2. Geographically in Asia, but often counted as part of Europe for cultural and historical reasons.

Members of the European Union (EU) |
Austria - Belgium - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom

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