Contern

Contern Conter (Luxembourgish) Conton
Commune
St. Walpurga's church
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Contern highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°35′04″N 6°13′33″E / 49.58444°N 6.22583°E / 49.58444; 6.22583
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Luxembourg
First Settlement built	approx. 2nd century
Government
• Mayor	Marion Zovilé-Braquet
Area
• Total	20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi)
• Land	20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi)
• Rank	54th of 100
Highest elevation	356 m (1,168 ft)
• Rank	81st of 100
Lowest elevation	237 m (778 ft)
• Rank	45th of 100
Population  (2023)
• Total	4,374
• Rank	44th of 100
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
• Rank	43rd of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000302
Website	contern.lu

Contern (Luxembourgish: Conter [ˈkontɐ] ^ⓘ) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located east of Luxembourg City.^[1][2] As of 2024 the commune has a population of 4,513 whereas the town itself, which lies in the south-west of the commune, has a population of 1,876.^[3][4]

The main towns are Contern, Moutfort and Oetrange and there are two small villages, Medingen and Milbech. Additionally the commune contains the lieux-dits of Bricherhaff, Brichermillen, Kréintgeshaff, Kackerterhaff, Marxeknupp and Pleitrange.^[5][1] The commune also contains the industrial zones of Chaux de Contern, and Rosswenkel, as well as the activity zone of Weiergewan.

The town dates back to around the 9th century and was initially economically focused on farming. Having gone through various changes in governance over the centuries, the commune as it exists today was formed around the 19th century. In recent years Contern has industrialised; however, it mainly functions as a commuter town into Luxembourg City, as do most of the other settlements in the commune. As a result Contern boasts the 10th highest median average salary out of all 102 communes in Luxembourg as of 2022.^[6]

The Romans settled Luxembourg in the 1st century BC, it has been speculated whether or not the settlement of Contern was founded by them or even previously. This has not however been established despite the presence of remnants of Roman infrastructure within the boundaries of today's commune. They include a crossing over the Trudlerbaach, part of the Roman road linking Luxembourg and Dalheim, with remnants of the road passing through the farmstead of Faerschthaff.^[7] In the commune, there are also remains of an ancient Roman aqueduct, a temple and a few Roman villas. Signs of Celtic habitation are significantly less clear. The name Contern first appeared in a charter from 879 AD, although its first official listing was by Pope Honorius II in 1128. In spite of this it is almost certain Contern dates back to the Celtic Era. In the 14th century it was recorded in writing as Guntrein.^[8] Contern in the 13th century was considerably influenced by Christianity and chivalry. At this time Contern became a parish which led to the construction of its church.^[9][10]

Contern was officially incorporated as a parish in 1621. In 1684, neighbouring Oetrange also became a parish followed by Moutfort in 1707. At the time, the parish of Contern had no lieux-dits although Oetrange was home to the settlement of Kackerterhaff. Moutfort included the settlements of Medingen and Milbech as well as Moulin de Milbech and the farmstead of Pleitrange.^[11][12] By 1796 Contern was founded as an Arrondissement, which was home to several localities:

Localities within the Arrondissement of Contern c.1800s^[11][12]

Locality (French)	Locality (German)	Locality (Luxembourgish)	Parish
Brücherhof	Brücherhof	Bricherhaff	None
Brüchermühle		Brichermillen	None
Contern	Contern	Conter or Konter	Contern
Contern-Barriére			None
Conterweyer			None
Kackerterhof		Kackerterhaff	Oetrange
Kroentgeshof or Croentgeshof	Kroentgeshof or Kröntgeshof	Kréintgeshaff	None
Marxeknupp		Marxeknupp	None
Medingen	Medingen	Méideng or Méidéng	Moutfort
Moutfort	Mutfort	Mutfert	Moutfort
Mühlbach	Mühlbach	Millbech or Milbech	Moutfort
Mühlbach-Moulin or Moulin de Millbech		Millbechermillen or Milbechermillen	Moutfort
Oetrange	Oetringen	Éiter	Oetrange
Oetrange-Moulin		Éitermillen	None
Pleitrange	Pleitringen	Pläitreng	Moutfort

Contern remained an arrondissement until 1912 but prior to its being dissolved, today's commune was formed. Precise details are unknown but the earliest census applicable to Contern with its current boundaries is from 1821 and the oldest archived reference to Contern dates back to 1842 when it was mentioned in a newspaper.^[13][14] ex By 1890 most of the former arrondissements of Contern were incorporated as lieux-dits and census subdivisions.

Population of all Villages and lieux-dits of Contern^[15]

Rank	Settlement	Parish	Population
1	Contern	Contern	356
2	Moutfort	Moutfort	328
3	Oetrange	Oetrange	253
4	Medingen	Moutfort	200
5	Muhlbach	Moutfort	28
6	Kroentgeshof	Contern	24
7	Barrièrehauser	Moutfort	16
8	Nehmuhl	Moutfort	13
9	Conterwieber	Contern	11
10	Oetrange Moulin	Oetrange	8
	Brücherhof	Contern	8
12	Pleitrange	Moutfort	7
13	Brüchermuhl	Contern	6
14	Kackert	Oetrange	4

From 1945 onwards, Contern's municipal structure was made up of Contern, Oetrange, Moutfort and Medingen. The parish of Oetrange was absorbed into the parish of Moutfort in 1946. Shortly thereafter in 1948, the parishes of Contern and Moutfort were effectively dissolved.^[11][12]

In November of 2023, the DuPont chemical plant located partially within Contern threatened to lay off a large portion of its staff.^[16]

In 2024, a small car park in the town centre beside the church cemetery just off of CR243 Trunk Road was converted into a small pedestrianised square. In May, it was controversially announced that the square would be named “Place de Luc Frieden” in the honour of the sitting primer minister of Luxembourg who has resided in the commune for 30 years. The mayor of Contern, Marion Zovillé-Braquet who was affiliated with Frieden’s party CSV states that the naming was by no means political meanwhile councillors of Contern affiliated with DP stated that naming a square after a sitting prime minister is a “practice common in dictatorships” and that street names should generally be a “Posthumous honour” of LSAP backed up the mayor amid the controversy having already voted in favour of the name in the council meeting.^[17]

Although no prominent archaeological sites or artifacts date back to Celtic times, much remains from the Romans including some housing ruins and remnants of an aqueduct.^[18] The most prominent item from the Romans however the Gallo-Roman villa which stood on the current site of the town. Its remains can be seen to this day.^[19]

Following World War II, the Luxembourgers had strong distaste for their former German overseers. This was why almost every place in the country was renamed from its original Luxembourgish name of German origin, to that of French origin without changing too much. Contern's name would have stayed Conter if it weren't for the French pronunciation of "er" being far too strong., An "n" was therefore added. It could have been possible to have followed what places like Hesperange did, but in the end it stuck to the name Contern. In the modern era, to encourage more Luxembougish in the commune, many documents and signs use "Conter" instead of Contern.^{[citation needed]}

The Commune of Contern is located within the Canton of Luxembourg itself within Luxembourg District.^[20]

Contern is bordered by the communes of Sandweiler and Schuttrange to the north, Lenningen and Bous-Waldbredimus to the east, Dalheim to the south, Weiler-la-Tour to the southwest and Hesperange to the west. In general, the borders of Contern are not defined by any major roads of rivers but there are exceptions. Between Eitermillen and the border with Sandweiler, the Kackeshbaach marks the border between Contern and Schuttrange. Between Syren and Brichemillen, the River Syre marks the border with Weiler-La-Tour and east of the Contern-Sandweiler industrial zone, the Réimeschbaach marks the border with Hesperange.^[1][21]

Contern covers an area of 20.55 square kilometres, making it, as of 2022,^{[needs update]} the 54th largest commune in Luxembourg out of 102.^[22] It had a population of 4374, the 44th highest out of 102 communes as of 2023 giving it a population density of 210 people per square kilometre, 43rd highest in Luxembourg. The population has since risen to 4,513 inhabitants.^{[citation needed]}

Contern lies within the Guttland region of Luxembourg and covers part of both the Luxembourg Plateau and Moselle Valley sub-regions.^[23] The contrast between the two sub regions gives Contern a varying topography, from the rolling hills in the south, north and west to the sharp sandstone cliffs to the east around Medingen.

