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'''Contern''' ({{langx|lb|Conter}} {{IPA|lb|ˈkontɐ||Lb-Conter.ogg}}) is a [[Communes of Luxembourg|commune]] and town in southern [[Luxembourg]]. It is located east of [[Luxembourg City]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Contern · Luxembourg|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Contern/@49.5947604,6.2140656,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4795466014db966b:0x92258163fc931012!8m2!3d49.5845783!4d6.2256543|access-date=2022-02-26|website=Contern · Luxembourg|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Municipalities - Geodata of the municipality Contern |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/communes/Contern/communes/?lang=en |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population par canton et commune |url=https://lustat.statec.lu/vis?lc=fr&tm=population%20par%20commune&pg=0&df%5Bds%5D=ds-release&df%5Bid%5D=DF_X021&df%5Bag%5D=LU1&df%5Bvs%5D=1.1&pd=,&dq=A.&vw=tb |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=lustat.statec.lu}}</ref><ref name="data.public.lu">{{Cite web |url=https://data.public.lu/fr/datasets/registre-national-des-personnes-physiques-rnpp-population-par-localite-population-per-locality/ |title=Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité |date=2024-01-07 |website=data.public.lu}}</ref>

The main towns are Contern, [[Moutfort]] and [[Oetrange]] and there are two small villages, [[Medingen, Luxembourg|Medingen]] and [[Milbech]]. Additionally the commune contains the [[Lieu-dit|lieux-dits]] of Bricherhaff, [[Brichermillen]], [[Kréintgeshaff]], Kackerterhaff (which means "cockerel farm" in Luxembourgish), [[Eitermillen|Éitermillen]], [[Marxeknupp]] and [[Pleitrange]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liste des localités avec coordonnées - Portail Open Data |url=https://data.public.lu/fr/datasets/liste-des-localites-avec-coordonnees/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=data.public.lu |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luxembourg in Figures Edition 2023 |url=https://luxembourg.public.lu/dam-assets/publications/le-luxembourg-en-chiffres/luxembourg-figures.pdf |website=luxembourg.public.lu}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Early history ===
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.<ref name=":9">Parts of Path and Bridge are displayed on the [https://contern.lu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2020-05-27-PAP-QE-Contern-Plan-de-reperage.pdf Contern Plan de Reperage] between am ale Weier and Op der Syrener-Heed some remnants of the path are still in use: [https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/106112239#map=17/49.57478/6.21346 OSM Relation] Retrieved 14th January 2024</ref> 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 [[Celts|Celtic]] Era. In the 14th century it was recorded in writing as ''Guntrein.''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wampach |first=Camille |title=Geschichte der Grundherrschaft Echternach im Frühmittelalter. |publisher=Luxemburger Kunstdruckerei |year=1930 |location=Luxembourg |pages=234–235 |language=Luxembourgish}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":25">{{Cite web |title=Histoire de la commune |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/presentation/histoire-de-la-commune/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-12 |title=In the neighbourhood: Contern, Moutfort & surrounds |url=https://www.luxtimes.lu/yourluxembourg/luxembourgguide/in-the-neighbourhood-contern-moutfort-surrounds/4377358.html |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Luxembourg Times |language=en}}</ref>

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 [[Lieu-dit|lieux-dits]] although Oetrange was home to the settlement of Kackerterhaff. Moutfort included the settlements of [[Medingen, Luxembourg|Medingen]] and Milbech as well as Moulin de Milbech and the farmstead of [[Pleitrange]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Hansen |first=Kevin M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xfrdjwEACAAJ |title=Map Guide to Luxembourg Parish Registers |publisher=Family Roots Publishing Company |year=2016 |isbn=9781628590807 |pages=138}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Luxembourg Gazetteers |url=https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Luxembourg_Gazetteers |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.familysearch.org}}</ref> By 1796 Contern was incorporated as an Arrondissement of Luxembourg District, which encapsulated several localities:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Localities within the arrondissement of Contern c.1800<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":1" />
!Locality (French)
!Locality (German)
!Locality (Luxembourgish)
!Parish
|-
|[[Bricherhaff|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, Luxembourg|Medingen]]
|Medingen
|Méideng or Méidéng
|Moutfort
|-
|Moutfort
|Mutfort
|Mutfert
|Moutfort
|-
|[[Milbech|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
|}
[[File:Contern, Pläitrenger Haff (105).jpg|thumb|Historic buildings in Pleitrange]]
Contern remained an arrondissement until 1912. At some point in the early 19th Century, communes were introduced to Luxembourg which saw the foundation of the Commune. Precise details are unknown but the earliest census applicable to Contern with its current boundaries is from 1821 and the oldest officially archived reference to Contern as a commune dates back to 1816, which is the first occurrence of it being officially listed as a commune. The oldest mention of Contern in a newspaper dates back to 1842<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=État de la population {{!}} Population structure - Portail Open Data |url=https://data.public.lu/en/datasets/etat-de-la-population-population-structure/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=data.public.lu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BnL Viewer 2 |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/zbs69k/pages/1/articles/DTL49?search=Contern |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ruppert |first=P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE9Gh8jC79YC&dq=%22contern%22+%22arrondissement%22&pg=PA468 |title=Les états provinciaux du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg de 1816 - 1830 |date=1890 |publisher=Imprimerie de la Cour |language=fr}}</ref>
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By 1890 most of the former arrondissements of Contern were incorporated as lieux-dits and census subdivisions.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Population of all Villages and lieux-dits of Contern<ref name=":18">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lL1vxYq2bkoC&dq=%22oetrange+moulin%22&pg=PA255 |title=Pasinomie luxembourgeoise: recueil des lois, décrets, arrêtés, règlements généraux et spéciaux etc. qui peuvent être invoqués dans le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. 1886/90 (1890) |date=1890 |language=fr}}</ref>
!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
|-
| rowspan="2" |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.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":1" />

=== 21st century ===
On November 8, 2000, Contern's municipal council passed a bill approving the sale of land in the Weiergewann and Scheid cadastral districts as well as modifying the building regulations in Weiergewann and formulated the plan regarding taxation and forestry use for the 2001 fiscal budget. The budget was later rectified on November 30 and also around that time Contern joined the Luxembourgish Climate Alliance (Klimabündnis-Lëtzebuerg) and Contern.lu was set up.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seance Du Conseil Communal Du 08 Novembre 2000 |url=http://www.contern.lu/Sitzungen.htm |access-date=2024-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223092742fw_/http://www.contern.lu/Sitzungen.htm |archive-date=23 February 2001 }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2001-02-22 |title=Contern |url=http://www.contern.lu/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |archive-date=2001-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010222004820/http://www.contern.lu/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Halbierung der Co2 |url=http://www.contern.lu/Klimabundnis.htm |access-date=2024-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223235729fw_/http://www.contern.lu/Klimabundnis.htm |archive-date=23 February 2001 }}</ref>

In December 2015, Sandweiler-Contern station was re-sited, moving the station within the boundaries of Contern.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ruppert |first=Rita |date=December 11, 2015 |title=Light at the end of the Tunnel |url=https://digitalpaper.wort.lu/ |journal=Am Wort |page=26}}</ref>

In November 2023, the [[DuPont]] chemical plant located partially within Contern threatened to lay off a large portion of its staff.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-12 |title=Luxembourg jobs at risk as DuPont de Nemours plans global cuts |url=https://www.luxtimes.lu/businessandfinance/luxembourg-jobs-at-risk-as-dupont-de-nemours-plans-global-cuts/4631923.html |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Luxembourg Times |language=en}}</ref>

