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Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish:
Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg, French: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, German:
Großherzogtum Luxemburg), also spelled Luxemburg, is a small landlocked
country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany.
Luxembourg has a population of under half a million people in an area of
approximately 2,586 square kilometres (999 sq mi).
Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional
monarchy, ruled by a Grand Duke. It is the world's only remaining sovereign
Grand Duchy. The country has a highly developed economy, with the highest
Gross Domestic Product per capita in the world. Its historic and strategic
importance dates back to its founding as a Roman era fortress site and
Frankish count's castle site in the Early Middle Ages. It was an important
bastion along the Spanish road when Spain was the principal European power
influencing the whole western hemisphere and beyond in the 14th–17th
centuries.
Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union, NATO, the United
Nations, Benelux, and the Western European Union, reflecting the political
consensus in favour of economic, political, and military integration. The
city of Luxembourg, the capital and largest city, is the seat of several
institutions and agencies of the European Union.
Luxembourg lies on the cultural divide between Romance Europe and Germanic
Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions. Luxembourg
is a trilingual country; French, German, and Luxembourgish are official
languages. Although a secular state, Luxembourg is predominantly Roman
Catholic.
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