Contern is largely centred around the River Syre, which nearly perfectly bisects the commune, and to a lesser extent, its tributaries. The Syre flows north-east from Syren in the commune of Weiler-la-Tour continuing up to the border with Schuttrange halfway between Oetrange and Schrassig. Whilst flowing through the commune, it directly bisects both Moutfort and Oetrange and the lieux-dits of Bricherhaff and Brichermillen. There is one tributary of the Syre which directly hosts a settlement, the Kackeschbaach with Eitermillen. The remaining settlements are located atop hills including Contern itself.^[1]

The nearest place to survey the climate is in Luxembourg City however temperatures likely differ slightly due to the urban heat island effect present in Luxembourg City which isn't felt to the same extent in Contern. Contern has an oceanic climate (Cfb), with moderate precipitation, cold to cool winters and warm summers. It is cloudy about two-thirds of the year.

Being in the Guttland region, Contern’s geological structure consists largely of Luxembourg Sandstone with deposits of lime and clay underneath. The rock formations that now surround the River Syre date back to the late Triassic period.^[28][29]

• 
  Contern
• 
  Moutfort
• 
  Oetrange
• 
  Medingen
• 
  Milbech
• 
  Kréingeshaff
• 
  Pleitrange
• 
  Eitermillen
• 
  Bricherhaff
• 
  Brichermillen
• 
  Kackerterhaff
• 
  Faerschthaff

Contern lies exclusively within the Rhine and Moselle basins. Most of Contern’s territory flows into the Moselle through the Syre. A small portion in the northwest of the commune however flows into the Alzette and the Sauer before reaching the Moselle. The Syre itself passes though the commune and is a defining feature of the landscape. It flows southwest to north east but does not pass near the centre of the commune. Instead, it initially runs across the south before turning and running up north. The central and eastern areas of the commune are home to tributaries of the Alzette.^[30][31]

• Rhine (main branch at Hook of Holland, Netherlands)
  • Moselle (at Koblenz, Germany)
    • Sauer (at Wasserbillig, Mertert)
      • Alzette (at Ettelbruck, Ettelbruck)
        • Itzigerbaach (at Hesperange, Hesperange)
          • Réimeschbaach (at Itzig, Hesperange)
    • Syre (at Mertert, Mertert)
      • Kackeschbaach (at Oetrange)
      • Schleederbaach (at Moutfort)
      • Trudlerbaach (at Syren, Weiler-la-Tour)

The Schleederbaach, sometimes referred to as the Millebaach, is a brook which flows from the Contern-Sandweiler industrial estate to just west of Moutfort where it meets the Syre. Historically the course of the Schleederbaach was different but was changed by the construction of the industrial zone.^[32][33] Now there are many channels of water within the industrial zone which flow into the Schleederbaach, additionally there is one notable tributary of the Schleederbaach in the form of a small brook near Milbech which flows from a nearby spring out of the adjacent sandstone cliffs. Similarly the cliffs which make up the Schleederbaach valley also accumulate large amount groundwater from areas just east of Contern and west of Kackerterhaff and channel it into the brook.^[34][35]

Contern has 800 hectares of forests within its borders taking up around 37% of its land area.^[36]

As of 1 January 2023, the commune has a population of 4,374 inhabitants. Around 70% of the population are aged 15–65 and an estimated third of the commune's population consists of non-Luxembourgers, which is considerably higher than the national average. The town of Contern itself has a population of 1,876 as of 2024.^[4]

Records of the population of the commune have existed since shortly after its inception with the oldest dating back to 1821. Initially censuses and estimates were few, far between and irregular, however since 1983 statistics have been compiled annually.

Population of Contern 1821-1970^{[37][38][39][40]}

Year	Population					Population Density
	Overall	+/-
		Total	p.a	%	%p.a	/km2	/sq mi
1821	793	–	–	–	–	38.6	14.9
1843	1301	508	23.1	64.1	2.9	–	–
1851	1404	103	12.9	7.9	1.0	68.3	26.4
1871	1249	155	7.8	8.4	0.4	60.8	23.4
1880	1216	33	3.7	2.6	0.3	59.2	22.9
1890	1176	40	4	3.3	0.3	57.2	22.1
1900	1098	78	7.8	6.6	0.7	53.4	20.6
1910	1097	1	0.1			53.4	20.6
1922	1162	65	5.4	5.6	0.5	56.5	21.8
1930	1199	37	4.6	3.2	0.4	58.3	22.5
1935	1153	46	9.2	3.8	0.8	56.1	21.7
1947	1126	27	2.3	2.3	0.2	60.1	23.2
1960	1181	55	4.2	4.9	0.4	57.5	22.2
1970	1639	458	45.8	38.8	3.9	79.8	30.8

Population of Contern 1981-2021^[38][40]

Year	Population			Population Density
	Overall	+/-
		Total	%	/km2	/sq mi
1981	2203	–	–	107.2	41.4
1991	2568	365	16.6	125.0	48.3
2001	3082	514	20.0	150.0	57.9
2011	3419	337	10.9	166.4	64.3
2021	3968	549	16.1	193.1	74.6

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Since 2021, the population of the individual towns in the commune has been independently compiled:

Population of the localities in Contern by year 2021-2024^[41][42][43]

Year	Contern	Moutfort	Oetrange	Medingen
2021	1587	1406	843	132
2022	1743	1450	858	126
2023	1836	1517	890	131
2024	1876	–	–	–

Population evolution of localities in Contern 1981-2011^[44]

Year	Total			Contern			Moutfort			Oetrange			Medingen
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1981	2203	1120	1083	796	412	384	814	409	405	479	242	237	114	57	57
1991	2568	1287	1281	895	440	455	966	482	484	595	311	284	112	54	58
2001	3082	1547	1535	1065	527	538	1148	583	565	769	388	381	100	49	51
2011	3419	1695	1724	1273	629	644	1256	625	631	781	391	390	109	50	59

In the 19th century much of the Census data concerning the populations of each individual locality was publicised:

Historic population of all localities in Contern^[15][39]

Rank	Settlement	1843 Population	1890 Population
1	Contern	391	356
2	Moutfort	554 (+Medingen)	328
3	Oetrange	224	253
4	Medingen	No Data	200
5	Muhlbach	20	28
6	Kroentgeshof	No Data	24
7	Barrièrehauser	No Data	16
8	Nehmuhl	No Data	13
9	Conterwieber	No Data	11
10	Oetrange Moulin	No Data	8
	Brücherhof	12	8
12	Pleitrange	14	7
13	Brüchermuhl	8	6
14	Kackert	13	4

Population by Age group and Sex (2011)^[45]