In 2024, a small parking lot in the town centre beside the church cemetery was converted into a small pedestrianised square. In May, it was controversially announced that the square would be named “Place Luc Frieden” in the honour of [[Luc Frieden|the sitting prime minister of Luxembourg]] who has resided in the commune for 30 years. The [[Christian Social People's Party|CSV]] mayor of Contern, Marion Zovillé-Braquet, stated that the naming was by no means politics, while the commune’s [[Democratic Party (Luxembourg)|DP]] councillors criticised that naming a square after a sitting prime minister was a “practice common in dictatorships” and that street names should generally be a “posthumous honour”. The [[Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party|LSAP]] backed up the mayor amid the controversy, having already voted in favour of the name in the council meeting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-12 |title=Square dedicated to PM Luc Frieden causes controversy |url=https://www.luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/square-dedicated-to-pm-luc-frieden-causes-controversy/13725063.html |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Luxembourg Times |language=en}}</ref>

=== Archaeology ===
[[File:Epona, 2nd or 3rd century AD, from Contern, National Museum of History and Art, Luxembourg.jpg|thumb|250x250px|2nd-3rd Century depiction of [[Epona]] which was dug up in Contern]]
Although no prominent archaeological sites or artifacts date back to [[Celts|Celtic]] times, much remains from the [[Roman people|Romans]] including some housing ruins and remnants of an [[Roman aqueduct|aqueduct]].<ref name=":25" /> Additionally a mosaic of the Roman god [[Epona]] was discovered in Contern. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franziska Dövener - Academia.edu |url=https://independent.academia.edu/FranziskaD%C3%B6vener |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=independent.academia.edu}}</ref>

=== Etymology ===
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 [[Germanic languages|German origin]], to that of [[French language|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|date=November 2024}}''

== Geography ==
[[File:Kackeschbaach.png|thumb|The Kackeschbaach makes up a part of the border between Contern and [[Schuttrange]]]]
The Commune of Contern is located within the [[Cantons of Luxembourg|Canton]] of [[Canton of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] itself within [[Luxembourg District]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Main - Geoportal Luxembourg |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global&zoom=14&X=695201&Y=6375397&layers=269-302-329-268-354-346&opacities=1-1-1-1-1-1&pk_campaign=geoseo_data&lang=en&rotation=0&time=---------- |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref>

=== Boundaries ===
Contern is bordered by the communes of [[Sandweiler]] and [[Schuttrange]] to the north, [[Lenningen, Luxembourg|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, Luxembourg|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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" />{{Geographic location|Centre=Contern (Commune)|North=[[Sandweiler]]|Northeast=[[Schuttrange]]|East=[[Bous-Waldbredimus]], [[Lenningen]]|South=[[Dalheim]]|Southwest=[[Weiler-la-Tour]]|West=[[Hesperange]]}}

=== Topography ===
[[File:Ötringen vom "Roude Bësch"aus.jpg|thumb|Typical topography of Contern containing rolling hills, taken from the east of Oetrange]]
Contern covers an area of 20.55 square kilometres, making it, as of 2022,{{Update inline|date=September 2024}} the [[List of communes of Luxembourg by area|54th largest commune]] in [[Luxembourg]] out of 102.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Statistiques |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/presentation/statistiques/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> It had a population of 4374, the [[List of communes of Luxembourg by population|44th highest]] out of 102 communes as of 2023 giving it a population density of 210 people per square kilometre, [[List of communes of Luxembourg by population density|43rd highest]] in Luxembourg. The population has since risen to 4,513 inhabitants.<ref name=":40">{{Cite web |title=Population by canton and municipality |url=https://lustat.statec.lu/vis?lc=en&pg=0&tm=contern&df%5Bds%5D=ds-release&df%5Bid%5D=DF_X021&df%5Bag%5D=LU1&df%5Bvs%5D=1.1&pd=,2024&dq=A.0302 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=lustat.statec.lu}}</ref><ref name=":10" />
 
Contern lies within the [[Guttland|Guttland region]] of Luxembourg and covers part of both the [[Luxembourg Plateau]] and [[Moselle Valley]] sub-regions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-23 |title=Luxembourg's territory |url=https://luxembourg.public.lu/en/society-and-culture/territoire-et-climat/territoire.html |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=luxembourg.public.lu |language=en}}</ref> The contrast between the two sub regions gives Contern a varying topography, from the rolling hills in the south and west to the sharp sandstone cliffs to the east around Medingen and the north around Kréintgeshaff and Éiterbierg.

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, Luxembourg|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.<ref name=":0" />

The Highest point in Contern is Éiterbierg (Oetrange Hill) at an Elevation of 356 metres. While the lowest point is on the northern border with Schuttrange in the river Syre at an elevation of 237 metres.

=== Climate ===
[[File:Vue op Éiter-102.jpg|thumb|Snow in [[Oetrange]]]]

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]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Cfb]]), with moderate precipitation, cold to cool winters and warm summers. It is cloudy about two-thirds of the year.{{Weather box
| location = Luxembourg City (1991–2020, extremes 1947–present)
| metric first = y
| single line = y
| Jan record high C = 13.9
| Feb record high C = 19.8
| Mar record high C = 23.5
| Apr record high C = 27.9
| May record high C = 31.6
| Jun record high C = 35.4
| Jul record high C = 39.0
| Aug record high C = 37.9
| Sep record high C = 31.5
| Oct record high C = 26.0
| Nov record high C = 19.8
| Dec record high C = 14.7
| year record high C = 39.0
| Jan avg record high C = 10.7
| Feb avg record high C = 12.2
| Mar avg record high C = 17.4
| Apr avg record high C = 22.9
| May avg record high C = 26.6
| Jun avg record high C = 30.1
| Jul avg record high C = 31.9
| Aug avg record high C = 31.5
| Sep avg record high C = 25.6
| Oct avg record high C = 20.9
| Nov avg record high C = 14.6
| Dec avg record high C = 10.8
| year avg record high C = 33.5
| Jan high C = 3.8
| Feb high C = 5.2
| Mar high C = 9.8
| Apr high C = 14.4
| May high C = 18.4
| Jun high C = 21.7
| Jul high C = 23.9
| Aug high C = 23.5
| Sep high C = 19.0
| Oct high C = 13.5
| Nov high C = 7.7
| Dec high C = 4.5
| year high C = 13.8
| Jan mean C = 1.4
| Feb mean C = 2.2
| Mar mean C = 5.7
| Apr mean C = 9.6
| May mean C = 13.5
| Jun mean C = 16.7
| Jul mean C = 18.7
| Aug mean C = 18.4
| Sep mean C = 14.3
| Oct mean C = 9.9
| Nov mean C = 5.2
| Dec mean C = 2.3
| year mean C = 9.8
| Jan low C = -1.0
| Feb low C = -0.7
| Mar low C = 2.0
| Apr low C = 5.1
| May low C = 8.7
| Jun low C = 11.8
| Jul low C = 13.8
| Aug low C = 13.6
| Sep low C = 10.3
| Oct low C = 6.6
| Nov low C = 2.8
| Dec low C = 0.0
| year low C = 6.1
| Jan avg record low C = -8.0
| Feb avg record low C = -7.5
| Mar avg record low C = -4.2
| Apr avg record low C = -1.1
| May avg record low C = 2.8
| Jun avg record low C = 6.0
| Jul avg record low C = 9.1
| Aug avg record low C = 8.3
| Sep avg record low C = 5.5
| Oct avg record low C = 0.7
| Nov avg record low C = -2.9
| Dec avg record low C = -6.5
| year avg record low C = -10.4
| Jan record low C = -17.8
| Feb record low C = -20.2
| Mar record low C = -14.4
| Apr record low C = -6.9
| May record low C = -2.1
| Jun record low C = 0.9
| Jul record low C = 4.5
| Aug record low C = 4.3
| Sep record low C = -0.7
| Oct record low C = -4.6
| Nov record low C = -11.1
| Dec record low C = -15.3
| year record low C = -20.2
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 72.0
| Feb precipitation mm = 59.0
| Mar precipitation mm = 57.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 49.0
| May precipitation mm = 71.2
| Jun precipitation mm = 75.6
| Jul precipitation mm = 71.5
| Aug precipitation mm = 71.9
| Sep precipitation mm = 66.2
| Oct precipitation mm = 76.6
| Nov precipitation mm = 72.1
| Dec precipitation mm = 89.4
| year precipitation mm = 831.5
| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 17.3
| Feb precipitation days = 15.4
| Mar precipitation days = 14.8
| Apr precipitation days = 12.7
| May precipitation days = 14.0
| Jun precipitation days = 13.3
| Jul precipitation days = 13.7
| Aug precipitation days = 13.2
| Sep precipitation days = 12.2
| Oct precipitation days = 15.2
| Nov precipitation days = 17.5
| Dec precipitation days = 18.1
| year precipitation days = 177.4
| Jan snow days = 7.5
| Feb snow days = 7.6
| Mar snow days = 3.6
| Apr snow days = 1.5
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.1
| Nov snow days = 2.3
| Dec snow days = 6.8
| year snow days = 29.4
| Jan humidity = 88
| Feb humidity = 83
| Mar humidity = 74
| Apr humidity = 67
| May humidity = 68
| Jun humidity = 68
| Jul humidity = 67
| Aug humidity = 68
| Sep humidity = 75
| Oct humidity = 84
| Nov humidity = 89
| Dec humidity = 90
| year humidity = 77
| Jan sun = 52.0
| Feb sun = 79.5
| Mar sun = 137.1
| Apr sun = 197.5
| May sun = 226.3
| Jun sun = 241.2
| Jul sun = 257.6
| Aug sun = 237.1
| Sep sun = 174.9
| Oct sun = 106.7
| Nov sun = 51.1
| Dec sun = 41.9
| year sun = 1802.9
| Jan percentsun = 18.8
| Feb percentsun = 29.4
| Mar percentsun = 34.0
| Apr percentsun = 44.1
| May percentsun = 44.8
| Jun percentsun = 46.7
| Jul percentsun = 51.0
| Aug percentsun = 51.7
| Sep percentsun = 42.7
| Oct percentsun = 31.8
| Nov percentsun = 19.8
| Dec percentsun = 16.1
| year percentsun = 35.9
| source 1 = Meteolux (percent sunshine 1981–2010)<ref name=annuaire2021>{{cite web
| url = https://www.meteolux.lu/fr/filedownload/467/annuaire_climatologique_2021.pdf/type/pdf
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20220106213150/https://www.meteolux.lu/fr/filedownload/467/annuaire_climatologique_2021.pdf/type/pdf
| archive-date = 6 January 2022
| title = Annuaire climatologique 2021
| publisher = Meteolux
| language = fr
| access-date = 6 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Meteolux">{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170125025724/http://www.meteolux.lu/IMG/pdf/resume_des_moyennes_tricennales_1981_a_2010.pdf
| archive-date = 25 January 2017
| url = http://www.meteolux.lu/IMG/pdf/resume_des_moyennes_tricennales_1981_a_2010.pdf| title = Données Climatologiques
| publisher = Meteolux
| access-date = 25 October 2016}}</ref><ref name=extremes>{{cite web
| url = https://www.meteolux.lu/fr/climat/normales-et-extremes/?lang=fr
| title = Normales et extrêmes
| publisher = Administration de l’Aéroport de Luxembourg
| language = fr
| access-date = 6 January 2022}}</ref>
| source 2 = Infoclimat<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/annee/1991/luxembourg/valeurs/06590.html
| title = Climatologie de l'année à Luxembourg
| publisher = Infoclimat
| language = fr
| access-date = 19 October 2023}}</ref>
}}

