Lac de la Haute-Sûre

Commune in Wiltz, Luxembourg

Lac de la Haute-Sûre Stauséigemeng
Commune

Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Lac de la Haute-Sûre highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°55′12″N 5°50′49″E / 49.92°N 5.8469°E / 49.92; 5.8469
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Wiltz
Area
• Total	48.5 km² (18.7 sq mi)
• Rank	10th of 100
Highest elevation	537 m (1,762 ft)
• Rank	7th of 100
Lowest elevation	284 m (932 ft)
• Rank	86th of 100
Population (2023)
• Total	2,253
• Rank	77th of 100
• Density	46/km² (120/sq mi)
• Rank	99th of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000806
Website	lac-haute-sure.lu

Lac de la Haute-Sûre (Luxembourgish: Stauséigemeng), (German: Stauseegemeinde) is a commune in the canton of Wiltz, in north-western Luxembourg. The commune is named after the Upper Sûre Lake, a reservoir on the upper Sauer river. Its 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]

Populated places

The commune consists of the following villages:

Harlange Section:
- Harlange
- Tarchamps
- Watrange

Mecher Section:
- Bavigne
- Kaundorf
- Liefrange
- Mecher
- Nothum
- Dénkert (Dünkrodt) (lieu-dit)
- Schumannseck (lieu-dit)

Population

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References

^ "Mémorial A, 1978, No. 89" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2006.
^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2022.