English - Luxembourg
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Territory<br />
Geographical survey<br />
Area<br />
Total area of the Grand Duchy 2586 km 2 100%<br />
Area of the two natural regions<br />
in the north: Oesling 828 km 2 32%<br />
in the south: Gutland (Good-country) 1758 km 2 68%<br />
Territorial dimensions North-South East-West<br />
Maximum 82 km 57 km<br />
Length of the border<br />
Total lenght<br />
with France<br />
with Germany<br />
with Belgium<br />
Altitudes<br />
Maximum (Wilwerdange)<br />
Minimum (Wasserbillig)<br />
<strong>Luxembourg</strong>-City<br />
356 km<br />
73 km<br />
135 km<br />
148 km<br />
560 m<br />
130 m<br />
300 m<br />
Land use<br />
1972 1990 2000 2010 2011<br />
in %<br />
Total area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0<br />
Agricultural and wooded area 93.2 91.8 87.4 85.7 85.5<br />
Built-up area 3.1 4.3 8.1 9.3 9.5<br />
of which: industrial area and other … … 2.7 3.0 3.1<br />
Road-net, railway network, etc. 3.2 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.4<br />
Watercourses and waterbody 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6<br />
Climate<br />
Climate in <strong>Luxembourg</strong>-City<br />
Average 1981-2010 January April July October 12 months<br />
Temperature (in °C)<br />
Average 1.2 8.7 18.4 9.5 9.4<br />
Maximum 6.2 25.6 35.8 23.5 21.6<br />
Minimum -10.4 -4.1 6.5 -1.7 -2.6<br />
Relative humidity (in %) 87.0 60.0 58.0 86.0 77.3<br />
Hours of sunshine 18.0 218.0 197.0 161.0 1588.0<br />
Rainfall (in mm) 25.9 14.9 47.9 40.5 733.2<br />
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