=== Geology ===
[[File:Sandstone cliff near Medingen, Luxembourg.png|thumb|Large Sandstone cliff near Medingen]]{{Main|Geology of Luxembourg}}
Being in the [[Guttland|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]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Moores, E.M. |title=Encyclopedia of European & Asian Regional Geology |author2=Fairbridge, Rhodes W. |publisher=Springer |year=1997 |page=515}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=River moulded landscape {{!}} Geschichtsfrënn vun der Gemeng Nidderaanwen |url=https://www.gfn.lu/landschaftspragung-durch-bache/?lang=en |access-date=2024-10-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Contern_Map_Settlements.png|thumb|300x300px|Map of settlements in Contern]]

=== Settlements ===
==== Towns ====
{{flatlist|* Contern
* [[Moutfort]]
* [[Oetrange]]}}

==== Villages ====
{{flatlist|* [[Medingen, Luxembourg|Medingen]]
* [[Muhlbach, Luxembourg|Millbech]]}}

==== Lieux-dits ====
{{Flatlist|*[[Bricherhaff]]
*[[Brichermillen]]
*[[Kackerterhaff]]
*[[Kréintgeshaff]]
*[[Marxeknupp]]
*[[Eitermillen]]
*[[Pleitrange]]}}

==== Localities ====
{{Flatlist|*Moulin de Milbech
*Maulin Diderich
*Beriton
*Shalten
*Schleedervale
*Ledenbierg
*Millebridge
*Schleederfalls
*Stuwelshill
*Fehreston
*Eltercavern
*Wilkon Hill
*Millangswell
*Rouvale
*Canten
*Linten
*Kueledall
*Stehaff
*Reulendergassen}}

==== Suburbs ====
{{Flatlist|*Hoehenhof}}

==== Industrial zones ====
{{Flatlist|*Chaux de Contern
*Rosswénkel
*Weiergewann}}<gallery>
File:Contern view from Shaltgen.jpg|Contern
File:Moutfort, rue de Remich et rue des Prés 2024a.jpg|Moutfort
File:Oetrange Gare.jpg|Oetrange
File:Medingen, an Huef, rue de la Chapelle.jpg|Medingen
File:Luxembourg, road sign E,9a Milbech (102).jpg|Milbech
File:2-4, Kroentgeshof-102.jpg|Kréingeshaff
File:Pläitreng.jpg|Pleitrange 
File:F,6 panneau.jpg|Eitermillen
File:Moutfort, Bricherhaff (1).jpg|Bricherhaff
File:Brichermillen Mutfert.jpg|Brichermillen
File:Reitstall Kackerterhaff, Éiter-101.jpg|Kackerterhaff
File:Faerschthaff.jpg|Faerschthaff
</gallery>{{Geographic location|Centre=Contern (Town)|North=[[Sandweiler]]|Northeast=[[Oetrange]]|East=[[Moutfort]], [[Milbech]]|Southeast=[[Medingen, Luxembourg|Medingen]]|South=Bricherhaff, [[Brichermillen]]|Southwest=[[Syren, Luxembourg|Syren]]|West=[[Itzig, Luxembourg|Itzig]]}}

=== Rivers and streams ===
Contern lies exclusively within the [[Rhine basin|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. Additionally near [[Pleitrange]], there's an area containing steams in the confluence of the Lenningerbaach which itself flows into the Moselle though the <bdi>Gouschténgerbaach.</bdi> The Syre 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watercourses - Geodata of the municipality Contern |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/communes/Contern/eau_new_Gew%C3%A4sser/?lang=en |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Water - Geoportal Luxembourg |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/eau?version=3&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global&zoom=14&X=695029&Y=6375206&layers=269-302-749&opacities=1-1-1&pk_campaign=geoseo_data&lang=en&rotation=0&time=---- |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Topographical Map 1927 - Geodata of the municipality Contern |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/communes/Contern/1927_CAHANSEN/?lang=en |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Gouvernment Du Grand-Duche De Luxembourg |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global&zoom=14&X=695200&Y=6375396&layers=269-302-252&opacities=1-1-1&pk_campaign=geoseo_data&lang=en&rotation=0&time=----&crosshair=false |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref>

