Heinerscheid
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Heinerscheid
| native_name = Hengescht
| native_name_lang = lb
| settlement_type = Former commune
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| image_map = Map Heinerscheid.PNG
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| map_caption = Map of Luxembourg with Heinerscheid highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Luxembourg}}
| subdivision_type1 = Canton
| subdivision_name1 = Clervaux
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| leader_title = Mayor
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = {{Luxembourg communes statistics year}}
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| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
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| blank_name_sec1 = LAU 2
| website = [http://www.heinerscheid.lu heinerscheid.lu]
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Heinerscheid ({{Langx|lb|Hengescht}}) is a small town in northern Luxembourg, in the commune of Clervaux.
It was its own commune until its merger with Clervaux in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2009/0125/2009A1756A.html |title=Fusion des communes de Clervaux, Heinerscheid et Munshausen |publisher=Government of Luxembourg |website=Legilux |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-date=15 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615025931/http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2009/0125/2009A1756A.html |url-status=dead }}
{{As of|2023}}, the town of Heinerscheid has a population of 678.{{Cite web |url=https://data.public.lu/fr/datasets/registre-national-des-personnes-physiques-rnpp-population-par-localite-population-per-locality/ |title=Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité |date=2024-01-07 |website=data.public.lu}}
Former commune
The former commune consisted of the villages:
- Fischbach (Fëschbech)
- Grindhausen (Grandsen)
- Heinerscheid (Hengescht)
- Hupperdange (Hëpperdang)
- Kalborn (Kaalber)
- Lieler (Léiler)
- Fossenhof (Fossenhaff) (lieu-dit)
- Kaesfurt (Kéisfuert) (lieu-dit)
- Kalborn-Moulin (Kaalber Millen) (lieu-dit)
- Lausdorn (Lausduer) (lieu-dit) - partially shared with the Commune of Wäisswampech
- Tintesmühle (Tëntesmillen) (lieu-dit)
== Notable people ==
- Pierre Johanns (1882–1955), a Luxemburger Jesuit priest, missionary in India and Indologist.
References
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Category:Communes in Clervaux (canton)
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