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Capital | Luxembourg |
Government | constitutional monarchy |
Currency | euro (EUR) |
Area | 2,586 sq km |
Population | 474,413 (July 2006 est.) |
Language | Luxembourgish (national language), German and French (administrative languages) |
Religion | 87% Roman Catholic, remainder Protestants, Jews, and Muslims |
Electricity | 230V/50Hz (European plug) |
Calling Code | +352 |
Internet TLD | .lu |
Time Zone | UTC+1 |
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg, French:Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, German: Großherzogtum Luxemburg), is a landlocked country in the Benelux bordered by Belgium, France and Germany, lying at the crossroad of Germanic and Latin cultures. It is the only Grand Duchy in the world and is the second-smallest of the European Union member states.
With a successful steel, finance and high technology industry, a strategic location at the heart of Western Europe, more natural beauty than you might expect given its size, and as one of the top three richest countries in the world, Luxembourg enjoys a very high standard of living and has prices to match!