* ''[[Rhine]]'' (main branch at [[Hook of Holland]], [[Netherlands]])
** [[Moselle]] (at [[Koblenz]], [[Germany]])
*** [[Sauer]] (at [[Wasserbillig]], [[Mertert]])
**** [[Alzette]] (at [[Ettelbruck|Ettelbruck, Ettelbruck]])
***** Itzigerbaach (at [[Hesperange]], Hesperange)
****** Réimeschbaach (at [[Itzig, Luxembourg|Itzig]], Hesperange)
*** [[Syre (river)|Syre]] (at Mertert, Mertert)
**** Kackeschbaach (at [[Oetrange]])
**** Schleederbaach (at [[Moutfort]])
**** Delbour (at [[Bricherhaff]])
**** Trudlerbaach (at [[Syren, Luxembourg|Syren]], [[Weiler-la-Tour]])
***<bdi>Gouschténgerbaach</bdi>  (at [[Ehnen]], [[Wormeldange]])
****Lenningerbaach (at Ehnen, Wormeldange)
*****Bauschbaach (at [[Canach]], [[Lenningen, Luxembourg|Lenningen]])
******Alburerbaach (at Canach, Lenningen)
******Schlund (at Canach, Lenningen)
******Ehlang Bogert (at Hakenhaff, Lenningen)
******Greiwoldingert (at Hakenhaff, Lenningen)

==== Syre ====
{{Main|Syre (river)}}

==== Trudlerbaach ====
{{Main|Trudlerbaach}}

==== Schleederbaach ====

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schleederbaach · Contern, Luxembourg |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Schleederbaach/@49.5841202,6.2431071,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x479546c0a3aa90bb:0x57c1571137fa83e9!8m2!3d49.5841192!4d6.2453908!16s/g/11bw7lqzzn!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw== |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Schleederbaach · Contern, Luxembourg |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Old map |url=https://www.encheres-luxembourg.lu/en/results/janvier-2022-luxemburgensia/lot560-4 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.encheres-luxembourg.lu |language=en-gb}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erarbeitung der Messstellendokumentation nach Artikel 8 der Europäischen Wasserrahmenrichtlinie im Großherzogtum Luxembourg |url=https://geoportail.eau.etat.lu/pdf/eaux%20souterraines/Fiches%20stations%20WRRL/SCC-402-01.pdf |website=geoportail.eau.etat.lu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Strategische Umweltprüfung (Umweltbericht) für Den Plan Directeur Sectoriel "Transports" (PST) Anlage 2: Steckbriefe |url=https://amenagement-territoire.public.lu/dam-assets/fr/pds2018/pst/anlage-2-steckbriefe-pst.pdf |website=amenagement-territoire.public.lu}}</ref>

=== Forests ===
Contern has 800 hectares of forests within its borders taking up around 37% of its land area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forest areas by canton and municipality |url=https://lustat.statec.lu/vis?lc=en&pg=0&tm=contern&df%5Bds%5D=ds-release&df%5Bid%5D=DF_X038&df%5Bag%5D=LU1&df%5Bvs%5D=1.0&pd=2010,2010&dq=..A |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=lustat.statec.lu}}</ref>

=== Land allocation ===
Contern comprises several cadastral regions.  Historically these have been grouped into cadastral sheets and later cadastral sections. All plots of land are grouped into one of these cadastral regions. When the Cadastre in Luxembourg was created in 1812, Contern was divided into 13 cadastral sheets. In 1832 the cadastral sheets were replaced by six cadastral sections, these varied greatly in size and in population and today the cadastre is usually organised on the communal level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cadastral region names - Geodata of the municipality Contern |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/communes/Contern/toponymes/?lang=en |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical cadastral sheets - Geodata of the municipality Contern |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/communes/Contern/feuilles_cadastrales/?lang=en |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cadastral sections - Geodata of the municipality Contern |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/communes/Contern/sections_cadastrales/?lang=en |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Cadastral Sheets as of 1822
!Cadastral Sheet
!Included Settlements
!Notes
|-
|A1
|[[Oetrange]], [[Eitermillen|Éitermillen]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=697035&Y=6377213&lang=en&crosshair=true&rotation=0&layers=320-153-256&opacities=1-1-1&time=----&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 A1 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_A1.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|A2
|[[Kackerterhaff]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=14&X=694927&Y=6377366&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=320-153-256&opacities=1-1-1&time=----&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 A2 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_A2.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|B1
|[[Medingen, Luxembourg|Medingen]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=695449&Y=6372795&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=320-153-256&opacities=1-1-1&time=----&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 B1 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_B1.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|B2
|''None''
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=698672&Y=6375649&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=320-153-256&opacities=1-1-1&time=----&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 B2 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_B2.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|B3
|[[Moutfort]], [[Milbech|Millbech]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=14&X=695167&Y=6374533&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=320-153-256&opacities=1-1-1&time=----&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 B3 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_B3.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|B4
|Moutfort
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=696686&Y=6374970&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=320-153-256&opacities=1-1-1&time=----&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 B4 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_B4.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|B5
|[[Pleitrange]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=699499&Y=6376612&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=320-153-256&opacities=1-1-1&time=----&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 B5 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_B5.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|B6
|''None''
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=700395&Y=6375431&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=320-153-256&opacities=1-1-1&time=----&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 B6 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_B6.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|C1
|Contern, [[Bricherhaff]], [[Brichermillen]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=14&X=693392&Y=6373648&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=153-256&opacities=1-1&time=--&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 C1 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_C1.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|C2
|[[Kréintgeshaff]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=693989&Y=6376489&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=153-256&opacities=1-1&time=--&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 C2 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_C2.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|C3
|''None''
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=692224&Y=6376502&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=153-256&opacities=1-1&time=--&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 C3 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_C3.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|C4
|''None''
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=691362&Y=6373982&lang=en&layers=153-256&opacities=1-1&time=--&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global&rotation=0 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 C4 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_C4.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|-
|C5
|''None''
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&zoom=15&X=690724&Y=6375279&lang=en&rotation=0&layers=153-256&opacities=1-1&time=--&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=map.geoportail.lu |publisher=Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contern 1822 C5 |url=https://acts3.geoportail.lu/urplang/PNG/CONTERN/CONTERN_1822_C5.png |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
|}

==Demographics==
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.<ref name="data.public.lu"/>