Age Group	Males	Females	Total
0-4	97	88	185
5-9	103	90	193
10-14	100	129	229
15-19	126	133	259
20-24	111	93	204
25-29	94	98	192
30-34	100	91	191
35-39	122	135	257
40-44	124	146	270
45-49	159	157	316
50-54	140	143	283
55-59	106	98	204
60-64	93	97	190
65-69	91	82	173
70-74	69	56	125
75-79	35	47	82
80-84	15	23	38
85-89	9	8	17
90-94	1	7	8
95-99	0	2	2
100+	0	1	1

	Average population[46] [47]	Live births[48][49]	Deaths[48][50]	Natural change[48][51]	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Crude migration change (per 1000)[52]
1975	1918
1976	2010
1977	2056
1978	2098
1979	2128
1980	2213
1981	2211
1982	2208
1983	2270
1984	2360
1985	2370
1986	2390
1987	2430	35	18	17	14.4	7.4	7
1988	2472	28	13	15	11.3	5.3	6
1989	2544	26	20	6	10.2	7.9	2.3
1990	2641	34	19	15	12.9	7.2	5.7	7
1991	2568	37	15	22	14.4	5.8	8.6	28
1992	2612	29	14	15	11.1	5.4	5.7	-8
1993	2619	30	11	19	11.5	4.2	7.3	45
1994	2683	41	20	21	15.3	7.5	7.8	60
1995	2764	30	19	11	10.9	6.9	4	54
1996	2829	39	18	21	13.8	6.4	7.4	50
1997	2900	32	18	14	11.0	6.2	4.8	51
1998	2965	37	16	21	12.5	5.4	7.1	31
1999	3017	30	8	22	9.9	2.7	7.2	55
2000	3094	30	13	17	9.7	4.2	5.5	31
2001	3082	32	16	16	10.3	5.2	5.1	-27
2002	3073	32	20	12	10.4	6.5	3.9	34
2003	3119	28	20	8	9.0	6.4	2.6	11
2004	3138	25	16	9	8.0	5.1	2.9	8
2005	3155	22	24	-2	7.0	7.6	-0.6	18
2006	3171	23	15	8	7.3	4.7	2.6	15
2007	3194	23	15	8	7.2	4.7	2.5	29
2008	3231	39	12	27	12.1	3.7	8.4	85
2009	3343	31	15	16	9.3	4.5	4.8	124
2010	3483	32	22	10	9.2	6.3	2.9	-3
2011	3419	49	12	37	14.3	3.5	10.8	48
2012	3497	37	25	12	10.6	7.1	3.5	8
2013	3517	44	27	17	12.5	7.7	4.8	-17
2014	3517	37	38	-1	10.5	10.8	-0.3	-20
2015	3496	26	30	-4	7.4	8.6	-1.2	19
2016	3511	38	53	-15	10.8	15.1	-4.3	9
2017	3736	25	32	-7	6.7	8.6	-1.9	89
2018	3816	40	42	-2	10.5	11.0	-0.5	47
2019	3865	36	37	-1	9.3	9.6	-0.3	80
2020	3939	49	54	-5	12.4	13.7	-1.3	34
2021	3968	38	41	-3	9.6	10.3	-0.7	218
2022	4177	42	33	9	10.1	7.9	2.2	194
2023	4374	45	49	-4	10.3	11.2	-0.9	144
2024	4513

Migration in Contern 1990-2023^[53]

Year	Immigrants	Emmigrants	Net migration
1990	179	172	7
1991	173	145	28
1992	155	163	-8
1993	209	164	45
1994	215	155	60
1995	201	147	54
1996	214	164	50
1997	194	143	51
1998	200	169	31
1999	248	193	55
2000	193	162	31
2001	191	218	-27
2002	240	206	34
2003	189	178	11
2004	196	188	8
2005	175	157	18
2006	195	180	15
2007	227	198	29
2008	295	210	85
2009	303	179	124
2010	243	246	-3
2011	287	239	48
2012	305	297	8
2013	246	263	-17
2014	237	257	-20
2015	272	253	19
2016	267	258	9
2017	330	241	89
2018	347	300	47
2019	373	293	80
2020	299	265	34
2021	506	288	218
2022	453	259	194
2023	406	262	144

Total Foreign Born Population of Contern 1900-2021^[54]

Year	Foreign Population
	Total	%
1900	39	3.55
1945	79	6.85
1947	108	9.59
1960	101	8.97
1970	367	22.39
1981	615	27.91
1991	643	25.04
2001	885	28.71
2011	1138	33.28

Population by Nationality and Sex 2001^[55]

Nationality	Males	Females	Total
Portuguese	78	74	152
French	51	55	106
Italian	58	33	91
German	67	86	153
Belgian	43	33	76
Yugoslav/ Former Yugoslavia	5	5	10
Foreigners Total	438	447	885
Luxembourg Natives	1109	1088	2197

Population by Nationality and Sex 2024^[47][56]

Country	Females	Males	Total
Luxembourg	1430	1375	2805
France	145	171	316
Portugal	98	115	213
Germany	83	59	142
Italy	58	64	122
Belgium	56	56	112
Romania	30	25	55
India	26	28	54
United Kingdom	22	29	51
Ireland	24	20	44
Greece	14	21	35
Sweden	16	17	33
Spain	15	17	32
Brazil	21	10	31
Ukraine	18	11	29
Russia	13	11	24
Netherlands	9	14	23
Bulgaria	11	11	22
China	12	5	17
Poland	10	7	17
Syria	9	8	17
USA	8	8	16
Turkiye	9	5	14
Cameroon	5	7	12
Morocco	10	2	12
Latvia	9	2	11
Denmark	4	6	10
Algeria	5	4	9
Bosnia & Herzegovina	3	6	9
Iceland	3	6	9
Lithuania	8	1	9
Philippines	7	2	9
South Africa	4	5	9
Finland	3	5	8
Mauritania	5	3	8
Serbia	4	4	8
Croatia	4	3	7
Albania	2	4	6
Colombia	5	1	6
Iraq	3	3	6
Mexico	2	4	6
Czechia	3	3	6
Thailand	6	0	6
Hungary	1	4	5
Israel	3	2	5
Slovenia	3	2	5
Switzerland	1	4	5
Cyprus	3	1	4
Austria	2	1	3
Guinea-Bissau	1	2	3
Guinea	2	1	3
North Macedonia	1	2	3
Malta	2	1	3
Montenegro	1	2	3
Nigeria	2	1	3
Senegal	3	0	3
Slovakia	3	0	3
Canada	0	2	2
Costa Rica	2	0	2
Estonia	1	1	2
Kazakhstan	2	0	2
Madagascar	2	0	2
Nepal	2	0	2
Sri Lanka	0	2	2
Togo	1	1	2
Argentina	1	0	1
Belarus	1	0	1
Burundi	0	1	1
Cambodia	0	1	1
Cape Verde	0	1	1
Chile	1	0	1
Taiwan	1	0	1
Congo	1	0	1
Cuba	1	0	1
Egypt	0	1	1
Georgia	1	0	1
Iran	1	0	1
Japan	1	0	1
Kosovo	0	1	1
Moldova	1	0	1
Uganda	0	1	1
Peru	0	1	1
Singapore	1	0	1
South Korea	1	0	1
Stateless	0	1	1

Employment and Unemployment in Contern 2001-2023^[57]

