Cantons and regions
Luxembourg's 12 cantons and the 5 border regions, each with its average score, median rent and typical commute.
Luxembourg cantons: 12
🇱🇺 Luxembourg Canton
11 communes
5.5
The capital and its inner ring: the jobs, the EU institutions and the highest rents in the country.
🇱🇺 Remich Canton
7 communes
5.3
The country's smallest canton, entirely along the Moselle: spa towns, vines and waterside villages.
🇱🇺 Capellen Canton
9 communes
5.3
The residential west, from Mamer to the Belgian border: European schools, villas and fast access to the capital.
🇱🇺 Grevenmacher Canton
8 communes
5.2
The wine-growing Moselle and the German border: hillsides, vineyards and direct access to Trier.
🇱🇺 Echternach Canton
7 communes
5.0
Luxembourg's Little Switzerland: sandstone, forests and trails, east along the Sûre.
🇱🇺 Diekirch Canton
10 communes
5.0
The gateway to the Luxembourg Ardennes: markedly softer rents, a longer commute, nature everywhere.
🇱🇺 Mersch Canton
10 communes
4.9
The country's geographic centre on the northern rail axis: the compromise between valleys and twenty minutes from Kirchberg.
🇱🇺 Redange Canton
9 communes
4.7
The rural Éislek in the west: village communes, some of the lowest prices in the Grand Duchy, a car essential.
🇱🇺 Esch-sur-Alzette Canton
14 communes
4.6
The reconverted mining basin: the country's second city, Belval, and the densest communes in the south.
🇱🇺 Wiltz Canton
7 communes
4.3
The Ardennes north-west: the Upper Sûre lake, low rents and an hour's drive to the capital.
🇱🇺 Vianden Canton
3 communes
3.9
The smallest canton by population: a castle, the Our valley and three communes.
🇱🇺 Clervaux Canton
5 communes
3.7
The far north on the Belgian border: the canton furthest from Luxembourg City, and the most affordable.
Border regions: 5
🇩🇪 Rhineland-Palatinate
4 cities
4.1
Trier and the German Moselle valley: Germany's oldest city, 45 minutes from Kirchberg.
🇩🇪 Saarland
2 cities
3.8
The border Land to the south-east: Perl and Merzig, facing the Luxembourg vineyards.
🇧🇪 Luxembourg Province (Belgium)
7 cities
3.6
Arlon, Aubange and the Gaume: the Belgian border, the E25 and a tax regime of its own for commuters.
🇫🇷 Moselle (France)
10 cities
2.9
The largest pool of cross-border workers: Thionville, Metz and the Fensch valley, on the saturated A31.
🇫🇷 Meurthe-et-Moselle (France)
4 cities
2.4
The Pays-Haut around Longwy: the lowest rents within an hour of Kirchberg.