=== Population ===
[[File:Contern (Commune) Population 1821-2024.png|thumb|320x320px|Population of Contern (1821–2024)]]
[[File:Commune Population 1975-2024.png|thumb|320x320px|Population of Contern compiled Annually (1975–2024)]]
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 1975 statistics have been compiled annually. Contern's population has mostly been rising steadily over the past 200 years with the exception of the second half of the 19th century when there was a prolonged period of decline. Since the 1970s the population of Contern began to rise significantly as a result of an economic boom in Luxembourg.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population of Contern 1821-1970<ref>{{cite web |title=Population par canton et commune |url=https://statistiques.public.lu/stat/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=12861&IF_Language=fra&MainTheme=2&FldrName=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912150215/http://www.statistiques.public.lu/stat/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=12861&IF_Language=fra&MainTheme=2&FldrName=1 |archive-date=2016-09-12 |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=statistiques.public.lu}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=Population by canton and municipality |url=https://lustat.statec.lu/vis?lc=en&pg=0&tm=contern&df%5Bds%5D=ds-release&df%5Bid%5D=DF_X021&df%5Bag%5D=LU1&df%5Bvs%5D=1.1 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=lustat.statec.lu}}</ref><ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=Arrêté royal grand-ducal du 30 août 1843, N° 2089, concernant le paiement de sommes liquidées au profit de personnes qui ne savent pas signer. |url=https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/argd/1843/08/30/n1/jo |website=legilux.public.lu}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |title=Population density by canton and municipality on 1st January (Inhabitants per km²) |url=https://lustat.statec.lu/vis?lc=en&pg=0&tm=contern&df%5Bds%5D=ds-release&df%5Bid%5D=DF_X020&df%5Bag%5D=LU1&df%5Bvs%5D=1.1&pd=,2024&dq=A. |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=lustat.statec.lu}}</ref>
! rowspan="3" |Year
! colspan="5" |Population
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Population Density
|-
! rowspan="2" |Overall
! colspan="4" |+/-
|-
!Total
!p.a
!%
!%p.a
!/km<sup>2</sup>
!/sq mi
|-
!1821
|793
|–
|–
|–
|–
|38.6
|14.9
|-
!1843
|1301
|{{Increase}}508
|{{Increase}}23.1
|{{Increase}}64.1
|{{Increase}}2.9
|–
|–
|-
!1851
|1404
|{{Increase}}103
|{{Increase}}12.9
|{{Increase}}7.9
|{{Increase}}1.0
|68.3
|26.4
|-
!1871
|1249
|{{Decrease}}155
|{{Decrease}}7.8
|{{Decrease}}8.4
|{{Decrease}}0.4
|60.8
|23.4
|-
!1880
|1216
|{{Decrease}}33
|{{Decrease}}3.7
|{{Decrease}}2.6
|{{Decrease}}0.3
|59.2
|22.9
|-
!1890
|1176
|{{Decrease}}40
|{{Decrease}}4
|{{Decrease}}3.3
|{{Decrease}}0.3
|57.2
|22.1
|-
!1900
|1098
|{{Decrease}}78
|{{Decrease}}7.8
|{{Decrease}}6.6
|{{Decrease}}0.7
|53.4
|20.6
|-
!1910
|1097
|{{Decrease}}1
|{{Decrease}}0.1
|{{No change}}
|{{No change}}
|53.4
|20.6
|-
!1922
|1162
|{{Increase}}65
|{{Increase}}5.4
|{{Increase}}5.6
|{{Increase}}0.5
|56.5
|21.8
|-
!1930
|1199
|{{Increase}}37
|{{Increase}}4.6
|{{Increase}}3.2
|{{Increase}}0.4
|58.3
|22.5
|-
!1935
|1153
|{{Decrease}}46
|{{Decrease}}9.2
|{{Decrease}}3.8
|{{Decrease}}0.8
|56.1
|21.7
|-
!1947
|1126
|{{Decrease}}27
|{{Decrease}}2.3
|{{Decrease}}2.3
|{{Decrease}}0.2
|60.1
|23.2
|-
!1960
|1181
|{{Increase}}55
|{{Increase}}4.2
|{{Increase}}4.9
|{{Increase}}0.4
|57.5
|22.2
|-
!1970
|1639
|{{Increase}}458
|{{Increase}}45.8
|{{Increase}}38.8
|{{Increase}}3.9
|79.8
|30.8
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population of Contern 1981-2021<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":17" />
! rowspan="3" |Year
! colspan="3" |Population
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Population Density
|-
! rowspan="2" |Overall
! colspan="2" |+/-
|-
!Total
!%
!/km<sup>2</sup>
!/sq mi
|-
!1981
|2203
|–
|–
|107.2
|41.4
|-
!1991
|2568
|{{Increase}}365
|{{Increase}}16.6
|125.0
|48.3
|-
!2001
|3082
|{{Increase}}514
|{{Increase}}20.0
|150.0
|57.9
|-
!2011
|3419
|{{Increase}}337
|{{Increase}}10.9
|166.4
|64.3
|-
!2021
|3968
|{{Increase}}549
|{{Increase}}16.1
|193.1
|74.6
|}

==== Population by locality ====
{{Pie chart|value1=41.97|value3=20.33|value2=34.68|value4=3.00|label1=Contern|label2=[[Moutfort]]|label3=[[Oetrange]]|label4=[[Medingen, Luxembourg|Medingen]]|caption=Percentage distribution of Contern’s population by locality (2023)}}
Since 2021, the population of the individual towns in the commune has been independently compiled, censuses taking place every decade also distinguish between localities. Population totals for each of these localities also include the general area around the locality including nearby lieu-dits.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population of the localities in Contern by year 2021-2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=MRPP Population Commune Localite (CSV) |url=https://data.public.lu/fr/datasets/r/c6ad6362-475b-4993-a2ef-ddc0f5504500 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MRPP Population Commune Localite (CSV) |url=https://data.public.lu/fr/datasets/r/72515149-9308-498f-a919-8b2095baea1b |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MRPP Population Commune Localite (CSV) |url=https://data.public.lu/fr/datasets/r/915d503f-62db-4a13-976c-57d78f0e97cb |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The national geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg}}</ref>
!Year
!Contern
!Moutfort
!Oetrange
!Medingen
|-
!2021
|1587
|1406
|843
|132
|-
!2022
|1743
|1450
|858
|126
|-
!2023
|1836
|1517
|890
|131
|-
!2024
|1876
|–
|–
|–
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population evolution of localities in Contern 1981-2011<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population par canton, commune et sexe |url=https://lustat.statec.lu/vis?lc=fr&pg=0&tm=moutfort&df%5Bds%5D=ds-release&df%5Bid%5D=DF_X022&df%5Bag%5D=LU1&df%5Bvs%5D=1.0&pd=1981,&dq=.SSL107+SSL108+SSL109+SSL110+SL028.A&ly%5Bcl%5D=TIME_PERIOD,POPULATION&ly%5Brw%5D=SPECIFICATION |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=lustat.statec.lu}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="3" |Total
! colspan="3" |Contern
! colspan="3" |Moutfort
! colspan="3" |Oetrange
! colspan="3" |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
|}

== Economy ==

Contern is a [[commuter town]], largely dependant on [[Luxembourg City|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=Home/work commuting zones within Luxembourg |url=https://statistiques.public.lu/en/recensement/aires-de-trajets-domicile-travail-internes-au-luxembourg.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=statistiques.public.lu |language=en}}</ref>

=== Industry ===
[[File:Vue «Contern - Lëtzebuerger Beton», Zone industrielle Chaux de Contern-102.jpg|alt=Industrial Zone Chaux de Contern as seen from the nearby fields|left|thumb|250x250px|Industrial Zone Chaux de Contern as seen from the nearby fields]][[File:An de Steng Development.jpg|thumb|The An de Steng residential development]]

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|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.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Les villages et les zones industrielles |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/presentation/les-villages-et-les-zones-indstrielles/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref name=":25" />

=== Data ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Monthly Salaries in Contern<ref>{{Cite web |title=LU'STAT |url=https://lustat.statec.lu/vis?lc=en&pg=0&tm=contern&df%5Bds%5D=ds-release&df%5Bid%5D=DF_C1600&df%5Bag%5D=LU1&df%5Bvs%5D=1.0&pd=2015,2023&dq=.C180.A&lo=1&hc%5BMunicipality%5D=Contern |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=lustat.statec.lu}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="2" |Average
! colspan="2" |Median
! colspan="2" |Bottom 10%
! colspan="2" |Top 10%
|-
!Total
!Growth
!Total
!Growth
!Total
!Growth
!Total
!Growth
|-
|2013
|5931
|
|4408
|
|1813
|
|10380
|
|-
|2014
|6071
|{{Increase}}2.36
|4442
|{{Increase}}0.77
|1855
|{{Increase}}2.32
|10387
|{{Increase}}0.07
|-
|2015
|6097
|{{Increase}}0.43
|4495
|{{Increase}}1.19
|1853
|{{Decrease}}0.11
|10581
|{{Increase}}1.86
|-
|2016
|6710
|{{Increase}}10.05
|4567
|{{Increase}}1.60
|1923
|{{Increase}}3.78
|10900
|{{Increase}}3.01
|-
|2017
|6550
|{{Decrease}}2.38
|4820
|{{Increase}}5.54
|1987
|{{Increase}}3.33
|11259
|{{Increase}}3.29
|-
|2018
|6511
|{{Decrease}}0.60
|4701
|{{Decrease}}2.46
|1860
|{{Decrease}}6.39
|11313
|{{Increase}}0.48
|-
|2019
|7222
|{{Increase}}10.92
|4884
|{{Increase}}3.89
|1997
|{{Increase}}7.37
|11839
|{{Increase}}4.65
|-
|2020
|7804
|{{Increase}}8.06
|5431
|{{Increase}}11.20
|2179
|{{Increase}}9.11
|12293
|{{Increase}}3.83
|-
|2021
|7402
|{{Decrease}}5.15
|5348
|{{Decrease}}1.53
|2202
|{{Increase}}1,06
|12315
|{{Increase}}0.18
|-
|2022
|8886
|{{Increase}}20.05
|5680
|{{Increase}}6.21
|2292
|{{Increase}}4.09
|13359
|{{Increase}}8.47
|-
|2023
|9907
|{{Increase}}11.49
|6150
|{{Increase}}8.27
|2603
|{{Increase}}13.57
|14713
|{{Increase}}10.14
|}