Year	Emloyed Population			Unemployed Population	Total	Unemployment Rate
	Total	Paid	Unpaid
2001	1 162	1 033	129	12	1 174	1.02
2002	1 149	1 017	132	20	1 169	1.71
2003	1 169	1 031	138	35	1 204	2.91
2004	1 164	1 027	137	35	1 199	2.92
2005	1 189	1 042	147	34	1 223	2.78
2006	1 186	1 044	142	38	1 224	3.1
2007	1 237	1 094	143	26	1 263	2.06
2008	1 282	1 135	147	31	1 313	2.36
2009	1 393	1 235	158	53	1 446	3.67
2010	1 418	1 254	164	53	1 471	3.6
2011	1 449	1 293	156	60	1 509	3.98
2012	1 448	1 288	160	57	1 505	3.79
2013	1 403	1 253	150	68	1 471	4.62
2014	1 383	1 228	155	83	1 466	5.66
2015	1 420	1 270	150	69	1 489	4.63
2016	1 420	1 260	160	72	1 492	4.83
2017	1 430	1 280	150	56	1 486	3.77
2018	1 450	1 290	160	68	1 518	4.48
2019	1 490	1 330	160	52	1 542	3.37
2020	1 510	1 360	150	73	1 583	4.61
2021	1 600	1 440	160	75	1 675	4.48
2022	1 690	1 520	170	56	1 746	3.21
2023	1 740	1 560	180	65	1 805	3.6
2024	1 800	1 620	180	80	1 880	4.26

Contern is a commuter town, largely dependant on Luxembourg city for its economy. Contern however also has a major industrial district which makes up the bulk of Contern’s economic output. As a result of the industry, more people work in the commune than reside in it.^[58]

Contern consists of two quite separate industrial zones. Although officially separate, locally they are often considered as one entity, even on road signs. The area where Sandweiler-Contern railway station is located is home to a lot of commercial infrastructure such as the only fully-fledged supermarket in the commune, a trampoline park and the commune's only gas station. A few restaurants and eateries are also located there to serve the local workers. Employing over 5,000, the area is home to more than 110 companies and is quickly growing and attracting new developments.^[59][18]

Contern is well connected to the road network and links to Luxembourg City. However the only dual carriageway in the commune is the E29.^[60] There are plans in the next five to ten 5–10 years to build a new motorway exit on the Luxembourg Ring to serve Contern and Itzig.^[61]

Contern is involved with websites that provide traffic info.^[62][63]

The first road infrastructure constructed within the boundaries of the today's commune was also the oldest known instance of any infrastructure in the commune in the form of the Roman road from Luxembourg City to Dalheim, including a crossing over the Trudlerbaach. Parts of this road including the river crossing still remain in the locality of op der Syrener-Heed.^[64]

No Motorways pass directly through Contern, the nearest is the A1, currently the nearest junction to Contern is in Hamm, adjacent to the neighbouring Commune of Sandweiler. In 2016, the Governing CSV party proposed a new junction on the A1 in order to serve Contern, Itzig and the Contern-Sandweiler industrial estate as well as a new road to connect the junction to all of those places citing the alarming increase of through traffic in the commune as the main reason the construct it. The new connecting road would run directly to the Contern-Sandweiler industrial estate.^[61]

There are 2 Trunk Roads (Route National) The most prominent is the N2 which makes up a part of European Route E29.^[65][66]

Road	Route	Via (Within Contern)
N2	Luxembourg (Verlorenkost) - Remich	Moutfort, Éitermillen, Kréintgeshaff
N28	Sandweiler-Bous	Oetrange, Pleitrange

Contern has several secondary roads (chemin repris):^[65][66]

Road	Route	Via (Within Contern)
CR 132	Bech-Syren	Moutfort, Oetrange
CR 144	Oetrange-Ehnen	Oetrange
CR 153	Moutfort-Dalheim	Moutfort, Medingen
CR 226	Itzig-Filsdorf	Contern
CR 234	Sandweiler-Moutfort	Contern-Sandweiler Industrial Zone, Contern, Milbech

Contern is served by many different bus routes as are many of the other towns within the commune.^[67][68]

Management of Railways in Contern^[69][70]

Dates	Organisation	Overseen by
1861-1871	Société royale grand-ducale des chemins de fer Guillaume-Luxembourg	Chemins de fer de l'Est
1871–1946	Société royale grand-ducale des chemins de fer Guillaume-Luxembourg	Compagnie EL (Reichseisenbahn Elsass-Lothringen)
1946-prensent	Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois	Luxembourg Government

The Commune of Contern is served by CFL Line 30. There are two stations inside the commune, Oetrange Railway Station and Sandweiler-Contern Station. The track also passes through Moutfort and Milbech which have no stations. Typically Oetrange is served by two regional trains an hour westboud: one to Luxembourg City westbound and one to Wittlich; eastboud one to Wasserbillig. Sandweiler-Contern also sees an hourly semi-fast service from Luxembourg to Trier/Koblenz. In addition to Line 30 there is a junction in Oetrange to CFL Line 4 which runs through Moutfort and out of the commune towards Fentange and Berchem on CFL Line 60. This line is a freight line used by trains to bypass Luxembourg city centre. It has no regular passenger service unless the line between Luxembourg and Oetrange is closed for engineering works.^[70][71]

Rail transport initially reached the commune in 1861 when what would become CFL Line 30 was built by Guillaume-Luxembourg. Both stations in the commune today were opened then.^[72][73]

Railways in Contern
Legend
To Munsbach and Trier railway station Oetrange N28 (Montée d’Oetrange) Kackeschbaach Rue de Moulin Rue de Moulin Route de Remich Route de Remich Cité Ledenbierg Schleederbaach Rue de Contern Storm Drain Rue de la Source Schleederbaach Schleederbaach Rue Läiteschbaach CR234 Sandweiler-Contern To Bettembourg To Cents-Hamm and Luxembourg railway station

The nearest airport to Contern is Luxembourg Airport, located a few miles north of the commune.^[74]

Contern is a commune which has a local government and therefore a mayor and council. Elections are held every six years alongside all 99 other Luxembourg communes.^[75] The Mayor is currently Marion Zovilé-Braquet.^[76]

As Contern has a population between 3,000 and 5,999 it elects a total of 11 councillors, including two aldermen and the mayor. Additionally as a result of having a population of over 3,000, municipal elections are held using proportional representation. Participation is mandatory for Luxembourg citizens and unlike in general elections, non-Luxembourg European Union citizens are permitted to vote providing they have valid residency.^[77]

The mayor is elected and is put in charge of municipal staff, administration, infrastructure, security, emergency services, communications, relations with other communes, schools and sport. In addition the mayor also heads the "le collège Echevinal" and the Municipal Council.^[76]

The Collège Echevinal consists of the mayor and his two advisors who have varied responsibilities. The first alderman handles areas including mobility, weather, and fairtrade, while the second alderman oversees the environment, finances and agriculture.^[78][79]

The Municipal Council consists of 11 elected members including the two2 aldermen, the mayor and eight councilors. They are the legislators of the municipality. Meetings happen roughly every three months, take place in the town hall and are public unless otherwise stated.^[80]

Elections in Contern occur on three levels. The Municipal elections are held for the local government exclusively within Contern. However Contern also acts as an electoral ward for national legislative elections and for elections for the European Parliament.

