Lac de la Haute-Sûre

Lac de la Haute-Sûre Stauséigemeng
Commune
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Lac de la Haute-Sûre highlighted in orange, the district in dark grey, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°54′00″N 5°52′00″E / 49.9°N 5.8667°ECoordinates: 49°54′00″N 5°52′00″E / 49.9°N 5.8667°E
Country	Luxembourg
District	Diekirch
Canton	Wiltz
Government
• Mayor	René Michels
Area
• Total	48.5 km^2 (18.7 sq mi)
Area rank	9 of 105
Highest elevation	537 m (1,762 ft)
• Rank	7th of 105
Lowest elevation	284 m (932 ft)
• Rank	89th of 105
Population (2014)
• Total	1,647
• Rank	79th of 105
• Density	34/km^2 (88/sq mi)
• Density rank	103rd of 105
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
LAU 2	LU00005007
Website	lac-haute-sure.lu

Lac de la Haute-Sûre (Luxembourgish: Stauséigemeng), (German: Stauseegemeinde) is a commune in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch. The commune is named after the Upper Sûre Lake, a reservoir on the upper Sauer river. The commune's administrative centre is Bavigne.

Lac de la Haute-Sûre was formed on 1 January 1979 from the former communes of Harlange and Mecher, both in Wiltz canton. The law creating Lac de la Haute-Sûre was passed on 23 December 1978.^[1]

Towns within the commune include Bavigne, Harlange, Mecher, Kaundorf, Nothum, and Tarchamps.

The Upper Sûre Lake, after which the commune is named

References

1. "Mémorial A, 1978, No. 89" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-11.

External links

• Media related to Lac de la Haute-Sûre at Wikimedia Commons