== Transportation ==
[[File:Contern, Kackeschbësch (est).jpg|thumb|The N2 ([[European route E29|European Route E29]]) running through the commune just North of [[Eitermillen]]]]

=== Road ===
Contern is well connected to the road network and links to Luxembourg City. However the only [[dual carriageway]] in the commune is the [[European route E29|E29]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-11 |title=Routes nationales et Chemins Repris |url=https://travaux.public.lu/fr/reseau-routier/routes.html |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=travaux.public.lu |language=fr}}</ref> 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, Luxembourg|Itzig]].<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=2016-05-25 |title=Vorausschauende Verkehrsplanung. |url=https://www.mywort.lu/fr/mywort/contern/news/vorausschauende-verkehrsplanung-58fe19d1a5e74263e13b0765 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=mywort.lu |language=fr}}</ref>

Contern is involved with websites that provide traffic info.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Trafic Info - Contern |language=fr-FR |work=Contern |url=https://contern.lu/mobilite-et-environnement/transport-public/trafic-info/ |access-date=2022-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trafic Info - Chantier |url=https://contern.lu/mobilite-et-environnement/transport-public/trafic-info-chantier/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

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 roads|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.<ref name=":9" />

==== Motorways ====
No Motorways pass directly through Contern, the nearest is the [[A1 motorway (Luxembourg)|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.<ref name=":22" />

==== Trunk Roads ====
There are 2 Trunk Roads (Route National) The most prominent is the N2 which makes up a part of [[European route E29|European Route E29]].<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |title=Road Network - Geodata of the municipality Contern |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/communes/Contern/roads/?lang=en |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref><ref name=":24">{{Cite web |title=Le Gouvernment Du Grand-Duche De Luxembourg |url=https://map.geoportail.lu/theme/main?version=3&bgLayer=basemap_2015_global&zoom=14&X=695201&Y=6375397&layers=181&opacities=1&pk_campaign=geoseo_data&lang=en&rotation=0&time= |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=map.geoportail.lu}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Road
!Route
!Via (Within Contern)
|-
|N2
|[[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]] ([[Verlorenkost]]) - [[Remich]]
|[[Moutfort]], Éitermillen, [[Kréintgeshaff]]
|-
|N28
|[[Sandweiler]]-[[Bous, Luxembourg|Bous]]
|[[Oetrange]], Pleitrange
|}

==== Secondary Roads ====
Contern has several secondary roads (chemin repris):<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":24" />
{| class="wikitable"
!Road
!Route
!Via (Within Contern)
|-
|CR 132
|[[Bech]]-[[Syren, Luxembourg|Syren]]
|[[Moutfort]], [[Oetrange]]
|-
|CR 144
|Oetrange-[[Ehnen]]
|Oetrange
|-
|CR 153
|Moutfort-[[Dalheim]]
|Moutfort, [[Medingen, Luxembourg|Medingen]]
|-
|CR 226
|[[Itzig, Luxembourg|Itzig]]-[[Filsdorf]]
|Contern
|-
|CR 234
|[[Sandweiler]]-Moutfort
|Contern-Sandweiler Industrial Zone, Contern, Milbech
|}

=== Bus ===
Contern is served by many different bus routes as are many of the other towns within the commune. The bulk of the routes run along the N2 trunk road through Moutfort including 2 express routes which only call at Moutfort, Kapell. There are other routes which connect Oetrange and Medingen with Contern. And 1 route which only serves the Contern-Sandweiler industrial Zone. Additional Contern, Moutfort and Oetrange are served by a singular night bus on Fridays Saturdays and the night before public holidays. There are also various school bus routes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bus |url=https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/timetables-and-lines/bus/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Mobilitéit |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lignes RGTR |url=https://contern.lu/mobilite-et-environnement/transport-public/lignes-rgtr/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

=== Rail ===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; max-width:450px; margin-left:10px;"
|+Management of Railways in Contern<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |last1=Schontz |first1=André |title=Le chemin de fer en Lorraine |last2=Felten |first2=Arsène |last3=Gourlot |first3=Marcel |date=1999 |publisher=Editions Serpenoise |isbn=978-2-87692-414-7 |location=Metz [France]}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Train 30 CFL |url=https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/line/train-30-cfl-2/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Mobilitéit |language=en}}</ref>
!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
|}
[[File:Contern, CFL Halte Sandweiler-Contern (4).jpg|left|thumb|220x220px|[[Sandweiler-Contern station|Sandweiler-Contern Station]]]]
The Commune of Contern is served by [[CFL Line 30]]. There are two stations inside the commune, [[Oetrange railway station|Oetrange Railway Station]] and [[Sandweiler-Contern railway station|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 Hauptbahnhof|Wittlich]]; eastboud one to [[Wasserbillig railway station|Wasserbillig]]. Sandweiler-Contern also sees an hourly semi-fast service from Luxembourg to [[Trier Hauptbahnhof|Trier]]/[[Koblenz Hauptbahnhof|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.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=LUXEMBOURG - WASSERBILLIG - TRIER |url=https://www.cfl.lu/getattachment/77972f23-fc14-4d2f-b8f8-668d8cb043e3/l30-depliant.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240613215201/https://www.cfl.lu/getattachment/77972f23-fc14-4d2f-b8f8-668d8cb043e3/l30-depliant.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-13 |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.cfl.lu}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":13"/><ref name=":14"/>

=== Air ===
The nearest airport to Contern is [[Luxembourg International Airport|Luxembourg Airport]], located a few miles north of the commune.<ref name="AIP">{{AIP BE|ELLX|LUXEMBOURG / Luxembourg}}</ref>

== Municipality and governance ==
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vie politique |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/vie-politique/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> The Mayor is currently Marion Zovilé-Braquet.<ref name=":6">{{cite web |title=Le bourgmestre |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/vie-politique/le-bourgmestre/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

=== Services ===
[[File:Hondsfräi Musekhaus Eiter g.jpg|thumb|The school in [[Oetrange]]]]
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Service scolaire |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/services-communaux/service-scolaire/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.schoul-conter.lu/p/3 |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Schoul Conter |language=lb}}</ref> There is also a school in Oetrange.

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

==== Emergency services ====
Contern is not home to any hospitals, medical clinics, police stations or fire stations and must rely on neighbouring communes for such services.<ref>{{cite web |title=Service financier |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/services-communaux/service-financier/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

==== Waste collection ====
[[File:Vue vum Sennenger Zoo op de «Parc d'activité Syrdall»-101.jpg|alt=Zone industrial « Op Dem keller » where the dump is located|thumb|Zone industrial « Op Dem keller » where the dump is located]]
Waste collection is managed and run by the commune of Contern. The [[Garbage dump|dump]] is located in the Op Dem Keller industrial zone in [[Munsbach]] and is shared with the commune of [[Schuttrange|Shuttrange]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Recyclingcenter Munsbach · 12 Rue Jacques Lamort, 4061 Schuttrange, Luxembourg |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Recyclingcenter+Munsbach/@49.6413782,6.2628827,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47954463a1afec9d:0x89929a385315aec8!8m2!3d49.6410397!4d6.2633899 |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Recyclingcenter Munsbach · 12 Rue Jacques Lamort, 4061 Schuttrange, Luxembourg |language=en}}</ref>

==== Urban planning ====
The urban planning department controls and manages building permits and requests. There's a two-tier system for minor and major interventions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Service urbanisme |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/services-communaux/service-urbanisme/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

==== Other ====
The commune also offers services for reception, revenue, technical and communications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Services communaux |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/services-communaux/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

=== Social component ===
Contern is in partnership with the communes in Schuttrange and Weiler-la-Tour with whom they share an office in Moutfort.<ref>{{cite web |title=Office social |url=https://contern.lu/citoyens/volet-social/office-social/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intégration |url=https://contern.lu/citoyens/volet-social/integration/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cours de luxembourgeois |url=https://contern.lu/citoyens/volet-social/cours-de-luxembourgeois/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