2023 National Election by Party^[81]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	13406	36.57
2		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	8646	23.68
3		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	4066	11,09
4		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	3709	10.12
5		Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei	ADR	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	2298	6.27
6		Pirate Party Luxembourg Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg	PPLU	Pirate politics		2240	6.11
7[82]		Focus Fokus	FOK	Pragmatism	Centre	1103	3.01
8		The Left Déi Lénk	DL	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	844	2.30
9		Liberté - Fräiheet! [lb] Liberté - Fräiheet!	LF	Right-wing populism	Right-wing to far-right	293	0.80
10		Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg	KPL	Communism	Far-left	58	0.16

2023 National Election by Candidate^[81]

List No.	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		CSV	Luc Frieden	1147
2		DP	Xavier Bettel	979
3		CSV	Elisabeth Margue	882
4		CSV	Paul Galles	774
5		CSV	Marc Lies	756
6		CSV	Claude Wiseler	749
7		CSV	Serge Wilmes	744
8		CSV	Diane Adehm	678
9		DP	Yuriko Backes	677
10		CSV	Vincent Reding	619
11		CSV	Maurice Bauer	611
12		CSV	Alex Donnersbach	602
13		CSV	Laurent Mosar	591
14		DP	Lydie Polfer	556
15		CSV	Lynn Frank	550
16		CSV	Alain De Bourcy	544
17		CSV	Natalie Silva	542
18		CSV	Emilie Costantini	540
19		CSV	Laurent Braun	536
20		CSV	Marie Laure Goeres	517
21		CSV	Jean-Marie Hoffmann	512
22		CSV	Abby Toussaint	509
23		CSV	Marthe Scharfe	507
24		CSV	Danira Mustafic	496
25		DG	Sam Tanson	490
26		DP	Gérard Schockmel	451
		PPLU	Sven Clement
28		DP	Corinne Cahen	447
29		DP	Patrick Goldschmidt	415
30		DP	Claude Lamberty	409
31		DP	Simone Beissel	399
32		DP	Guy Arendt	372
33		DP	Frank Colabianchi	362
34		DP	Anne Kaiffer	359
		DG	Francoise Bausch
36		LSAP	Franz Fayot	355
37		DP	Stéphanie Obertin	353
38		DP	Corine Courtois	348
39		DP	Raphael Stacchiotti	344
40		LSAP	Francine Closener	327
41		DP	Martine Dieschburg-Nickels	318
42		DP	Alexandre De Toffol	316
43		DP	Jana Degrott	315
44		DP	Sylvia Camarda	314
45		DP	Michel Malherbe	306
		DP	Monique Smit-Thus
47		DP	Nicolas Wurth	300
48		LSAP	Claire Delcourt	259
49		DG	Djuna Bernard	223
50		FOK	Frank Engel	221
51		DG	Francois Benoy	214
52		LSAP	Cécile Hemmen	208
53		ADR	Tom Weidig	205
54		LSAP	Fabienne Dimmer	204
55		LSAP	Jean-Claude Schmit	202
56		LSAP	Romain Nati	198
57		LSAP	Régis Moes	185
58		DG	Jessie Thill	181
59		LSAP	Olivier Bichel	178
60		ADR	Alex Penning	176
		LSAP	Gabriel Boisanté
62		LSAP	Monique Feltgen	174
63		LSAP	Marguy Kirch-Hirtt	173
		LSAP	Maxime Miltgen
65		LSAP	Ben Baus	170
66		DG	Jean-Marc Cloos	168
67		DG	Cecelia Beirao	165
68		LSAP	Susanna Van Tonder	163
69		LSAP	David Viaggi	158
70		LSAP	Jeff Herr	157
71		PPLU	Mandy Arendt	156
		DL	David Wagner
73		LSAP	Rita Velaquez-Lungui	154
74		DG	Nicolas Hentgen	152
75		DG	Charles Margue	150
76		DG	Fabricio Costa	149
77		LSAP	Marvin Caldarella Weis	147
78		LSAP	Paul Klensch	145
		DG	Claudie Reyland
80		DG	Gaby Damjankovic	142
81		DG	Paul Zens	140
82		DG	Anna Tieben	139
83		DG	Christa Brommel	135
84		DG	Nora Forgirini	132
85		DG	Jojo De Vries	130
86		DG	Stephen De Ron	128
87		DG	Anne-Marie Linden	125
88		DG	Gilles Losch	123
89		ADR	Marc Adamy	122
90		DG	Armand Kremer	119
91		ADR	Yves Boden	110
92		ADR	André Faber	109
93		ADR	Nicky Stoffel	107
94		FOK	Marc Ruppert	106
95		PPLU	Lucy Agostini	103
96		ADR	Marie Therese Fuchs	102
97		ADR	Alphonse Conrardy	101
		ADR	Marco Jakoby
99		ADR	Krystyna Gawlik	100
		ADR	Maksymillian Woloszylo
101		ADR	Simon Pierrot	99
		PPLU	Jerry Weyer
103		ADR	David Gawlik	98
		ADR	Tracy Macri
105		ADR	Nadejda Muller-Trotsenko	96
106		ADR	Goulnora Soultanova	95
		PPLU	Tommy Klein
108		ADR	Lawrence Wolff-Weiss	94
109		ADR	Gabriel Bleser	93
110		PPLU	Josiane Engel	92
		ADR	Taylor King
		ADR	Marie-Andrée Schanen-Faber
113		ADR	Serge Joachheim	91
114		PPLU	Jean Heuschling	90
115		PPLU	Kim Chang Hoffmann	89
116		PPLU	Jo Wampach	88
		PPLU	Thierry Zoller
118		PPLU	Michel Karp	86
119		PPLU	Nadine Do Carmo Freitas	85
120		PPLU	Roberta Zuge	84
121		PPLU	Mathis Godefroid	83
122		PPLU	Rebecca Lau	82
123		PPLU	Jil Michels	79
124		PPLU	Na Shi Bic	76
125		PPLU	Boris Liedtke	74
		PPLU	Jelena Mijatovic
127		PPLU	Marcel Laschette	73
128		DL	Ana Correia Da Veiga	67
129		FOK	Max Maller	60
130		FOK	Micky Maller	59
131		LF	Roy Reding	49
132		FOK	Cedric Bellwald	44
		FOK	Georges Kieps
134		FOK	Micah Dalhem	41
135		FOK	Bim Diderich
136		FOK	Daniel Miltgen
137		FOK	Caroline Quintus	40
138		FOK	Francoise Kirch	39
		FOK	Phillippe Kirch
		FOK	Laurent Ozkan
141		FOK	Camille Feltes	38
		LF	Bas Schagen
		DL	Nora Schneider
144		DL	Feliz Aluaj	37
		DL	Conny Merrene
		FOK	Guilia Jaeger
		FOK	Eiti Stein
148		FOK	Garry Assel	36
		FOK	Tatevik Manukyan
		FOK	Julie Schmit
		DL	Anastasia Iampolskaia
152		DL	Joel Delvaux	35
		DL	Mara Steiber
		FOK	Sean Klein
155		FOK	Fiona Schreiner	34
		DL	Guy Foetz
		DL	Nathalie Reuland
158		DL	Liette Bissen	33
		DL	Cleo Thoma
160		DL	Laurent Baumgarten	32
		DL	Olivier Moes
		DL	Lucia Rubino
		DL	Christine Silva
164		DL	Michel Erlpelding	31
165		DL	Hany Heshmat	30
166		DL	Lukas Held	29
		DL	Pierre Turquin
168		DL	Antoni Montserrat Moliner	26
169		LB	Romain Terzer	21
170		LB	Chantal Reinert	19
171		LB	David Bettendorf	17
		LB	Georges Schweich
173		LB	Beatrice Clément	14
		LB	Jos Didier
175		LB	Yvette Kahlen	11
		LB	Henri Turk
		LB	Laura Veira Neves
178		KPL	Alain Herman	9
179		LB	Berthe Elcheroth	8
180		LB	Gian Franco Fortunaso	7
		LB	Nico Glod
		LB	Nicole Grosges
		LB	Sonja Holper
		LB	Mirza Cibele Lima Rodrigues
		LB	Patrick Olm
		LB	Frank Scheer
		LB	Stéphanie Volz
		LB	Jean-Paul Walisch
189		KPL	Joseph Gudenburg	6
190		KPL	Roland Wolff	4
191		KPL	Carole Bestgen	3
		KPL	Getrude Rucket-Meiser
		KPL	Silvia Tiberi
196		KPL	Venanzo Bartocci	2
		KPL	Pascal Cuica
		KPL	Mars Eusani
		KPL	Gilles Fischbach
		KPL	Jordy Fuchs
		KPL	Michel Ginsbach
		KPL	Romance Goulleven
		KPL	Enrique Guerrero
		KPL	Patrick Kleeblatt
		KPL	Mohammed Mait-Rabbi
		KPL	Anne Peiffer
		KPL	Senad Ramdedovic
		KPL	Marie-Jeanne Reckinger
		KPL	Alphonse Walers
		KPL	Pierre Willkomm

