Junglinster

Junglinster (Luxembourgish: Jonglënster) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Grevenmacher. The 18th-century St Martin's church is a national monument.

Junglinster Jonglënster (Luxembourgish)
Commune
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Junglinster highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49.7111°N 6.2514°E / 49.7111; 6.2514
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Grevenmacher
Government
• Mayor	Ben Ries
Area
• Total	55.38 km2 (21.38 sq mi)
• Rank	6th of 100
Highest elevation	411 m (1,348 ft)
• Rank	41st of 100
Lowest elevation	243 m (797 ft)
• Rank	53rd of 100
Population  (2024)
• Total	9,031
• Rank	18th of 100
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
• Rank	53rd of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0001105
Website	www.junglinster.lu

History

The oldest mention of Lincera (the "linster" part of the place name) is in documents going back to 983, with the status of parish first attested in 1128.^[1]

Population

As of 2024^[update], the town of Junglinster has a population of 3,697,^[2] whilst the wider commune of Junglinster has a population of 8,622. Figures from 2018 report that 64.11% of the population of the commune holds Luxembourgish nationality, with the five largest immigrant populations in the commune being those of Portuguese (7.77%), French (5.12%), German (3.88%), Belgian (3.27%) and British (1.91%) nationalities.^[3]

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Transmitters

The commune hosts two of the world's most powerful longwave transmitters, with the older transmitter based just north of the town of Junglinster since 1933, and a more powerful longwave transmitter located in Beidweiller since 1972. These transmitters were utilised by Radio Luxembourg, which gained iconic status amongst audiences in Britain and Ireland in the 1930s and again in the 1960s and 1970s, for popular programmes that circumvented restrictive broadcasting laws, particularly in the UK. This gave Junglinster an important role in the history of pirate radio. The transmitters are in still in use by RTL (French radio).

Junglinster Transmitter

Populated places

The commune consists of the following towns and villages:

Junglinster Section: Altlinster Blumenthal [lb] Bourglinster Eisenborn Godbrange Graulinster Imbringen Junglinster (seat) Behlen Jeanharis

Rodenbourg Section: Beidweiler Eschweiler Gonderange Rodenbourg

Notable people

• Eugène Schaus (1901–1978), a Luxembourgish politician and jurist.
• Lex Jacoby (1930 in Junglister – 2015), writer; winner of the Servais Prize for Literature

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia

Junglinster is twinned with:^[5]

• Üdersdorf, Germany
• La Crosse, United States ^[6]