=== Municipality ===
The commune of Contern operates many of the services in its designated area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Startsäit |url=https://contern.lu/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> The commune runs multiple buildings such as the town hall, municipal workshop and social office.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Infrastructures communales |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/infrastructures-communales/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> It also issues many public documents available online. Applications for commune job are possible, even for people as young as 16.<ref>{{cite web |title=Postes vacants |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/postes-vacants/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=e-Raider |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/e-raider/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> All new regulations made the by the commune are also available in PDF form online.<ref>{{cite web |title=Règlement de police |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/reglement-de-police/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> The human resources department service is responsible for managing municipal jobs, including jobs for students aged 16 and over during the summer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Service Ressources humaines |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/services-communaux/service-ressources-humaines/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Allocation de vie chère de la commune |url=https://contern.lu/citoyens/volet-social/allocation-de-vie-chere-de-la-commune/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> There's also a separate National Fund for low income citizens, the total sum is determined mostly by their household.<ref>{{cite web |title=Allocation de vie chère du Fonds National de Solidarité |url=https://contern.lu/citoyens/volet-social/allocation-de-vie-chere/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

==== WIFI4EU ====
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=WIFI4EU |url=https://contern.lu/citoyens/vie-pratique/wifi4eu/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

=== Elections ===

Elections in Contern occur on three levels. The Municipal elections are held for the local government exclusively within Contern. Contern also acts as a statistical ward for national legislative elections and for elections for the [[European Parliament]].  Contern has almost always been an area where the Christian Social People's Party have had a plurality of the vote within all elections. 
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Voting Trends in Contern over time<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=Site officiel des élections au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg |url=https://elections.public.lu/fr.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=elections.public.lu |language=fr}}</ref>
!Year
!Election
![[Christian Social People's Party|CSV]]
![[Democratic Party (Luxembourg)|DP]]
![[Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party|LSAP]]
|-
|2024
|[[2024 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|European]]
|{{Percentage bar|25.92|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|22.63|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|19.25|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2023
|[[2023 Luxembourg general election|National]]
|{{Percentage bar|36.57|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|23.68|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|11.09|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2023
|[[2023 Luxembourg communal elections|Municipal]]
|{{Percentage bar|44.25|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|24.44|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|17.12|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2019
|[[2019 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|European]]
|{{Percentage bar|22.56|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|23.39|color=|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|12.06|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2018
|[[2018 Luxembourg general election|National]]
|{{Percentage bar|36.78|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|19.07|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|12.97|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2017
|[[2017 Luxembourg communal elections|Municipal]]
|{{Percentage bar|44.52|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|16.97|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|22.07|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2014
|[[2014 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|European]]
|{{Percentage bar|40.63|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|17.00|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|9.70|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2013
|[[2013 Luxembourg general election|National]]
|{{Percentage bar|36.80|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|23.26|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|17.26|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2011
|[[2011 Luxembourg communal elections|Municipal]]
|{{Percentage bar|32.48|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|27.10|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|23.97|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2009
|[[2009 Luxembourg general election|National]]
|{{Percentage bar|40.11|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|18.98|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|18.86|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2009
|[[2009 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|European]]
|{{Percentage bar|31.02|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|22.78|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|16.32|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2005
|[[2005 Luxembourg communal elections|Municipal]]
|{{Percentage bar|32.43|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|33.96|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|33.61|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2004
|[[2004 Luxembourg general election|National]]
|{{Percentage bar|35.76|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|22.45|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|17.12|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|2004
|[[2004 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|European]]
|{{Percentage bar|33.91|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|20.78|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|15.79|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|1999
|[[1999 Luxembourg general election|National]]
|{{Percentage bar|27.90|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|28.84|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|17.02|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|1999
|[[1999 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|European]]
|{{Percentage bar|30.54|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|26.16|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|17.54|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|1994
|[[1994 Luxembourg general election|National]]
|{{Percentage bar|26.98|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|26.36|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|18.86|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|-
|1994
|[[1994 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|European]]
|{{Percentage bar|29.05|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|25.08|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Percentage bar|18.47|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|}

==== Municipal elections ====
As Contern has a population between 3,000 and 5,999 it elects a total of 11 councillors, including two [[Échevin (Luxembourg)|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 Luxembourgish citizens and unlike in general elections, non-Luxembourgish [[European Union]] citizens are permitted to vote provided they have valid residency.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Principes |url=https://elections.public.lu/fr/systeme-electoral/communales-mode-emploi/principes.html |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=elections.public.lu |language=fr}}</ref>

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 College of Aldermen and Municipal Council.<ref name=":6" />

The College of Aldermen 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Le Collège échevinal |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/vie-politique/le-college-echevinal/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2017 |title=Schafferotserklarung |url=https://contern.lu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Schafferotserklarung.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226181811/https://contern.lu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Schafferotserklarung.pdf |archive-date=2022-02-26 |website=pdf}}</ref>

The Municipal Council consists of 11 elected members including the two 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Le Conseil communal |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/vie-politique/le-conseil-communal/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

The municipal elections in Contern use a form of [[Open list|open list proportional representation]], each contesting party generally puts forward 11 candidates, one for every seat available, each voter also gets 11 votes however they needn't utilise all of them. Voters have the option to vote for a party in which case they give one vote to each candidate from that party or they can distribute their 11 votes between individual candidates as they please. They can also give any candidate up to 2 votes. The 11 seats are then distributed by party in accordance with what percentage of the popular vote they received. Then the candidates with the most votes in their respective party are assigned seats until all of the party's seats have been exhausted.

===== 2023 municipal election =====
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=Local elections 2023 |url=https://integratioun.lu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1_All-about-local-elections.pdf |url-status= |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=ASTI ASBL Agence interculturelle}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-26 |title=Vie politique - Contern |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/vie-politique/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226112336/https://contern.lu/ma-commune/vie-politique/ |archive-date=2022-02-26 }}</ref>

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

{| class="wikitable"
|+2023 Municipal Election by Party<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Contern |url=https://elections.public.lu/fr/elections-communales/2023/resultats/communes/contern.html |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=elections.public.lu |language=fr}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |List
No.
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Abbr,
! rowspan="2" |Ideology
! rowspan="2" |Political Position
! colspan="4" |Votes
! colspan="4" |Seats
|-
!Total
!+/-
!%
!+/-%
!Total
!+/-
!%
!+/-%
|-
|'''1'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}" |
|[[Christian Social People's Party]]
{{small|''Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei''}}
|'''CSV'''
|{{Nowrap|[[Christian democracy]]}}
|{{Nowrap|[[Centrism|Centre]] to [[centre-right]]}}
|9130
|{{Increase}}1028
|{{Percentage bar|44.25|c={{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{Decrease}}0.27
|{{Composition bar|5|11|{{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}}}
|{{No change}}
|45.45
|{{No change}}
|-
|'''2'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}" |
|[[Democratic Party (Luxembourg)|Democratic Party]]
{{small|''Demokratesch Partei''}}
|'''DP'''
|[[Liberalism]]
|[[Centrism|Centre]] to [[centre-right]]
|5042
|{{Increase}}1953
|{{Percentage bar|24.44|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Increase}}7.47
|{{Composition bar|3|11|{{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Increase}}1
|27.27
|{{Increase}}9.10
|-
|'''3'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}" |
|[[Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party]]
{{small|''Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei''}}
|'''LSAP'''
|[[Social democracy]]
|[[Centre-left]]
|3551
|{{Decrease}}466
|{{Percentage bar|17.12|c={{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|{{Decrease}}4.95
|{{Composition bar|2|11|{{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}}}
|{{No change}}
|18.18
|{{No change}}
|-
|'''4'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|The Greens (Luxembourg)}}" |
|[[The Greens (Luxembourg)|The Greens]]
{{small|''Déi Gréng''}}
|'''DG'''
|[[Green politics]]
|[[Centre-left]]
|2909
|{{Decrease}}82
|{{Percentage bar|14.1|c={{party color|The Greens (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Decrease}}2.31
|{{Composition bar|1|11|{{party color|The Greens (Luxembourg)}}}}
|{{Decrease}}1
|9.10
|{{Decrease}}9.10
|-
! colspan="6" |Total Votes
|20632
|{{Increase}}2433
|91.81{{Efn|Refers to the total number of votes cast as a percentage of the number of votes that could have been cast if every elector used all 11 of their votes}}
|{{Decrease}}0.57
| colspan="4" |
|-
! colspan="6" |Turnout
|2201
|{{Increase}}298
|85.08{{Efn|Refers to the number of people who voted as a percentage of the number of registered voters}}
|{{Decrease}}1.87
| colspan="4" |
|}

