Flaxweiler

Flaxweiler
Fluessweiler
Commune

Coat of arms

Map of Luxembourg with Flaxweiler highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°39′55″N 6°20′35″E / 49.6653°N 6.3431°E / 49.6653; 6.3431Coordinates: 49°39′55″N 6°20′35″E / 49.6653°N 6.3431°E / 49.6653; 6.3431
Country  Luxembourg
Canton Grevenmacher
Government
 • Mayor Théo Weirich
Area
 • Total 30.17 km2 (11.65 sq mi)
Area rank 23rd of 102
Highest elevation 387 m (1,270 ft)
 • Rank 64th of 102
Lowest elevation 208 m (682 ft)
 • Rank 29th of 102
Population (2014)
 • Total 1,890
 • Rank 69th of 102
 • Density 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Density rank 81st of 102
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2 LU00007003
Website flaxweiler.lu

Flaxweiler (Luxembourgish: Fluessweiler) is a commune and small town in south-eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher.

As of 2001, the town of Flaxweiler, which lies in the north-west of the commune, has a population of 338. Other towns within the commune include Beyren, Gostingen, Niederdonven, and Oberdonven.

The Mayor of Flaxweiler is the chief executive of the administration of the Luxembourgish commune of Flaxweiler. The incumbent mayor is Théo Weirich.

List of former mayors

NameStartEnd
Michel Metzdorf18061810
Pierre Stemper18101812
Jean Nielles18131816
François Strasser18161819
Jean Huberty18191825
Jean Peters (first time)18251830
Michel Pettinger (first time)18301839
Jean Peters (second time)18401848
Michel Pettinger (second time)18481854
Jean-Pierre Huberty18541867
Michel Engel18671876
Antoine Boss18761887
Adolphe Musquar18891895
Jean Molitor18951928
Michel Schritz19291944[note 1]
Jean Sturm19451945
Edouard Steffes19461965
Eugène Kauffmann19661970
Roger Lenert19702005
Théo Weirich2005present (re-elected 2011)[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Mayor in name only under Nazi occupation (1940 - 1944)

References

  1. ↑ "Bestätigung für Théo Weirich" (in German). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg: Lëtzebuerger Journal. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  • Media related to Flaxweiler at Wikimedia Commons
  • (in French) Official website
  • "Flaxweiler - Découvrir la commune" (in French). Commune of Flaxweiler. Retrieved 25 August 2012.


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