Manternach

Manternach
Manternach
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Map of Luxembourg with Manternach highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
	Coordinates: 49°42′25″N 6°25′25″E / 49.7069°N 6.4236°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Grevenmacher
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Pierre Pol Hoffmann
Area
• Total	27.68 km2 (10.69 sq mi)
• Rank	30th of 100
Highest elevation	341 m (1,119 ft)
• Rank	87th of 100
Lowest elevation	181 m (594 ft)
• Rank	17th of 100
Population (2023)
• Total	2,298
• Rank	69th of 100
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
• Rank	77th of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0001106
Website	manternach.lu

Manternach is a commune and small town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the Grevenmacher canton

As of 2024^[update], the town of Manternach, which lies in the south of the commune, has a population of 728.^[1] Other towns within the commune include Berbourg, Lellig, and Munschecker.

Manternach railway station has regular services directly to Luxembourg City and Wasserbillig. There are approximately 35 trains per day travelling from Manternach to Luxembourg.^[2]

Manternach is famous for its forest trails. It is one of the 5th Dream Circles in the grand Duchy. Starting with 5km up to 13 km along the Syrdall river. It is refreshing in summer and people come from far to experience it.

Around one fourth of trees in this natural zone are dying. There are no shops except for a Chinese restaurant and the new restaurant Annen.^{[citation needed]}

In Manternach, the church bells are giving the time every quarter and still remind us of the end of peasants field work at 11h45 and 17h30 every day during 3 minutes.

Population

The population is very international (as often the case in Luxembourg, mostly peasants (active or retired) and from the Grand duchy. Foreign people fare from Germany, Poland, Senegal, Ethiopia, France, the Netherland, Italy et cetera live peacefully in Manternach. German or luxemburgish languages are mostly used, sometimes french.^[3]