==== National legislative elections ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+2023 National Election by Party<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Contern |url=https://elections.public.lu/fr/elections-legislatives/2023/resultats/communes/contern.html |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=elections.public.lu |language=fr}}</ref>
!List
No.
! colspan="2" |Name
!Abbr,
!Ideology
!Political Position
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''1'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Social People's Party}}" |
|[[Christian Social People's Party]]
{{small|''Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei''}}
|'''CSV'''
|{{Nowrap|[[Christian democracy]]}}
|{{Nowrap|[[Centrism|Centre]] to [[centre-right]]}}
|13406
|36.57
|-
|'''2'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Luxembourg)}}" |
|[[Democratic Party (Luxembourg)|Democratic Party]]
{{small|''Demokratesch Partei''}}
|'''DP'''
|[[Liberalism]]
|[[Centrism|Centre]] to [[centre-right]]
|8646
|23.68
|-
|'''3'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}" |
|[[Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party]]
{{small|''Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei''}}
|'''LSAP'''
|[[Social democracy]]
|[[Centre-left]]
|4066
|11,09
|-
|'''4'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|The Greens (Luxembourg)}}" |
|[[The Greens (Luxembourg)|The Greens]]
{{small|''Déi Gréng''}}
|'''DG'''
|[[Green politics]]
|[[Centre-left]]
|3709
|10.12
|-
|'''5'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Alternative Democratic Reform Party}}" |
|[[Alternative Democratic Reform Party]]
{{small|''Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei''}}
|'''ADR'''
|{{Nowrap|[[National conservatism]]}}
|{{Nowrap|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]] to [[Far-right politics|far-right]]}}
|2298
|6.27
|-
|'''6'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pirate Party Luxembourg}}" |
|[[Pirate Party Luxembourg]]
{{small|''Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg''}}
|'''PPLU'''
|[[Pirate politics]]
|<!--Please do NOT add a political position here (including syncretic) unless it is supported by a citation here and/or on the party's Wikipedia page.-->
|2240
|6.11
|-
|'''7<ref name=":12">List 8 was assigned to Mir d'Vollék, which contested the 2023 communal elections</ref>'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Fokus (Luxembourg)}}" |
|[[Fokus (Luxembourg)|Focus]]
{{small|''Fokus''}}
|'''FOK'''
|[[Realpolitik|Pragmatism]]
|[[Centrism|Centre]]
|1103
|3.01
|-
|'''8'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|The Left (Luxembourg)}}" |
|[[The Left (Luxembourg)|The Left]]
{{small|''Déi Lénk''}}
|'''DL'''
|{{Nowrap|[[Democratic socialism]]}}
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|844
|2.30
|-
|'''9'''
|
|{{ill|Liberté - Fräiheet!|lb}}
{{small|''Liberté - Fräiheet!''}}
|'''LF'''
|[[Right-wing populism]]
|{{Nowrap|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]] to [[Far-right politics|far-right]]}}
|293
|0.80
|-
|'''10'''
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Luxembourg}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Luxembourg]]
{{small|''Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg''}}
|'''KPL'''
|[[Communism]]
|[[Far-left]]
|58
|0.16
|}


== Coat of arms ==
[[File:Coat of arms contern luxbrg.png|thumb|The Coat of Arms]]

=== Description ===
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."<ref name=":7">{{cite web |title=Les armoiries |url=https://contern.lu/ma-commune/presentation/les-armoiries/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":7" />

=== Usage ===
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.

== Shopping ==
Contern is home to a large number of small businesses. There is a [[Big-box store]] in the industrial zone. The other stores include drink shops and bakeries, among others. Contern also has a variety of hair salons and pharmacies. Most of these are concentrated around [[Moutfort]]. The commune is full of mixed use development.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vos courses à Contern |url=https://contern.lu/citoyens/vie-pratique/vos-courses-a-contern/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

== Culture, sport and leisure ==

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Centres culturels |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/culture/centres-culturels/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monuments |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/culture/monuments/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Festival de la BD |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/culture/festival-de-la-bd/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> It is known as BD Contern.<ref>{{cite web |title=Festival de la Bande Dessinée Contern – 1er Festival de BD de la Grande Région |url=http://www.bdcontern.lu/,%20http://www.bdcontern.lu/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

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|date=November 2024}}

[[File:Bonfire, Contern, 5-03-2022.jpg|thumb|[[Buergbrennen]] 2022]]
[[File:Contern Bonfire, close by 5-03-2022.jpg|thumb|Close up of the Bonfire]]
Every year on the first Sunday in Lent, as in the rest of Luxembourg Contern celebrates the [[Buergbrennen]] festival on a small trail near Hoehenhof. 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|date=November 2024}}

There are many cultural events which happen in Contern.<ref>{{cite web |title=Loisirs |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/loisirs/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> For younger people there are a number of small play areas dotted around the commune.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spillplaz.lu |url=https://spillplaz.lu/lb/map |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=spillplaz.lu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aires de jeux |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/loisirs/aires-de-jeux/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fêtes locales |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/loisirs/fetes-locales/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Autopédestres |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/sports/autopedestres/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Some of them leave the commune at times, while most only go between towns in Contern.<ref>{{cite web |last=Contern-Dalheim-Waldbredimus |first=Autopedestre- |date=2022 |title=Autopedestrians |url=https://contern.lu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Autopedestre-Contern-Dalheim-Waldbredimus.pdf |access-date= |website=Autopedestrians.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Contern-Moutfort-Medingen |first=Autopedestrials |title=Autopedestrains |url=https://contern.lu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Autopdedestre-Contern-Moutfort-Medingen-1.pdf |access-date= }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pistes cyclables |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/sports/pistes-cyclables/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

Contern has semi-professional basketball team in the form of AB Contern who have won the [[Luxembourg Basketball League|Luxembourg basketball League]] and cup on multiple occasions.<ref>{{Cite news |title=AB Contern - Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Basket Ball FLBB |url=https://www.luxembourg.basketball/club/CON/ab-contern/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |language=fr-BE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Eurobasket |title=AB Contern Basketball History |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/AB-Contern/1233?Page=5 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Eurobasket LLC}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=USMM – US Moutfort-Medingen |url=https://usmm.lu/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

Contern is also home to many public courts for Multisports and Petanque.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pétanque |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/sports/petanque/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Multisports |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/sports/multisports/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref> The nearest swimming pool is regional, outside of the commune entirely in [[Niederanven|Nideranven]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Piscine régionale |url=https://contern.lu/culture-sports-loisirs/sports/piscine-regionale/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Contern |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [[Luc Frieden]] (born 1963) - Prime minister of Luxembourg since 2023; currently resides in Contern
* [[Elisabeth Margue]] (born 1990) Minister for Justice since 2023

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* Link to Commune's Website [https://www.contern.lu/fr/Pages/default.aspx Gemeng Contern                                       Accueil]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Contern
|N  = [[Sandweiler]], [[Schuttrange]]
|NE = [[Lenningen, Luxembourg|Lenningen]] ([[Grevenmacher District|G]])
|SE = [[Waldbredimus]] ([[Grevenmacher District|G]])
|S  = [[Weiler-la-Tour]], [[Dalheim]] ([[Grevenmacher District|G]])
|W  = [[Hesperange]]
}}
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