Schieren

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Commune
Schieren train station and church
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Schieren highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°50′00″N 6°06′00″E / 49.8333°N 6.1°E / 49.8333; 6.1
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Diekirch
Area
• Total	10.41 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
• Rank	94th of 100
Highest elevation	515 m (1,690 ft)
• Rank	15th of 100
Lowest elevation	198 m (650 ft)
• Rank	24th of 100
Population
• Total	2,156
• Rank	73rd of 100
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
• Rank	39th of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000609
Website	schieren.lu

Schieren is a commune and town in central Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Diekirch.

Schieren is served by a railway station, and the commune encompasses the hamlet of Birtrange, which contains Birtrange castle.

Schieren was formed on 1 July 1850, when it was detached from the commune of Ettelbruck, along with the commune of Erpeldange. The law forming Schieren was passed on 22 January 1850.

In 1894, Schieren established a fire station with five volunteer firefighters. It contains a church.

Population

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Footnotes

1. ^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1850, No. 18" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
2. ^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

External links

• Media related to Schieren (Luxembourg) at Wikimedia Commons
• (in French) Commune of Schieren official website
• (in German) Unofficial website on local activities

Places adjacent to Schieren
Ettelbruck Erpeldange Ettelbruck Schieren Vallée de l'Ernz Colmar-Berg Nommern

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Canton of Clervaux	Clervaux Parc Hosingen Troisvierges Weiswampach Wincrange
Canton of Diekirch	Bettendorf Bourscheid Diekirch Erpeldange Ettelbruck Feulen Mertzig Reisdorf Schieren Vallée de l'Ernz
Canton of Echternach	Beaufort Bech Berdorf Consdorf Echternach Rosport-Mompach Waldbillig
Canton of Esch-sur-Alzette	Bettembourg Differdange Dudelange Esch-sur-Alzette Frisange Kayl Leudelange Mondercange Pétange Reckange-sur-Mess Roeser Rumelange Sanem Schifflange
Canton of Grevenmacher	Betzdorf Biwer Flaxweiler Grevenmacher Junglinster Manternach Mertert Wormeldange
Canton of Luxembourg	Bertrange Contern Hesperange Luxembourg Niederanven Sandweiler Schuttrange Steinsel Strassen Walferdange Weiler-la-Tour
Canton of Mersch	Bissen Colmar-Berg Fischbach Heffingen Helperknapp Larochette Lintgen Lorentzweiler Mersch Nommern
Canton of Redange	Beckerich Ell Groussbus-Wal Préizerdaul Rambrouch Redange Saeul Useldange Vichten
Canton of Remich	Bous-Waldbredimus Dalheim Lenningen Mondorf-les-Bains Remich Schengen Stadtbredimus
Canton of Vianden	Putscheid Tandel Vianden
Canton of Wiltz	Boulaide Esch-sur-Sûre Goesdorf Kiischpelt Lac de la Haute-Sûre Wiltz Winseler

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