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Luxembourg Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 436   Population 2000 (UN '000) 437
Area (km2) 2,587   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 5
Number of Administrative Units 118   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 4
Number of Urban Extents 3   Number of Settlement Points 82

Luxembourg Details

Names
ISO3-Code LUX
Continent Europe
Country Name Luxembourg
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Commune
Level2 Type Localite
Number of Units 118
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 4
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 382
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 397
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 436
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 382
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 410
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 437
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 2,587
Average Input Resolution (km) 5
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 82
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 76,602
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,000
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 3,990
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 3
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 670
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 25
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 269
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 808
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 299,013
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 6,561
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 111,226
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 333,679
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 31%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 77%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 92%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 8
Regression-estimated Extents 5
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Central Service for Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC), Luxemburg, http://statec.gouvernement.lu/html_fr/RP_2001/rp01_commune_localite.html .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003).
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
Population Census 2001, Le Service central de la statistique et des Etudes Economiques, www.statec.lu/html_fr/RP_2001/resultats.html
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Communes having more than 2,000 inhabitants in the administrative center.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population was extrapolated to target years using a growth rate calculated between the census years of 1991 and 2001.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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