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Dippach

Dippech
Dippach Dippech
Commune
	Dippach-Gare
	Coat of arms
	Map of Luxembourg with Dippach highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
	Coordinates: 49°35′15″N 5°59′00″E / 49.5875°N 5.9833°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Capellen
Area
• Total	17.42 km2 (6.73 sq mi)
• Rank	66th of 100
Highest elevation	352 m (1,155 ft)
• Rank	84th of 100
Lowest elevation	277 m (909 ft)
• Rank	79th of 100
Population (2023)
• Total	4,635
• Rank	38th of 100
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
• Rank	32nd of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000101
Website	dippach.lu

Dippach (Luxembourgish: Dippech [ˈdipəɕ] ^ⓘ) is a commune and small town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg. The commune's administrative centre is Schouweiler. The River Mess, a tributary of the Alzette, rises here.

As of 2023^[update], the town of Dippach, which lies in the north-east of the commune, has a population of 1036.^[1] Other villages within the commune include Bettange-sur-Mess, Schouweiler, and Sprinkange.

Population edit

^[2]

Notable people edit

Johann Peter Kirsch (1861–1941), ecclesiastical historian and biblical archaeologist
Laurent Didier (born 1984), former road bicycle racer
Tom Wirtgen (born 1996), cyclist

Twin towns — sister cities edit

Dippach is twinned with:^[3]

Landiras, France

Aerial views edit

Aerial view of the localities of Dippach (Dippech)...
... and of Bettange-sur-Mess (Betten op der Mess) and Dippach-Gare (Dippech-Gare).

References edit

^ "Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité". data.public.lu. 2024-01-07.
^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ "Présentation". dippach.lu (in French). Dippach. Retrieved 2019-09-05.