2018 National Election by Party^[83]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	12365	36.78
2		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	6412	19.07
3		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	5222	15.53
4		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	4299	12.79
5		Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei	ADR	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	2297	6.83
6		Pirate Party Luxembourg Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg	PPLU	Pirate politics		1444	4.30
7		The Left Déi Lénk	DL	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	1357	4.04
8		Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg	KPL	Communism	Far-left	165	0.49
9		Democracy Demokratie				59	0.18

2013 National Election by Party^[84]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	11644	36.80
2		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	7359	23.26
4		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	5461	17.26
3		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	3354	10.6
5		Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei	ADR	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	1532	4.84
6		The Left Déi Lénk	DL	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	1019	3.22
7		Pirate Party Luxembourg Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg	PPLU	Pirate politics		884	2.79
8		Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg	KPL	Communism	Far-left	210	0.66
9		Party for Full Democracy (PID) Partei fir Integral Demokratie	PID		Right Wing	187	0.57

2009 National Election by Party^[85]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	11989	40.11
2		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	5673	18.98
4		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	5636	18.86
3		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	3354	10.6
5		Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei	ADR	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	1732	5.79
6		The Left Déi Lénk	DL	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	838	2.80
7		Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg	KPL	Communism	Far-left	170	0.57

2004 National Election by Party^[86]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	10130	35.76
2		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	6359	22.45
3		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	4580	17.12
4		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	3599	12.70
5		Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei	ADR	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	2777	9.80
6		The Left Déi Lénk	DL	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	347	1.22
7		Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg	KPL	Communism	Far-left	268	0.95

1999 National Election by Party^[87]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	7330	28.84
2		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	7090	27.90
3		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	4324	17.02
4		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	2653	10.44
5		Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei	ADR	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	2381	9.37
6		The Left Déi Lénk	DL	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	798	3.14
7		The Taxpayer De Steierzueler		Neoliberalism	Right-Wing	465	1.83
8		Green and Liberal Alliance Gréng a Liberal Allianz	GAL	Green politics	Centre-left	374	1.47

1994 National Election by Party^[88]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	6532	26.98
2		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	6381	26.36
3		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	4516	18.66
4		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	3327	13.74
5		Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei	ADR	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	1970	8.14
6		National Movement National Bewegung			Far-right	592	2.45
7		Group for the Sovereignty of Luxembourg Groupement fir d’Lëtzebuerger Souveränitéit	GLS	Nationalism		362	1.50
8		Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg	KPL	Communism	Far-left	223	0.92
9		Neutral and Independent Human Rights Party Neutral an onofhängeg Mënscherechterpartei	NOMP			161	0.67
10		Party for Regional and Real Politics Partei fir regional a réel Politik	PRP			143	0.59

2024 European Election by Party^[89]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	2885	25.92
2		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	2519	22.63
3		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	2143	19.25
4		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	1623	14.58
5		Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei	ADR	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	981	8.81
6		Pirate Party Luxembourg Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg	PPLU	Pirate politics		354	3.18
7		Focus Fokus	FOK	Pragmatism	Centre	185	1.66
8		The Left Déi Lénk	DL	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	844	2.30
9		Volt Luxembourg Volt Lëtzebuerg	VOLT	European Liberalism	Centre-left to Left-wing	127	1.14
10		We The People [lb] Mir d'Vollek	MV	Anti-Establishment	Right-wing	48	0.43
11		The Conservatives dei Konservativ	DK	Conservatism	Right-wing	41	0.37
12		Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg	KPL	Communism	Far-left	35	0.31
13		Together - the Bridge [lb] Zesummen – d’Bréck	ZB	Internationalism	Left-Wing	15	0.13

2019 European Election by Party^[90]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	2310	23.39
2		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	2228	22.56
3		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	1995	20.20
4		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	1191	12.06
5		Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei	ADR	National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	1002	10.15
6		Pirate Party Luxembourg Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg	PPLU	Pirate politics		409	4.14
7		The Left Déi Lénk	DL	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	394	3.99
8		Volt Luxembourg Volt Lëtzebuerg	VOLT	European Liberalism	Centre-left to Left-wing	236	2.39
9		Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg	KPL	Communism	Far-left	79	0.80
10		The Conservatives dei Konservativ	DK	Conservatism	Right-wing	32	0.32

The 2023 Local Elections in Luxembourg all took place on the 11 June 2023 to elect the members of all the local councils of Luxembourg, including the 11 members of Contern Municipal Council.^[91] Following the 2017 Municipal Election, the Christian Social People's Party held the largest number of seats in the Municipal Council with 5, 2 of the 3 Aldermen were also affiliated with CSV.^[92]

Four parties ran in the election, each putting forward 11 candidates.

Incumbent councillors not standing for reelection

Name		Party	Councillor Since
Fernand Schiltz		LSAP	2005
Olivier Unsen		LSAP	2011
Laurent Lakaff		CSV	2011
Claude Schmit		DG	2011
Guy Lorent		DP	2005

2023 Municipal Election by Party^[93]

List No.	Name		Abbr,		Political Position	Votes				Seats
						Total	+/-	%	+/-%	Total	+/-	%	+/-%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	9130	1028	44.25	0.27	5		45.45
2		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	5042	1953	24.44	7.47	3	1	27.27	9.10
3		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	3551	466	17.12	4.95	2		18.18
4		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	2909	82	10.12	6.31	1	1	9.10	9.10
Total						20632	2433	100		100		100

