Country's codes
International phone code for Luxembourg: +352
Standard EAN-13 (country barcode): 540-549
Olympic country code: LUX
Useful country information
Total area: 998 sq mi (2,585 sq km)
Population (2022 est.): 639,070
Capital and largest city (2022 est.): Luxembourg, 128,514
Luxembourg: Capital City Profile
Monetary unit: Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)
National name: Grand-Duch de Luxembourg
Languages: Luxermbourgish (national) French, German (both administrative)
Ethnicity/race: Luxembourger 63.1%, Portuguese 13.3%, French 4.5%, Italian 4.3%, German 2.3%, other EU 7.3%, other 5.2% (2000 census)
Religions: Roman Catholic 87%; Protestant, Jewish, Islamic 13% (2000)
National Holiday: National Day, June 23
Background:
Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839, but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overrun by Germany in both World Wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and when it joined NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union) and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area.
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