Asselborn

This article is about the town. For the Luxembourgish politician, see Jean Asselborn.

Asselborn (Luxembourgish: Aasselbuer) is a small town in the commune of Wincrange, in northern Luxembourg. As of 2024^[update], the town has a population of 454.^[1]

Asselborn Aasselbuer
Former commune of Luxembourg
Country	Luxembourg
District	Diekirch
Canton	Clervaux
Created	Original commune
Abolished	1 January 1978
Currently	Part of Wincrange

Asselborn was a commune in the canton of Clervaux until 1 January 1978, when it was merged with the communes of Boevange, Hachiville, and Oberwampach to form the new commune of Wincrange. The law creating Wincrange was passed on 31 October 1977.^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Asselborn (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	12.5 (54.5)	20.3 (68.5)	21.9 (71.4)	23.3 (73.9)	29.6 (85.3)	33.4 (92.1)	37.9 (100.2)	36.5 (97.7)	32.4 (90.3)	26.9 (80.4)	20.4 (68.7)	13.7 (56.7)	37.9 (100.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	3.2 (37.8)	4.4 (39.9)	8.7 (47.7)	13.2 (55.8)	17.3 (63.1)	20.4 (68.7)	22.5 (72.5)	22.2 (72.0)	18.0 (64.4)	12.8 (55.0)	7.1 (44.8)	3.9 (39.0)	12.8 (55.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	1.2 (34.2)	1.7 (35.1)	4.7 (40.5)	8.4 (47.1)	12.1 (53.8)	15.2 (59.4)	17.0 (62.6)	16.5 (61.7)	12.8 (55.0)	9.0 (48.2)	4.7 (40.5)	2.0 (35.6)	8.8 (47.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−1.5 (29.3)	−1.5 (29.3)	0.7 (33.3)	3.2 (37.8)	7.0 (44.6)	9.9 (49.8)	11.8 (53.2)	11.4 (52.5)	8.4 (47.1)	5.7 (42.3)	2.2 (36.0)	−0.5 (31.1)	4.7 (40.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−19.7 (−3.5)	−18.4 (−1.1)	−17.6 (0.3)	−7.2 (19.0)	−2.7 (27.1)	−2.5 (27.5)	3.2 (37.8)	0.8 (33.4)	−0.4 (31.3)	−7.4 (18.7)	−14.1 (6.6)	−21.7 (−7.1)	−18.4 (−1.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	74.9 (2.95)	61.0 (2.40)	59.7 (2.35)	48.3 (1.90)	68.2 (2.69)	70.5 (2.78)	64.9 (2.56)	80.6 (3.17)	63.7 (2.51)	67.5 (2.66)	69.7 (2.74)	90.2 (3.55)	819.2 (32.25)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	12.8	11.2	11.0	9.1	10.3	10.4	10.2	10.3	9.4	11.5	12.9	13.8	132.7
Source: NOAA[3]

Former commune

The former commune consisted of the villages:

• Asselborn
• Boxhorn
• Maulusmühle
• Rumlange
• Sassel
• Stockem
• Uschler
• Lentzweiler - partly shared with the former commune of Boevange
• Asselborn-Moulin (lieu-dit)
• Emeschbach-Asselborn (lieu-dit)
• Emeschbach-Stockem (lieu-dit)
• Bockmühle (lieu-dit)
• Cinqfontaines (lieu-dit)
• Asselborn-Route (lieu-dit)
• Stockem-Route (lieu-dit)