2023 Municipal Election by Candidate^[93]

List No.	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		CSV	Marion Zoville-Braquet	1444	7.00
2		CSV	Jim Schmitz	1074	5.21
3		CSV	Tom Jungblut	1014	4.91
4		CSV	Digi Di Genova	956	4.63
5		DP	Dali Zhu	834	4.04
6		CSV	Marc Entringer	827	4.01
7		CSV	Yves Loose	669	3.24
8		CSV	Liss Schumacher	659	3.19
9		CSV	Noah Rodrigues	651	3.16
10		CSV	Natalie Schlesser	643	3.12
11		CSV	Marco Schmit	606	2.94
12		DP	Eric Eifes	590	2.86
13		CSV	Jasmine Kamran	587	2.85
14		DG	Ari Arrensdorff	585	2.84
15		DP	Robert Axmann	479	2.32
16		LSAP	Stephanie Ansay	475	2.30
17		DP	Ernest Pirch	428	2.07
18		LSAP	Claire Delcourt	428	2.07
19		DP	Charles Muller	426	2.06
20		DP	Pia Diderich	411	1.99
21		DP	Rose-Marie Arcanger	407	1.97
22		DP	Patrick Elsen	397	1.92
23		DP	Cynthia Gansauer	384	1.86
24		DP	Marie-Anne Kolback-Hoffmann	358	1.74
25		LSAP	Geoffrey Thierie	350	1.70
26		DP	Meho Bajrami	328	1.59
27		LSAP	Pol Thome
28		LSAP	Martina Brandenburger	321	1.56
29		LSAP	Salia Bodian	308	1.49
30		LSAP	Astrid Lagoda	301	1.46
31		DG	Lydie Arrensdorff-Dumont	290	1.41
32		LSAP	Cecilia Quirke	284	1.38
33		LSAP	Antonia Caetano Pina
34		DG	Ewald Röll	270	1.31
35		DG	Anna Fox	251	1.22
36		LSAP	Elizabeth Schrobiltgen	248	1.20
37		DG	Toinon Hann-Schmit	244	1.18
38		DG	Eric Corrignan
39		LSAP	Darina Cochrane	224	1.09
40		DG	Natalie Ebert	222	1.08
41		DG	Anja Cutler	220	1.07
42		DG	Frederic Just	208	1.01
43		DG	Alina Rachieru	188	0.91
44		DG	Thierry Cutler	187

2017 Municipal Election by Party^[94]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	8102	44.52
2		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	4017	22.07
3		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	3089	16.97
4		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	2991	16.43

2017 Municipal Election by Candidate^[94]

List No.	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		CSV	Marion Zoville-Braquet	1214	6.67
2		CSV	Jim Schmitz	1158	6.36
3		LSAP	Fernand Schiltz	1038	5.70
4		CSV	Digi Di Genova	906	4.98
5		CSV	Laurent Lakaff	804	4.41
6		CSV	Tom Jungblut	760	4.18
7		CSV	Carlo Boulanger	689	3.79
8		DG	Ari Arrensdorff	597	3.28
9		CSV	Liss Schumacher	567	3.12
10		CSV	Yve Loose	548	3.01
11		CSV	Marco Schmit	537	2.95
12		DG	Claude Schmit	507	2.79
13		DP	Guy Lorent	488	2.68
14		CSV	Micheline Feilen-Brisbois	474	2.60
15		CSV	Marie-France Back-Pelaie	445	2.45
16		LSAP	Olivier Unsen	400	2.20
17		LSAP	Patrick Weymerskirch	390	2.14
18		DP	Eric Eifes	382	2.01
19		DP	Dali Zhu	346	1.90
20		DP	Kim Arsene	342	1.88
21		LSAP	Geoffrey Thierie	326	1.79
22		DG	Laurie Wolter	301	1.65
23		LSAP	Edmund Nicolay	295	1.62
24		LSAP	Astrid Lagoda	294
25		LSAP	Danielle Kies	282	1.55
26		LSAP	Martina Brandenburger	268	1.47
27		LSAP	Elizabeth Cordova Carnero	262	1.44
28		DP	Patrick Elsen	259	1.42
29		DP	Pia Diderich	247	1.36
		DG	Muriel Moritz
31		DP	Sandra Lorent	240	1.32
32		DG	Ewall Roll	236	1.30
33		LSAP	Annika Holst	231	1.27
		LSAP	Birgitte Holst
35		DG	Lydie Arrens	225	1.24
36		DP	Rose-Marie Arcanger	213	1.17
37		DP	Marie-Anne Kolbach-Hoffman	204	1.12
38		DP	Vitor Dos Santos	203
39		DG	Anna Fox	194	1.01
40		DG	Stephanie Weis	188	1.03
41		DG	Thierry Coutelier	183	1.01
42		DG	Fréderic Juste	169	0.93
43		DP	Romaine Krischel-Kahlen	165	0.91
44		DG	Sylvain Classen	145	0.80

2011 Municipal Election by Party^[95]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	5993	32.48
2		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	5001	27.10
3		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	4424	23.97
4		The Greens Déi Gréng	DG	Green politics	Centre-left	3036	16.45

2011 Municipal Election by Candidate^[95]

List No.	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		CSV	Jim Schmitz	1405
2		LSAP	Fernand Schiltz	1095
3		CSV	Marion Zoville-Braquet	898
4		DP	Jean-Marie Mangen	876
5		LSAP	Philo Guenther-Marx	702
6		CSV	Jean-Pierre di Genova	670
7		LSAP	Marcel Zeimes	627
8		DP	Guy Lorent	562
9		DP	Eric Eiffes	549
10		CSV	Laurent Lakaff	543
11		DP	Arsene Kihm	519
12		DP	Alexandre Krieps	506
13		DG	Ari Arrensdorff	477
14		DG	Claude Schmit	417
15		CSV	Marco Schmit	407
16		DP	Carlo Hermann	403
17		DP	Lydia Alegria	370
18		CSV	Marie-France Back-Pelaie	362
19		DP	Tom Jungblut	360
20		LSAP	Fernand Entringer	355
		CSV	Roland Reicher
22		DG	Yoland Kox	354
23		CSV	Bernadette Krack	351
24		CSV	Pascal Lullingen	349
25		CSV	Josiane Braun-Beauchaud	340
26		DP	Pia Diderich	316
27		CSV	Myriam Hames-Muller	313
28		DP	Romaine Krischel-Kahlen	301
29		DG	Ewald Roll	300
30		LSAP	Olivier Unsen	294
31		DG	Lydie Arrensdorff-Dumont	279
32		LSAP	Marco Suman	265
33		DP	Steve Thull	239
34		LSAP	Vladimir Garboutchev	237
35		LSAP	Marc Cloos	225
		LSAP	Isabelle Tunc
37		DG	Thierry Coutelier	220
38		DG	Yves Dieschbourg	207
39		DG	Yves Zolfer	203
		LSAP	Edith Reckinger
41		DG	Lilianne Grethen	200
42		DG	Sylvain Classen	198
43		LSAP	Birgitte Holst	196
44		DG	John Lorentz	181

In the aftermath of the election, DP, LSAP and Déi Gréng formed a coalition government excluding CSV, the party with the most votes and seats. This resulted in unrest and protests against the then current electoral system.^[96]

2005 Municipal Election by Party^[97]

List No.	Name		Abbr,	Ideology	Political Position	Votes	%
1		Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei	DP	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	5525	33.96
2		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei	LSAP	Social democracy	Centre-left	5468	33.61
3		Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei	CSV	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	5277	32.43

2005 Municipal Election by Candidate^[97]

List No.	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		LSAP	Fernand Schiltz	1171
2		CSV	Jim Schmitz	1129
3		CSV	Jean Sauber	840
4		DP	Jean-Marie Mangen	832
5		DP	Constant Goergen	799
6		DP	Alexandre Krieps	701
7		LSAP	Roland Schiel	671
8		LSAP	Philo Gunther-Marx	597
9		DP	Aresene Kihm	587
10		DP	Guy Lorent	582
11		DP	Eric Eiffes	559
12		CSV	Lilly Schmit-Eischen	555
13		LSAP	Michelle Reuter	551
14		CSV	Marion Zoville-Braquet	511
15		LSAP	Marcel Zeimes	471
16		LSAP	Fernand Entringer	461
17		CSV	Nico Dusseldorf	448
18		CSV	Marc Schleck	414
19		DP	Marie-Anne Kolbach-Hoffmann	360
20		DP	Brigitte Hilbert-Henx	356
21		LSAP	Danny Deville	341
22		LSAP	Christian Loor	328
23		LSAP	Marco Hames	315
24		LSAP	Edith Reckinger	314
25		CSV	Marco Schmit	310
26		CSV	Nico Klein	304
27		CSV	Marcel Hoffmann	301
28		DP	Pia Diderich	272
29		DP	David Reicher	270
30		LSAP	Roy Kierch	248
31		CSV	Bernadette Reisen-Krack	237
32		CSV	Marie-France Back-Pelaié	228
33		DP	Alan Pfister	207

The commune owns and runs a school in the southwest of the town. The commune is delegated with the task of ensuring that Government Mandated Education is enforced, the education budget is controlled, and that the school buses linking the rest of the commune with the school are operational. Many local residents, particularly of secondary school, tend to have their education outside the commune.^[98][99] There is also a school in Oetrange.

