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Area

2,586 sq km

Population

537,000 inhabitants (44% foreigners)

Languages

Luxembourgish, French and German are national languages
with English widely spoken

Currency

Euro

Political System

Constitutional Monarchy | Parliamentary Democracy

Head of State

HRH Grand Duke Henri

European Union Capital

European Commission Services (Translation, Publications, Statistics) | European Court of Auditors | European Court of Justice | European Investment Bank | European Investment Fund | Secretariat of the European Parliament

Founding member of major international organisations

BENELUX | Council of Europe | European Union | NATO | OECD | United Nations | WTO

Economic highlights

  • An open, diversified, stable economy
  • Top GDP performance
  • Sound macroeconomic fundamentals
  • State-of-the-art infrastructures
  • Excellent connectivity to markets in the EU and worldwide
  • Central location within reach of 80 percent of total EU market in less than a day

Distance from capital to :

  • France: 10 km (Paris 350 km)
  • Germany: 20 km (Frankfurt 275 km)
  • Belgium: 15 km (Brussels 200 km)
  • And just over one hour by plane to:
    London, Milan, Zurich, Munich, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Vienna, Prague
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