The Communal Revenue department manages Contern's taxation, dept and accounting.

Contern is not home to any hospitals, medical clinics, police stations or fire stations and must rely on neighbouring communes for such services.^[100]

Waste collection is managed and run by the commune of Contern. There is a simple system of when garbage trucks come, what they pick up each day, and how much it all costs. The dump is located in the Op Dem Keller industrial zone in Munsbach and is shared with the commune of Shuttrange.^[101]

Contern's urban planning is run by its urban planning department. They control and manage building permits and requests. There's a two-tier system for any form of construction or landscaping. Minor interventions include small construction projects such as minor landscaping, street and sidewalk construction and the building of wells and outdoor facilities while major interventions cover construction or extension of new housing or office space, or modifications to the structure or load-bearings of existing infrastructure.^[102]

The commune also offers services for reception, revenue, technical and communications.^[103]

Contern is in partnership with the communes in Schuttrange and Weiler-la-Tour with whom they share an office in Moutfort.^[104]

Contern endeavors to encourage the entire population to speak a large variety of languages. Many Local children speak Luxembourgish, French, German and even English. The commune wishes to spread the speaking of all these languages to everyone in their boundaries, assisted heavily by their Luxembourgish courses.^[105]

Luxembourgish has been on the rise recently, with many documents being posted in Luxembourgish, sometimes exclusively. The commune of Contern is encouraging learning of the national language through courses they have arranged. Courses occur yearly to meet the needs of the large immigrant population.^[106]

The commune of Contern operates many of the services in its designated area.^[107] The commune runs multiple buildings such as the town hall, municipal workshop and social office.^[108] It also issues many public documents available online. Applications for commune job are possible, even for people as young as 16.^[109][110] All new regulations made the by the commune are also available in PDF form online.^[111] The human resources department service is responsible for managing municipal jobs, including jobs for students aged 16 and over during the summer.^[112] The commune also offers the "cost of living allowance." It comes from the FNS and can be applied for as long as the decision is enclosed with the SNSF agreement, together with an PDF form which needs to be completed.^[113] There's also a separate National Fund for low income citizens, the total sum is determined mostly by their household.^[114]

Contern has worked with the European Commission to bring publicly available WI-FI to certain areas of the commune. These include both the site of the former school and parts of the current one, Prince Charles Park in Oetrange, the park in Moutfort and the Cultural Centre in Medingen. These by no coincidence, are all located within the four main settlements in Contern. There are potentially more areas which meet the criteria set by the European Commission to warrant a new hotspot but none are planned for the moment. WIFI4EU is by no means unique to Contern.^[115]

The Contern Coat of arms is "Argent a fess wavy Gules charged with three triangles also wavy Or, said fess accompanied in chief by a cross anchored Gules, at the base of a shell Sable."^[116]

The commune of Contern received its coat of arms on 26 July 1982. These are coats of arms in the shape of a shield divided into three parts, one for each village of the municipality.

• The upper part shows a cross derived from the coat of arms of the lords of Larochette who owned Contern from 1534 to 1731.
• The bars come from the coat of arms of the Grandpré family, lords of Roussy, who were the owners of the villages of Moutfort, Medingen and Pleitrange. The bars undulate to represent the River Syre which runs through the town.
• The lower part shows a shell derived from the coat of arms of the Metternich family to which Oetrange belonged.^[116]

The Contern Coat of arms is used all over the commune, on the flag, outside official buildings, even on the wheelie bins. Its distinctive looks and colour make it easy to spot.

Contern is home to a large number of small businesses which local residents can do their shopping at. This is not only restricted to settlements as the industrial zone is home to the only Big Box Store in the commune. The other stores consist of but are not limited to grocery stores, drink shops and bakeries. Contern also has a variety of hair salons and pharmacies. Most of these are concentrated around Moutfort due to the E29 main road slicing the town in twain. The commune is full of mixed use development hence why shops although occasionally found in dedicated shopping districts, are still just as often in residential areas.^[117]

There are many cultural centres in Contern all of which have their own events. They are Chapel Street in Medingen, Moutfort Cultural and Sports Centre, Oetrange Cultural Centre, and "An Henks" Cultural Centre in Contern.^[118] There are a total of seven different monuments in Contern, dotted across the various towns and serving different purposes. There are three different war memorials, one in Contern itself, one in Oetrange and one in Moutfort. In Moutfort there is another monument to the liberators in Luxembourg, and in Oetrange there is a white bridge named Liberation Bridge. There are two smaller monuments, one in the industrial zone, and one more in Moutfort.^[119]

The Comic Strip Festival was started by a man named Daniel Grun and has been going since 1994. It was the first of its kind in the country although that is now no longer the case.^[120] It is known as BD Contern.^[121]

Appelfest is an annual autumn festival that takes place in Contern, near the Gemeng or municipal administration. It is well known amongst the locals and every year banners are placed on the lampposts on the streets into the town and road signs point to it to inform everyone when and where it will take place.^{[citation needed]}

Every year on the first Sunday in Lent, as in the rest of Luxembourg Contern celebrates the burgbreenen festival on a small trail near Noehenhof. A large bonfire is made and the local residents are invited to a gathering. This is a historic tradition to "burn away the winter" and say hello to spring.^{[citation needed]}

There are many cultural events which happen in Contern.^[122] For younger people there are a number of small play areas dotted around the commune.^[123][124] There is also the annual Christmas March in early December.

Local festivals and events in Contern include Integration Week, Day of Sporting and Cultural Merit, Environment Week, Commemoration Day and many more.^[125]

The Auto pédestre hiking paths are mapped out by the commune to increase use and decrease risk. There are seven of these in Contern, all clearly marked and labelled, with maps available online.^[126] Some of them leave the commune at times, while most only go between towns in Contern.^[127][128]

Contern has many cycle paths that are part of regional or national itineries. There are also many unmarked gravel or paved paths which are mostly dedicated to cyclists all across the commune. This includes many paths linking hamlets such as Faerschthaff so that their tractors can access the farm more easily. Motor vehicles excluding tractors are banned from all these paths, but they are open to cyclists.^[129]

There are a number of basketball courts and football fields within and just outside the commune. There is also a children's Football Club with a full size playing field located at Moutfort. It is the "Union Sportif Moutfort-Medingen" or USMM for short, set up in 1937. It attracts people not just from Contern but also the neighbouring communes.^[130]

Contern is also home to many public courts for Multisports and Petanque.^[131][132] The nearest swimming pool is regional, outside of the commune entirely in Nideranven.^[133]

• Luc Frieden (born 1963) - Prime minister of Luxembourg since 2023; currently resides in Contern

• Media related to Contern at Wikimedia Commons
• Link to Commune's Website https://www.contern.lu/fr/Pages/default.aspx